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Ratings @ December 14

2009:
AP tops everything

but Rupert Murdoch*
is catching up

Newsknife rates news sites based on their appearances at the main US-oriented Google News site.

This year Associated Press topped our annual ratings for the first time. But perhaps most intriguing, the combined Murdoch media properties (Times Online, Wall Street Journal and FOX News) were just a whisker behind AP.

All this when Rupert Murdoch has declared his unhappiness with Google. More...

Plus...
* Google News Trend Watch '08-'09

Site last updated: December 14, 2009.

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SITE PROFILES
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TIPS FOR SUCCESS AT GOOGLE NEWS
We link to information that could improve your site's ratings at Google News. (Updated October 2009.) More...

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Trend 2008-09
news site appearance trends at Google News 2008-2009

Trend 2007-08
The impact of Associated Press at Google News
GOOGLE NEWS TREND WATCH We compare the performance of news sites over time to see if we can spot changes in fortune. Maybe Google News has changed its relevance algorithm? (Updated October 2009) More...


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* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2008
* Feb - 179 world news regions
* Mar - Top credit crunch headlines
* Apr - Changes at Google News
* May - Obama: the first 100 days
* June - New Google News subpages
* July - Iran election coverage
* Aug - Newcomers to mid-2009
* Sep - Afghan election headlines
* Oct - Google News Trend Watch
* Nov - White House vs. Fox News

Archived ratings
2008:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2007
* Feb - Super Tuesday special
* Mar - Blogs at Google News
* Apr - Iraq news over 5 years
* May - Top U.S. newspaper sites
* June - Myanmar + China disasters
* July - Hyperlocal @ Google News
* Aug - McCain/Obama@Google News
* Sep - TV & radio news sites
* Oct - AP's first year at Google News
* Nov - US election special
* Top News Sites of 2008
2007:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2006
* Feb - Iraq debate
* Mar - Google Algorithm update
* Apr - Top US states news sources
* May - Virginia Tech world reports
* June - Top headlines
* July - Environment news resource
* Aug - Major sites - since 2004
* Sep - pre-wire services benchmark
* Oct - Wire services first month
* Nov - Wire services second month
* Top News Sites of 2007
2006:
* Jan - Significant rating fluctuations
* Feb - Forbes still strong
* Mar - Stable sites. Google changes
* Apr - New sites each month
* May - ABC News tops all ratings
* June - Google News subpage heroes
* July - 12 month trends
* Aug - Forbes ruled July
* Sep - Lebanon-Israel conflict
* Oct - 100 top U.S. newspaper sites
* Nov - U.S. election week, 2006
* Top News Sites of 2006
2005:
* Forbes fantastic December
* Top news sites of 2005
* London bombings
* Africa
* Putin, Russia, ex-USSR
* The Papal Succession
* Lebanon-Syria unrest
* George Bush in Europe
* The Iraq election



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Click through to stories that ranked highly and poorly, and see if you can figure what works at Google News and what doesn't, (reporter attribution? layout? story length?).
Try publishing a few stories incorporating what you think might work. Newsknife could help by monitoring Google News to see if your "new look" stories rate higher than expected.

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Top News Sites of 2009

1 Associated Press
2 Times/WSJ/FOX *
3 New York Times
4 Reuters
5 CNN
6 Washington Post

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* Top headlines last month
* Top blogs\blogsites last month
* Google News' new Master Subpage
* Top sources for the Top 2 Stories
* Increase in home page appearances
* Alphabetic listing of news sites
* New sites found at Google News


TOP HEADLINES FOR NOVEMBER See 27,000+ headlines Newsknife found at Google News during November

TOP BLOGS Rated by volume + Google News relevance ranking. Blogs listed here may link to one of many blogs at that site.
November:
1 Huffington Post
2 New York Times
3 Atlantic Online

TOP SOURCES ON MASTER SUBPAGE
Click to see all the articles for any Google News story and you'll find a useful subpage. We found these sites most often in positions 1-7 there.
November:
1 The Associated Press
2 Reuters
3 New York Times

TOP 2 STORIES TOP SOURCES The ultimate. Sites we found most often as the top source for the highly visible 2 Top Stories on the Google News home page.
November:
1 Reuters
2 Miami Herald, FL
3 Bloomberg

Year to December :
1 The Associated Press
2 Reuters
3 Bloomberg

MOST APPEARANCES ON HOME PAGE AS % OF SITE TOTAL Newsknife monitors Google News home page + 10 sub-pages deep. These sites had the greatest % of their total appearances on Google News home page.
November:
1 Us Magazine
2 Al-Jazeera
3 Hindu

BIG % INCREASES ON HOME PAGE Sites where we found big increases on Google News home page compared with our figures for their year to date.
November:
1 Dallas Morning News
2 Ha'aretz
3 Seattle Times, WA

NEW SITES WE FOUND AT GOOGLE NEWS LAST MONTH
November:
253 sites we found for the first time at Google News, (or sites with major new addresses). Ranked by volume found.
1 Palestine Note (blog)
2 Hamsayeh.Net
3 David Horowitz's
   NewsReal Blog


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"The most important driver of all readers [to our site] is Google, except for people who know us and come directly"

Edward Roussel, Online Editorial Director, Telegraph Group, UK.
Wall Street Journal report

 


ALPHABETIC LISTING
Updated December 2, 2009
'Lectronic Latitude, CA
/FILM, MA
10 Downing Street
10 Zen Monkeys, CA
100 Mortgages, UK
1010 Wins, United States
106.5 Central Radio News
1070 The Fan - Indianapolis, IN
1200 WOAI, TX
123Bharath.com, India
123Jump, AZ
1330 WFIN, OH
1340 WGAU
13WHAM-TV, NY
13wmaz, GA
1410 WIZM, WI
14WFIE.com
1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News, CA
1UP.com, NY
2008 - Free Tibet, Switzerland
21st Century Socialism, UK
21stCentury.com.cn, China
24 heures, Switzerland
24 Hours Vancouver
24/7 Wall St., NY
247gay.com, CA
24dash.com, UK
24hourhiphop, Florida
24masti (blog)
24x7updates, India
2711
27east.com, NY
2GB News, Australia
2point6billion
2SNAPS.TV, CA
3 News NZ, New Zealand
33 KDAF-TV, TX
365 Gay.com
39online.com
3AW, Australia
4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine
411mania.com, TX
49abcnews.com, KS
4Hoteliers, Hong Kong
4ni.co.uk, UK
4RFV, Ireland
570 News, Canada
580 CFRA Radio
590 KLBJ News Radio, TX
5ones, CA
5tv.com, Ukraine
630 WMAL, DC
630ched.com, Canada

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November and
Year to December
major ratings


* From appearances
  at Google News.
* How we rate sites.

NOVEMBER 2009:  
No.1 sources  
1 The Associated Press
2 New York Times
3 Reuters
4 Wall Street Journal
5 guardian.co.uk, UK
6 BBC News, UK
Home page sources  
1 The Associated Press
2 Al-Jazeera, Qatar
3 New York Times
4 Reuters
5 Wall Street Journal
6 Washington Post
Home page
+ 10 subpages
  
1 The Associated Press
2 Reuters
3 New York Times
4 Examiner.com, CA
5 AFP
6 Wall Street Journal

YEAR TO DECEMBER:
No.1 sources  
1 The Associated Press
2 New York Times
3 Reuters
4 CNN
5 Washington Post
6 Los Angeles Times
Home page sources  
1 The Associated Press
2 Al-Jazeera, Qatar
3 Reuters
4 New York Times
5 Washington Post
6 Voice of America
Home page
+ 10 subpages
  
1 The Associated Press
2 Reuters
3 New York Times
4 Washington Post
5 AFP
6 BBC News, UK


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