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A. News site performance reports
Posted May 2, 2008
The following are from our sample of 109,702 listings by 3942 sites
for 689 news items during 2008.
Featured rating:
155 Top U.S. newspaper-related sites year-to-May, 2008
Also from our archives...
Top U.S. newspaper sites year-to-Oct, 2006
7000+ in-depth site profiles, 31,000+ headlines. Gathered
together for each news site, Newsknife's statistics and analysis
for the last 12 months. Includes 31,000+ headlines found last month.
Top sources for the 2 Top Stories
Sites listed as No.1 source for the two highly-visible Top Stories
on Google News home page.
New sightings at Google News - April
326 news sites we found last month for the first time at Google
News.
No.1 sites: year to May and for April, including headlines
A ranked list of news sites used by Google News as the first source
for a major news item. Click through to the sites to see the original
news items.
Home pagesites: year to May and April
Ranked lists of news sites used on Google News home page.
Home + 10 sub-pages: year to Mayand April
Ranked lists of sites used on Google News home page + first 10 sub-pages
we viewed.
Most home page appearances as % of site total
A ranked list of news sites where last month we found the biggest
% of appearances on Google News home page.
Google Algorithm Watch - Nov 2007 update
News site performances compared over time to spot possible changes
in Google's methods.
Sites grouped by region. 4690 news sites from Google News,
grouped by region.
B. Recent features
Super Tuesday special. A ranked list of 182 news sites and
1000+ of their campaign headlines. All found by Newsknife on the
home page of Google News.
Google News blog heaven
* Blogs ranked for appearances on the Google
News home page and...
* Blogs ranked for appearances on the Google
News home page and up to 10 pages deep
Iraq coverage January-March 2008
* 58 eastern-region sites grouped by region
* 84 ranked sites on Google News home page
Plus interesting Iraq 2003 ratings from our archives, including...
Powell at the UN; worldwide protests, and March 20, 21, 24 - moving
into Baghdad.
C. Archives
2007 relevance ratings:
Newcomers during 2007
1264 sites we saw for the first time during 2007 at Google News;
ranked by volume found.
Newsknife's Top News Sites of 2007
See the full list of our top sites of the year. Plus why we think
Associated Press is winning the numbers game at Google News.
Top sites for Iraq news since the U.S. 2006 midterm elections.
Plus Middle East local headlines on Iraq.
Top US states as news sources, and their top state-level news
sites. 336 sites grouped by state, showing top states and sites
Jan-March '07
Worldwide reporting of Virginia Tech
30 US and world sites and their headlines, found on the home page
of Google News.
Top sites for environmental reporting, 2007
31 sites we found listed at Google News as the first source for
37 news items related to the environment. Click through to the original
stories.
Also, our Ultimate Environmental News Resource, 985 news
sites and 5000+ environment-related headlines in regional order.
"Wire Services Watch" progress reports
2006 relevance ratings:
Strong newcomers during 2006
1288 sites we found for the first time at Google News during 2006;
ranked by volume found.
The Top News Sites of 2006
433 sites we found at Google News as top sources for major news
items during 2006.
"Win some. Lose some." Site fluctuations.
Sites where we saw significant fluctuations over 12 months during
2005.
Top sites just below Google News home page
These represent an opportunity to improve and increase traffic.
12 month performance trends at Google News
A list of news sites we think show interesting up or down trends
to July 2006.
Lebanon-Israel conflict July 2006, top sites & headlines. Plus
Middle East sites.
1048 news sites for 75 news items found at Google News. Plus headlines
to click to the news items.
Top 100 U.S. newspaper sites
A ranked list of newspaper sites found on Google News home page.
Plus 2004 and 2005 lists to compare.
U.S. election week top headlines, 2006
105 election headlines Newsknife found at Google News pre- and post-election.
Plus hot election topics.
2005 relevance ratings:
The London bombs Posted July 27,2005
2 ranked lists of news sites that appeared at Google News UK and
2005 relevance ratings:
US for 40 news items.
Africa Posted July 6,2005
A ranked list of 143 news sites that appeared at Google News for
31 news items, + 41 African sites.
Putin, Russia & the ex-USSR Posted June 1,2005
A ranked list of 448 news sites that appeared at Google News for
22 news items.
The Papal Succession Posted May 1,2005
A ranked list of 126 news sites that appeared at Google News for
15 news items.
The Lebanon-Syria unrest Posted April 2,2005
127 news sites ranked. From 20 Google News news items about current
unrest in Lebanon.
George Bush's busy February+Europe March 2
59 news sites ranked. From 15 Google News items on George Bush in
Feb., incl. Europe tour.
The Iraq election Posted Feb 1, 2005
68 news sites ranked. From 14 Google News items about the Iraq election.
2005 relevance profile charts:
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The New York Times
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BBC News
Guardian Unlimited
FOX News
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Performance charts
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2004 ratings:
The Top News Sites of 2004
164 sites used as Google News' first source for a major news item.
Top "front page" sites of 2004
666 news sites used on Google News home page.
2004 top sites over home page+10 sub-pages
Arafat - Middle East sites Posted Nov 12, 2004
50 Middle East news sites ranked. From 11 Google News items about
Yasser Arafat death.
US ELECTION 2004
Retrospective
Top sites for George Bush news
Top sites for Debate news
Top sites for John Kerry news
Top sites for 9/11 news Posted August 2,
2004
142 news sites ranked. From 22 Google News items about the 9/11
Commission.
Top sites for Iraq News Posted July 2, 2004
71 news sites ranked. From 21 Google News items about Iraq. Plus
400+ sites for Iraq News.
Top Google News Sources
Posted February 1, 2004
1138 top sources listed in order of how often Google News used them,
and showing how many times each source was used. The list was produced
from 27689 individual source site listings for 187 news items on
26 days between December 1, 2003 and January 28, 2004.
Google News Watch complete listings
June 2002 - October 2003, we compared Google News with other major
news sites 47 times during this period.
Saddam's capture.
US news sites did particularly well.
2003 ratings:
February 2003 ratings, January review
Best coverage of Iraq warhead discovery.
IRAQ NOW
February 24 rating
Feb 6, Powell at UN; Feb 15 worldwide protests.
March 20 rating
Feb 15 worldwide protests; March 16 Azores summit.
March: most up-to-date war news sites
Rated March 20, 21, 24.
April: Iraq: war and beyond-best sites overall
May 2003 ratings, April review
Post-war normality.
June 2003 ratings, May review
BBC News covers a US story best. Plus our lowest New York Times
rating.
July 2003 ratings, June review
Best sites for international news.
August 2003 ratings, July review
Iraq involvement x country = Newsknife results.
September 2003 ratings, August review
Baghdad. Jerusalem. 2 bombings within 6 hours.
October 2003 ratings, September review
What makes the great news sites great.
November 2003 ratings, October review
Arnie rules the world.
2002 ratings:
February 2002 ratings, January review
The Afghanistan wind-down.
March 2002 ratings, February review
Our Olympic special.
April 2002 ratings, March review
Which sites have the most up-to-date Middle East news?
May 2002 ratings, April review
2 busy days in Milan and the Middle East.
Our June Special
The best news sites over the last 6 months.
July 2002 ratings, June review
Karachi bombing. Slow news in the Middle East.
August 2002 ratings, July review
Dow down. Middle East no change. Familiar headlines.
Early September 2002 ratings, August review
On August 12 baseball made the top headlines.
Mid-Sept\Oct ratings:9/11 Anniversary special
The most news on the day for a single event?
November 2002 ratings, October review
Sniper, Bali, Iraq, N. Korea. A month of mayhem.
December 2002 ratings, November review
Hebron shootings, Al Qaeda threats.
Newsknife Best News Sites of 2002
Compiled from our monthly ratings.
2001 ratings:
Newsknife top online news sites for 2001
Plus: includes discussion on what news quality means online. Downloadable
as a .pdf file.
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