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A. News site performance reports

Posted March 3, 2010
The following are from our sample of 48,663 listings by 3599 sites for 531 news items during 2010.

Featured rating:
Afghanistan news Jan\Feb 2010, ratings:

Ranked lists of the 494 sites where we found news related to Afghanistan. You can click through from the 2953 listed headlines to many of the original stories. A valuable news resource.

Top-rated sites on the new Google News Master Subpages Google News has introduced a master subpage for each major news item.

Top Blogs - February and blog headlines
A ranked list of 375 blogs found on Google News home page + 10 sub-pages, and their 3341 listings.

12,000+ in-depth site profiles, 25,000+ headlines. Gathered together for each news site, Newsknife's statistics and analysis for the last 12 months. Includes 25,000+ headlines found last month.


Top sources for the 2 Top Stories
Feb and Year-to-March
  
Sites listed as No.1 source for the two highly-visible Top Stories on Google News home page.

New sightings at Google News - February
155 news sites we found last month for the first time at Google News.

No.1 sites: year to March and for February 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 page sites year to March and for February
Ranked lists of news sites used on Google News home page.
Home + 10 sub-pages year to March + February
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.

Biggest % increase on Google News home page
A ranked list of news sites where during last month we found the biggest % of appearances on Google News home page.

B. Recent features

Newsknife's rating of sites covering the Haiti earthquake: Ranked lists of the 860 sites we found covering the Haiti earthquake. You can click through from the 3,639 listed headlines to many of the original stories. A valuable news resource.

C. Archives

2009 relevance ratings:

Newcomers during 2008
3164 sites we saw for the first time during 2008 at Google News; ranked by volume found.

Top sites covering the financial coverage
37 top news sites covering the credit crunch.

150 blog sites at Google News - March 2009
and
500+ blogs at Google News - March 2009
We've never seen so many blogs at Google News. It's a blogstorm and an opportunity.

President Obama's first 100 days
33 news sites and 196 of their top headlines, from Google News during President Obama's first 100 days.

Top rated sites for Iran election news coverage at Google News. 45 news sites and their 231 headlines found on Google News home page.

Newcomers year-to-date 2009
1422 sites we found for the first time at Google News + 84 Wikipedia July headlines.

August in Afghanistan
41 news sites and their 217 headlines found on the home page of Google News. Plus 498 sites found on the home page and 10 sub-pages deep. A great Afghanistan news resource.

Google News annual Trend Watch: Sept08-Aug09 update
News sites performance compared over time to spot long term trends including possible changes in Google's methods. Includes up\down trends for 89 significant news sites.

Fox News on President Obama at Google News
37 news items about President Obama. Is Fox News fair to President Obama? You judge.

Top News sites of 2009
The sites we found most often on Google News home page as the first-listed source for one or more major stories during 2009.

2008 relevance ratings:

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.

155 Top U.S. newspaper-related sites year-to-May, 2008 Also from our archives...
Top U.S. newspaper sites year-to-Oct, 2006

43 news sites ranked for coverage of the Myanmar cyclone and the earthquake in China. Headlines included. Click to many of the original stories.

45 Local, hyperlocal, suburban, sub-news sites and organizations at Google News, year-to-July
Small is big now at Google News. 45 examples.

McCain and Obama at Google News during July
* 108 sites ranked, with click-thru headlines
* Separate ratings for each senator

Top TV and radio sites at Google News year-to-date.

The first year of AP at Google News. Newsknife tracks the performance of Associated Press in its first year at Google News. Plus a month-by-month list of other top news sites over the period

US Election Special
* 52 top election news sites at Google News
* 38 top election blogs at Google News

Google News annual trend: Sept07-Aug08 update. News sites performance compared over time to spot long term trends including possible changes in Google's methods.

Sites grouped by region. 9357 news sites from Google News, grouped by region.

Newsknife Top News Sites of 2008
A ranked list of 127 sites, showing how many times Newsknife found each site during 2008 as the top-listed source for a news item at Google News.

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:

The New York Times
CBS News
BBC News
Guardian Unlimited
FOX News

Performance charts
for individual sites

 

 

 

 

 

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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