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News Websites Using Web 2.0 to Attract Online News Readers

August 7, 2007 by Sally Falkow

RSs and Video Now Part of Newspaper Websites

The latest Nielsen//NetRatings data on current events and news sites show that Yahoo! News is out in front once again.

Top 10 Current Events and Global News Destinations Week ending March 4, 2007 US, Home and Work

Brand or Channel

Unique Audience (000)

Active Reach (%)

Yahoo! News

17,604

13.19

MSNBC

14,797

11.09

CNN

11,152

8.36

AOL News

9,781

7.33

NYTimes.com

5829

4.37

Internet Broadcasting Websites

5,598

4.19

Gannett Newspapers and Newspaper Division

4,804

3.6

Google News

4,619

3.46

Tribune Newspapers

4,437

3.32

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

And another study on how print newspapers are making the most of the Internet shows that 97 percent of the top 100 newspaper websites now offer RSS feeds and 92 percent are using video.

If you are not optimizing your press releases and news stories for search, and you don’t use images and video and then make it all available for syndication online in RSS feeds, you’re missing a big chunk of the audience.

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Filed Under: Social Media Strategy Tagged With: content syndication, news search, Online PR, optimized press releases, RSS feeds

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