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Power Users: Gemma Peplow of Sky News discusses Headline Testing
Welcome to Power Users — a new feature highlighting Chartbeat users who rely on our product in their daily work, and have unique insights or tips to share.This month, we…
Defining your unique benchmarks for success
Stories garner traffic at different paces depending on whether they are breaking news or features, old or new, national or local, and the list goes on. With such differences, how…
The New Speed of Mobile Engagement
Google Chrome Suggestions, in more detail than you could possibly want
Two weeks ago, we published an analysis showing the rise of Google Chrome Suggestions (GCS) — suggested links that appear in any new tab of Chrome on mobile devices. In response,…
This Chrome feature, up 21x, is emerging as the next major traffic source for publishers
This article originally appeared on DCN and Nieman Lab. If you use Chrome on your phone or tablet, you’re probably familiar with the article suggestions that you see when you…
Create a culture of newsroom experimentation
Reader behavior patterns have changed dramatically over the past few years. Readers used to be addicted to things like newspapers, but now they’re addicted to something else — instant insights,…
CNN’s Emanuella Grinberg discusses the process behind breaking news
In December, we released our annual list of the 100 Most Engaging Stories of the year. In this week’s post, we catch up with Emanuella Grinberg, Digital News Writer at…
Press for Progress: International Women’s Day 2018
Happy International Women’s Day! Thank you to all the women who stepped up years ago to give us a voice and a big thank you to those who are continuing…
Google is up: Here’s why that’s good, and what to do about it
This post originally appeared on Digital Content Next. Since January 2017, we’ve watched with interest as traffic from Google Search to publisher sites globally has risen by more than 25%,…
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg shares his thoughts on the year’s Most Engaging Article
In December, we released our annual list of the 100 Most Engaging Stories of the year, and it was filled with authentic and impactful stories that ranged from breaking news…
Working Together to Make Sense of Facebook’s News Feed
At Chartbeat, we are committed to helping our clients and all publishers understand and make sense of the effect that platforms, particularly Facebook, have on the readership of their stories….
With Zombie, Le Temps wants to give a second life to its evergreen stories
We love to hear users’ stories about using Chartbeat editorial analytics to solve problems large and small. Recently, our partners on the product team at Le Temps shared how they…