Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoTop 50 news websites in the US in July: BBC drops five places as paywall introduced; Most report traffic declines.datawrapper.dwcdn.netimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1imageTop 50 news websites in the US in July: BBC drops five places as paywall introduced; Most report traffic declines.datawrapper.dwcdn.netPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunderline960@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 hours agoThe report doesn’t clearly establish a link between paywalls and a drop in site visits (which I would have liked to see). One of the un-paywalled sites lost traffic mostly due to changes in the Google algorithm. Overall, it just seems like a regular update of the website traffic rankings, juiced up by a clickbait headline.
The report doesn’t clearly establish a link between paywalls and a drop in site visits (which I would have liked to see).
One of the un-paywalled sites lost traffic mostly due to changes in the Google algorithm.
Overall, it just seems like a regular update of the website traffic rankings, juiced up by a clickbait headline.