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Ratings @August 1

209 top journalists in the topic sections of 22 Google News regional sites

Newsknife is now monitoring 22 Google News sites worldwide to produce our new rating of journalists.

We're monitoring general journalism and special topic sections like sci/tech, sport, health and business.

We continue to monitor the main US-oriented Google News site in depth to produce our rating of news sites.

This month we're rating the journalists in 209 topic sections across those 22 regional sites. What a great journalism resource. More...

* July top ratings

Site last updated: August 2, 2010

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* Individual site profiles
* Tips for Google success
* Google trend watch


SITE PROFILES
Newsknife brings all our information on each news site together in a convenient in-depth Site Profile, including indicating shifts in site performance.

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Trend 2008-09
news site appearance trends at Google News 2008-2009

GOOGLE NEWS TREND WATCH We compare the performance of news sites over time to see if we can spot changes in fortune. Maybe Google News has changed its relevance algorithm? (Updated October 2009) More...


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 relevance + optimizing


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* Launched - our Relevance Ratings
* The joys of "front page" Relevance

* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2009
* Feb - Haiti earthquake news rated
* Mar - Afghanistan headlines
* Apr - Obama recent headlines
* May - Blogs at Google News
* June - Top journalists: preview
* July - US\UK business journalism

Archived ratings
2009:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2008
* Feb - 179 world news regions
* Mar - Top credit crunch headlines
* Apr - Changes at Google News
* May - Obama: the first 100 days
* June - New Google News subpages
* July - Iran election coverage
* Aug - Newcomers to mid-2009
* Sep - Afghan election headlines
* Oct - Google News Trend Watch
* Nov - White House vs. Fox News
* Top News Sites of 2009
2008:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2007
* Feb - Super Tuesday special
* Mar - Blogs at Google News
* Apr - Iraq news over 5 years
* May - Top U.S. newspaper sites
* June - Myanmar + China disasters
* July - Hyperlocal @ Google News
* Aug - McCain/Obama@Google News
* Sep - TV & radio news sites
* Oct - AP's first year at Google News
* Nov - US election special
* Top News Sites of 2008
2007:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2006
* Feb - Iraq debate
* Mar - Google Algorithm update
* Apr - Top US states news sources
* May - Virginia Tech world reports
* June - Top headlines
* July - Environment news resource
* Aug - Major sites - since 2004
* Sep - pre-wire services benchmark
* Oct - Wire services first month
* Nov - Wire services second month
* Top News Sites of 2007
2006:
* Jan - Significant rating fluctuations
* Feb - Forbes still strong
* Mar - Stable sites. Google changes
* Apr - New sites each month
* May - ABC News tops all ratings
* June - Google News subpage heroes
* July - 12 month trends
* Aug - Forbes ruled July
* Sep - Lebanon-Israel conflict
* Oct - 100 top U.S. newspaper sites
* Nov - U.S. election week, 2006
* Top News Sites of 2006
2005:
* Forbes fantastic December
* Top news sites of 2005
* London bombings
* Africa
* Putin, Russia, ex-USSR
* The Papal Succession
* Lebanon-Syria unrest
* George Bush in Europe
* The Iraq election



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You'll see individual listings we found at Google News for your site (and competing sites) last month.
Click through to stories that ranked highly and poorly, and see if you can figure what works at Google News and what doesn't, (reporter attribution? layout? story length?).
Try publishing a few stories incorporating what you think might work. Newsknife could help by monitoring Google News to see if your "new look" stories rate higher than expected.

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Top journalists in
Google News sections worldwide

Australia-Business:
                Scott Murdoch

Israel-Middle East:
                Adam Schreck

South Africa-Sports:
                Mazola Molefe

U.K.-U.K.:
                Tim Shipman

U.S.-Sci/Tech:
                Cecilia Kang

Zimbabwe-Health:
                June Torbati


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* Top headlines last month
* Top blogs\blogsites last month
* Google News' new Master Subpage
* Top sources for the Top 2 Stories
* Increase in home page appearances
* Alphabetic listing of news sites
* New sites found at Google News


TOP HEADLINES FOR JULY See 10,000+ headlines Newsknife found at Google News during July

TOP BLOGS Rated by volume + Google News relevance ranking. Blogs listed here may link to one of many blogs at that site.
July:
1 Huffington Post (blog)
2 Los Angeles Times (blog)
3 New York Times (blog)

TOP SOURCES ON MASTER SUBPAGE
Click to see all the articles for any Google News story and you'll find a useful subpage. We found these sites most often in positions 1-7 there.
July:
1 Los Angeles Times
2 Wall Street Journal
3 New York Times

TOP 2 STORIES TOP SOURCES The ultimate. Sites we found most often as the top source for the highly visible 2 Top Stories on the Google News home page.
July:
1 Reuters
2 Washington Post
3 guardian.co.uk, UK

Year to August :
1 Reuters
2 Washington Post
3 Los Angeles Times

MOST APPEARANCES ON HOME PAGE AS % OF SITE TOTAL Newsknife monitors Google News home page + 10 sub-pages deep. These sites had the greatest % of their total appearances on Google News home page.
July:
1 Al-Jazeera
2 Rotoworld.com
3 USANewsWeek.com

BIG % INCREASES ON HOME PAGE Sites where we found big increases on Google News home page compared with our figures for their year to date.
July:
1 PC World
2 CNN/SI
3 MTV

NEW SITES WE FOUND AT GOOGLE NEWS LAST MONTH
July:
144 sites we found for the first time at Google News, (or sites with major new addresses). Ranked by volume found.
1 NetDugout
2 MacDaddyNews.com
3 In Utah This Week

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"The most important driver of all readers [to our site] is Google, except for people who know us and come directly"

Edward Roussel, Online Editorial Director, Telegraph Group, UK.
Wall Street Journal report

 


ALPHABETIC LISTING
Updated August 2, 2010
'Lectronic Latitude, CA
/FILM, MA
10 Connects
10 Downing Street
10 Zen Monkeys, CA
100 Mortgages, UK
1010 Wins, United States
106.5 Central Radio News
1070 The Fan - Indianapolis, IN
1200 WOAI, TX
123Bharath.com, India
123Jump, AZ
1330 WFIN, OH
1340 WGAU
1380 KCIM
13WHAM-TV, NY
13wmaz, GA
1410 WIZM, WI
14WFIE.com
1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News, CA
1UP.com, NY
2008 - Free Tibet, Switzerland
21st Century Socialism, UK
21stCentury.com.cn, China
24
24 heures, Switzerland
24 Hour News Channel
24 Hours Vancouver, Canada
24/7 Wall St., NY
247gay.com, CA
24dash.com, UK
24hourhiphop, Florida
24masti (blog)
24WorldNews
24x7updates, India
2711
27east.com, NY
2GB News, Australia
2point6billion
2SNAPS.TV, CA
3 News NZ, New Zealand
300 News
33 KDAF-TV, TX
365 Gay.com
39online.com
3AW, Australia
4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine
411mania.com, TX
49abcnews.com, KS
4Hoteliers, Hong Kong
4ni.co.uk, UK
4RFV, Ireland
50 Connect

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July and Year to August
major ratings


* From appearances
  at Google News.
* How we rate sites.

JULY 2010:  
No.1 sources  
1 Los Angeles Times
2 New York Times
3 Wall Street Journal
4 The Associated Press
5 USA Today
6 Reuters
Home page sources  
1 The Associated Press
2 Los Angeles Times
3 New York Times
4 Wall Street Journal
5 Al-Jazeera, Qatar
6 USA Today
Home page
+ 10 subpages
  
1 The Associated Press
2 Los Angeles Times
3 New York Times
4 Wall Street Journal
5 Washington Post
6 USA Today

YEAR TO AUGUST :
No.1 sources  
1 New York Times
2 Los Angeles Times
3 Reuters
4 Wall Street Journal
5 Washington Post
6 The Associated Press
Home page sources  
1 The Associated Press
2 Al-Jazeera, Qatar
3 New York Times
4 Reuters
5 Wall Street Journal
6 Washington Post
Home page
+ 10 subpages
  
1 The Associated Press
2 Washington Post
3 Reuters
4 New York Times
5 Wall Street Journal
6 BBC News, UK


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