The BBC has redesigned its blog page templates at bit; a move that evoked sharp reactions among a section of its readers. Which goes to show that a large number of folks are paying as much attention to media blogs as they do to the main news pages. Not surprisingly this post on the BBC…
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Net important news source in China too
More than before, larger numbers of people are globally accessing news online. This is happening not just in the West, but in other countries like China as well. Taken together with the latest Pew Internet Report on the increasing popularity of online news in the US and the traffic surge that was witnessed during the…
Google’s design tips and applying them to news sites
I found these interesting design tips being offered by The Official Google Blog in a recent post and was wondering if these could be adapted to news sites. Tip #1: Pass the 8 second test. At first glance, a visitor should understand the purpose of your website within a few seconds. People are busy and…
Google News ads to be displayed in full text articles
While online news sites are struggling to find viable revenue models for their operations, Google News has taken the next step in the evolution of its ad placement strategy. From March 16, Google News has started introducing contextually relevant ads alongside full text articles featured as ‘hosted’ stories on the site. (These are stories sourced…
Guardian lets developers tap into its content
The Guardian has launched a new service that will enable web developers use site content for free provided it is tied in with Guardian advertising. So it joins a small group of big media companies that are promoting their content by providing application programming interfaces (API) like the New York Times and BBC. Guardian’s service…
An international readership for every news site
I think just about every news site has an international readership. I stumbled across visitor stats for a few top notch sites the other day and found that big guns like New York Times and Guardian have readers from several countries that are not an apparent part of thier core target audience. Visitors from countries…
TV too facing new media ‘threat’
Its not only the print media but also TV that is facing the onslaught of the new media! This story in MiamiHerald says that the following points were made at the recent We Media conference on media and technology conducted at the University of Miami. -Broadcast television’s evening news shows have lost 27 million viewers,…
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