Links for January 8th Through January 9th
These are my links for January 8th through January 9th:
- Eyetracking research shows how younger readers view news websites - Eyetracking study summary:
What works
• left sided ads
• sidebars (related links)
• moving ads with women (regardless of side)
What doesn't work
• video
• option to personalize the site
• busy design - DiSEL-Project.org - Somehow I just found this:
Consortium of papers that do 'eye-ball' research — fantastic implications for online advertising, and not in a good way.
- mental_floss Blog 6 Unusual Things Owned by Newspapers - The newspaper business just isn't profitable (anymore), but back when they were rolling in 20% profit margins, they could afford some horizontal growth. 6 things newspapers still own.
- Dan Froomkin: What Google Can Do for Journalism - A much better list of things Google could do for newspapers than http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/five-things-goo.html
- An Oral History of the Bush White House: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com - Fantastic piece on the entire Bush Administration. It's worth the long read.
Format: Short summaries of major events chronologically introduce quotes from major players in the administration on the topic. - Introducing Tweetbacks Plugin for Wordpress | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine - How to stylize the tweetbacks plugin for wordpress
- DigiDave | Communication is Key: Editors and Publishers - In a Battle Against Inertia - "If you have an idea - you should get your organization equipped to execute on it within two weeks, maximum."
- Eyetrack studies: What we've learned and how to conduct your own :: 10,000 Words :: multimedia, online journalism news and reviews - Interesting look at how people read newspaper sites.
• People read in an "F" pattern
• Seems like video is not a hot topic
• banner ads are ignored
Links for January 8th
These are my delicious links for January 8th from 13:18 to 13:49:
- China's Electronic Waste Village - Photo Essays - TIME - Wish TIME would start doing some video or at least audio with these stories. Nonetheless, this one has some fantastic imagery and journalism.
- Commenting survey results - Invisible Inkling - Informal survey says: comments are less civil on news articles than on blogs. Hypothesis: disproven.
- BBC NEWS | South Asia | Swat diary: 'Taleban rule now' - It's short, but it's really good journalism. It's proof you need feet on the ground to report.
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