Sunday, October 19, 2008

Making sense of secondary data

Different ways of interpreting similar market data:

A typical story on increase in newspaper site usage:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875202

A better story with meaningful analysis:
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-newspaper-sites-see-more-visitors-shorter-stays/

There is still room for more context information (example: original Excel file).

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Other examples:
Interesting theory/analysis supported by market data

http://publishing2.com/2008/09/15/drudge-report-news-site-that-sends-readers-away-with-links-has-highest-engagement/

http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2005/04/many_newspapers.php

By whom?

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