A talented staff, good ideas, and some forward-thinking technology couldn’t overcome a muddled editorial vision — and the realities of how news sites make money in 2020.
The traffic surge really took off on March 12, the day after Trump’s address, the suspension of the NBA, and Tom Hanks’ announcement he had tested positive.
It’s driving over 100 million visits a month to news sites in the United States — on Android alone. And it’s an even bigger factor in France, Argentina, Brazil, and elsewhere.
Saroff, John. "This is the next major traffic driver for publishers: Chrome’s mobile article recommendations, up 2,100 percent in one year." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Mar. 2018. Web. 31 Mar. 2023.
APA
Saroff, J. (2018, Mar. 29). This is the next major traffic driver for publishers: Chrome’s mobile article recommendations, up 2,100 percent in one year. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/this-is-the-next-major-traffic-driver-for-publishers-chromes-mobile-article-recommendations-up-2100-percent-in-one-year/
Chicago
Saroff, John. "This is the next major traffic driver for publishers: Chrome’s mobile article recommendations, up 2,100 percent in one year." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 29, 2018. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/this-is-the-next-major-traffic-driver-for-publishers-chromes-mobile-article-recommendations-up-2100-percent-in-one-year/.
Wikipedia
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