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Walker
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Via Google Analytics Jan 1, 2011 — Dec 23, 2011

These are the Top 25 most well read individual threads of the year:

1. The Kasich Governorship - News & Updates
2. Post a Funny Picture
3. Wonderland Columbus - News & Updates
4. Issue 2 - Collective Bargaining
5. Graffiti Crackdown in Columbus
6. Scioto Mile - News & Updates
7. Fleur - Downtown Champagne & Dessert Bar
8. Occupy Wall Street Protests
9. Job Openings in Columbus, Ohio
10. Weinland Park Kroger Redevelopment - News & Updates
11. Cooper Stadium Racetrack Proposal News & Updates
12. Removal of J Gumbo fence and flowers downtown
13. Jim Tressel - NCAA Violations / Suspension / Resignation
14. Occupy Columbus
15. The Columbus Casino - Development News & Updates
16. Columbus Commons - News & Updates
17. Man Cans - Candles for Men
18. Former Liquid Space in Short North to Become Plasma Donation Center
19. Homeless Man at I-71 and Hudson Offramp Has Unbelievable Golden Radio Voice
20. Pizzuti Short North Hotel - News & Updates
21. ComFest 2011
22. The Ghosts of Columbus Past
23. The Hubbard Apartments (Former Site of Ibiza Condos) - News & Updates
24. High Speed Rail Development in the US
25. Columbus Food Truck and Cart Festival 2011

Any surprises? Reactions? Exactly how you imagined it? ;)

Posted 5 months ago #
bman
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Man Candle's the 17th. most read? That surprises me!

Posted 5 months ago #
DavidF
Elysium Fields
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Kind of surprised Mr. Eggs didn't make the list.

Posted 5 months ago #
rus

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bman said:
Man Candle's the 17th. most read? That surprises me!

Me also.

Glad to see teh funnays on the list. Everyone needs a laugh, from time to time.

Posted 5 months ago #
Walker
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Cross posting from the other thread for an explanation (Man Cans was one of those threads that turned up in a lot of search results when the Man Cans story got some national attention):

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There's a couple of different factors at play for these articles in terms of readership:

1. Localized in-site popularity of a story (CU regulars reading and commenting)
2. Long term readability of content (something published earlier in the year that is "evergreen" like a guide will continue to be read long term compared to something published in December)
3. Virality and Timeliness (big news like business announcements get read city-wide, especially if we're the only new outlet breaking the news)
4. Inbound linking (The more an article is linked from other blogs and social media outlets, the more it gets ready)
5. Search Engine Traffic (Where the seemingly "randomness" factor comes into play. Some articles turn up in highly searched relevant terms, and they get read more than others)

Posted 5 months ago #
derm
Grandview
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I am oh for 25. Just wait till 2012.

Posted 5 months ago #
Walker
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