by Eddy Touma | Oct 2, 2019 | Audience Engagement, Magnet for Publishers, Online Media
AI is not just good for your online news website; it’s a must. While AI does a lot of good in our modern world, there comes, of course, a lot of negative sentiment along with it. Many people assume that the jobs that humans now do will be taken over by machines. The...
by Eddy Touma | Sep 11, 2019 | Audience Engagement, Online Media
Facebook Instant Articles (IA) is a mobile publishing format that enables news publishers to distribute articles to Facebook’s app that load and display up to 10 times faster than the standard mobile web. So, what’s all the hype about? Well, when you hear what some of...
by Eddy Touma | Nov 8, 2018 | Magnet for Publishers, Online Media, Personalized Recommendations
The past two years, and more specifically 2016-2017, witnessed the rise and “fall” of the “pivot to video” strategy for online news publishers. It goes without saying that videos: are more attractive than text => Higher CTR/PageViewsengage visitors longer =>...
by Eddy Touma | Sep 18, 2017 | Follow Alerts, Magnet for Publishers
Being a news addict, I have (only) 6 news apps installed on my mobile phone. All of them offer breaking news push alerts and for a reason: push works for news organizations. According to this study by Newscycle Solutions, push notifications increase...
by Eddy Touma | Sep 4, 2017 | Magnet for Publishers, Personalized Newsletter, Personalized Recommendations
A recent study from the Reuters Institute found that website users, in particular, remain resistant to online video news – with only around 2.5% of average visit time spent on video pages, in a range of 30 online news sites; 97.5% of time is still spent...