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 | Apr 1, 2018 | Magnet for Publishers, Online Media, Personalized Newsletter, Personalized Recommendations
GDPR is the EU’s data protection law. It came into effect in May 2018 and it applies in all EU countries. This means it applies to all websites that individuals in EU countries can access, including news websites. So, how does GDPR affect online news publishers? It...
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...
by Eddy Touma | Feb 16, 2017 | Magnet for Publishers, Personalized Recommendations
Media and Publishing companies are no longer focusing on Page Views as a Key Performance Indicator. For example, the Financial Times looks over the last 90 days to see how recently a reader visited them, how many times they visited, and how much they read during that...