Digital Trends found a highly profitable niche among tech review sites without relying on Facebook

Digital Trends, which was reportedly in talks to sell to Condé Nast for $120 million, has mostly flown under the radar. But the 10-year-old tech review site has become profitable by honing its Google skills while other publishers chase Facebook and video numbers. “We’ve identified the cycles a reader might go through when they’re out researching a product,” said Ian Bell, one of the founders. The post Digital Trends found a highly profitable niche among tech review sites without relying on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Relying on Facebook and Google Comes With Trade-Offs for Brands

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[ AdWeek | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sun’s Facebook chatbot drove nearly half users back to its site

The Sun has been experimenting with a Facebook Messenger chatbot for a month, pushing football content. During this time, it published 263 notifications. The frequency increased as the transfer window deadline loomed. On this one day, 43 percent of the subscribers (who number in the low... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What happens to a person's Facebook posts after they die? One artist is using them to build digital memorials

On Sunday, I attended my funeral. It was a short ceremony, held in a small auditorium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The pastor who led it made note of my professional accomplishments. He also cited my habit of eating straight out of the bulk bins at Sprouts. The ceremony ended with a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing review – did tech change literary style?

Frank Herbert on his Boeing, Stephen King on his Wang, and Philip Roth worrying that writing would become too easy … Matthew Kirschenbaum’s account of literature in the digital ageIn a photograph taken in his high-tech home office at 29 Merrick Square, London, in 1968, thriller writer Len... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook endorsements are good for news sites, but where's the money?

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[ The Guardian | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A YouTube billionaire, Motor Trend revs up for Facebook Live

TEN, the parent company of Motor Trend and other sports magazines and websites, plans to produce 20 hours of live programming per month on Facebook. With Motor Trend, this means bringing viewers closer to the action at industry car shows, as well as interviews with top personalities and athletes... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror turns to Dennis’ niche publishers to beef up tech coverage

In the face of common pressures, traditionally competitive publishers have realized they can command more weight against the dominance of Facebook and Google by collaborating. The latest example is national newspaper Trinity Mirror and specialist magazine group Dennis. Trinity Mirror will cherry... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside Harvard Business Review’s Plans to Boost High-Frequency Traffic

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[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TubeMogul Partners With Facebook to Help Brands Extend TV Audience Reach to Digital

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[ AdWeek | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PLA 2016: Five Ways Librarians Can Keep Up With Tech Trends

Jennifer Koerber, co-author of 'Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians' offers tips on sifting through the hype surrounding technology developments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HuffPost Divorce: Publishers go niche with Facebook pages

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[ Digiday | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gawker’s Nick Denton: Facebook dominance is better than ‘convoluted’ ad tech

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[ Digiday | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FT to review digital publishing process after inaccurate ECB story

Newspaper publishes online article saying ECB had ‘confounded expectations’ by deciding to hold interest rates, causing euro to temporarily plummetThe Financial Times is to review its digital publishing practices after publishing an inaccurate article about the European Central Bank’s decision... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Is Facebook Driving Less Traffic to Publishers’ Sites?

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Betanews | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Breed of Digital Publishers Just Say No to Ad Tech

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's lifestyle site rides native-ad trend to the bank

During the past year, native advertising has gone from being the girl traditional publishers wanted to date but worried would hurt their reputation, to the trophy wife whom they always want by their... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

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