Written by Econintersect
We publish a report each week presenting a list of the articles Google Analytics reports as being the most read. Last week’s report is here. We think that does not necessarily reflect how much “value” readers have obtained from what we publish. So we are offering a second listing which combines the number of readers for each article with the average amount of time spent reading by each.
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Before presenting this new ranking, let us explain our thinking. If one article has 500 page reads with an average time for each of one minute we suggest that another article with 100 page reads and an average time for each of 5 minutes might have an equivalent “value”: 500 page read minutes.
This measurement does not attempt to quantify the value readers received. The 500 reading an average of 1 minute each may perceive much more personal value for their individual minutes than do the 100 who each spent 5 minutes. What this measurement of ‘page read minutes’ directly measures is the effective reader engagement by each article. Rather than “value” we might better say “engagement” or “used”.
After some consideration we have elected to try the term “usefulness” and selected the term “useful” for the title of the list.
The Most Useful Articles Week Ending 25 April
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
19 April 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Daily Death Rate Significantly Declines (33.8) Steven Hansen
Major League Baseball Finances: What The Numbers Tell Us (23.1) Elliott Morss
22 April 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – China Bending The Curve In The Wrong Direction (20.4) Steven Hansen
Media Distortion: From Boston Massacre to Fox News (18.2) Frank Li
20 April 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Daily New Cases Decline (10.6) Steven Hansen
Coronavirus Disease News 18April 2020 (9.7) rjs
18 April 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Daily Death Rate Continues To Grow (9.5) Steven Hansen
Steve Keen: Economists Refuse To Believe Banks, Debt And Money Are Important (9.3) Econintersect
Covid-19: Blaming China? (9.2) Frank Li
Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx (8.9) Frank Li
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up o 7 Days – Tuesday April 21, 2020 (8.1) Sig Silber
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Saturday April 25, 2020 (7.8) Sig Silber
- March 2020 Headline New Home Sales Hit By Coronavirus (6.9) John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen
Riding The Flattening Curve Of Hope (6.8) Jim Welsh
Why Does President Trump Want You To Pay More For Amazon Products? (6.7) Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
April, 2020 Seasonal Forecasts. Part II, NOAA Comparison with JAMSTEC (6.6) Sig Silber
The Double/Triple Doji: Have We Been Warned? (6.53) William Kurtz
China vs. America: Communism vs. Democracy (6.51) Frank Li
A Universal Basic Income Is Essential And Will Work (6.0) Ellen Brown
Tie – Eurozone Sectoral Balances (5.9) Dirk Ehnts
Tie – March 2020 Coincident Indices Finally Hit By Coronavirus (5.9) Steven Hansen
The above list penalizes articles which are quickly read and include videos that are watched on YouTube. The introduction and link to YouTube may take 30 seconds or less and then our reader may stay 5, 10, 20 minutes or longer with the video – this measurement gives no credit for that video time.
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