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 04 July
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
Oil, Gas, And Fracking News Reads: 05July 2020 – Part 2 (46.7) rjs
The Fed Has Inflated Another Asset Bubble (17,.2) Lance Roberts
09 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic People Transmit Most COVID-19 Infections. Fed Officials Warn Economic Slowdown Coming. (13.7) Steve Hansen
Book Review: The Room Where It Happened (13.1) Frank Li
Modern Monetary Muddle (12.2) Michael Edesess
What Is The Declaration of Independence, Anyway? (11.3) Frank Li
10 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – 1 In 150 Americans Probably Have Coronavirus. WHO Says It Is Very Unlikely Countries Can Eradicate the Coronavirus Right Now. (10.4) Steven Hansen
A Journal Of The Plague (9.8) Surly1
Black History in America (9.3) Frank Li
The Macroeconomics Of Degrowth (8.6) Steve Keen
Did the Romans Create both Christianity and Islam? (7.6) Frank Li
04 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – U.S. New Cases Again Setting New Records. COVID-19 Tests Being Delayed As New Cases Rise. (7.1) Steven Hansen
Documentary Of The Week: Why Are White People Called Caucasian? (6.7) John Lounsbury
The Week Ahead: Don’t Look Back! (6.6) Jeff Miller
The 4-Phases Of A Full Market Cycle (6.5) Lance Roberts
06 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Hospitalizations Grow In 23 States. Evidence Continue To Confirm Immunity For COVID-19 Short Lived. (6.4) Steven Hansen
What Doctors Know About Lingering Symptoms Of Coronavirus (5.7) William Petri
Tie – Tesla’s Moonshot, How High Can It Go? (5.5) Lance Roberts
Tie – Great Expectations (5.5) Jeff Miller
Tie – COVID-19: Neoliberalism Is Not Going Down Without A Fight (5.5) (Daniel Vargas-Gómez)
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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