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 19 September
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
The Most Important Thing To Look For In Today’s Employment Report (76.0) Jeff Miller
Mortgage And Student Loan Forbearance During The COVID-19 Pandemic (39.8) Emily Wavering Corcoran and Nick Haltom
15 September 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Rogue Chinese Virologist Publishes Evidence COVID-19 Created In Lab (22.3) Steven Hansen
Investing.com Weekly Wrap-Up 21August 2020 (14.3) Investing.com Staff
Minneapolis Voted To Defund Their Police – And Now They’re Complaining That Crime Is Skyrocketing (14.1) Econintersect
Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx (13.2) Frank Li
18 September 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – CDC Says It Urgently Needs $6 Billion For Vaccine Distribution. Moderna Expects To Produce 20 Million Doses Of Vaccine By End Of 2020. (13.0) Steven Hansen
16 September 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Federal Officials To Provide Free Coronavirus Vaccine But Likely Won’t Be Widely Available Until Next Year (12.9) Steven Hansen
Did The BLS Count 7 Million Jobs That Didn’t Exist? (12.6) Jeff Miller
Confucius on Governance (11.7) Frank Li
Ancient Greece vs. Ancient China (10.9) Frank Li
September 17, 2020: Part I, NOAA Four-Season Forecast – La Nina is Here (10.8) Sig Silber
Wall Street Not Connected To The Economy (10.7) Jim Welsh
17 September 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Unseen Benefits of Eyeglasses Against COVID-19? If Not Enough Take The Covid-19 Vaccine, It Won’t Stop The Spread. (10.6) Steven Hansen
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days -Wednesday September 16, 2020 (10.2) Sig Silber
Nordic COVID-19 Strategies And Results (9.8) Constantin Gurdgiev
Black History in Britain (9.7) Frank Li
Documentary Of The Week: ‘Junk Economics’ Lecture (9.3) John Lounsbury
Vision for America: Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson (7.9) Frank Li
Tie – LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Monday September 14, 2020 (7.8) Sig Silber
Tie – LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Sunday September 13, 2020 (7.8) Sig Silber
Tie – 19 September 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – New Study Shows Dangers Of In-Flight COVID-19 Transmission. Case Report Links Parkinson’s Disease to COVID-19. (7.8) 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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