But the list is also a snapshot of what draws readers in 2018 -- lots of caveats there. Something can have a viral tweet and draw readers. Something can park on a popular homepage and draw readers. There are lots of ways to climb that pole.
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I thought it was super interesting that number 14 is a pretty normal let's-not-call-it-clickbait-but-well-kinda piece from Insider. You'll find a similar entry at 35.pic.twitter.com/OTBCRvIwBY
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(I love when that stuff makes lists like this, because let's be honest, we all click those things, and I maintain that there's an artful way and a non-artful way to do them. AND READERS LIKE THEM.)
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no shame in giving readers what they like is basically my entire digital strategy, learned directly from
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So, back to the list, and here's a lesson for all you websites out there: number 12 -- NUMBER 12!! -- is a 2003 Washington Post article. They slapped a new URL on it and rode that sucker to internet glory, 15 years after they first published it. I see you there, doin' it right.pic.twitter.com/NZ3uhFoXlI
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all of us on this here twitter website know there's a tremendous market for recirculating old longreads (do we still use that term?). Wapo just took it a step further and snagged the search traffic around the Powerball jackpot in October. Brilliant! more of that!
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But moving on. You know what you don't see a lot of on US websites anymore? Live blogs. You know what still drives bonkers traffic for, say, the BBC? Live blogs, apparently. (that's not even all of them.)pic.twitter.com/pEavpTcPAS
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I just stumbled on your tweet while Looking for something else. Interesting. Why have they died out in the US? Any particular reason?
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They're one of the tools in the box, and I think the trend lately is to mostly use others, except in a few very specific circumstances.
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What's leading the way though? Video? Social? Just so I know how long I'll have a job here for...
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That's the thing: there's no one replacement. Just a different sense of how to deploy different tools in different ways. I think the pendulum may yet swing back to live briefings, even in non-sport areas.
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