Blogs and Online Newspapers have similar readership density?

Was on a meeting with lawyer and Inq7.net columnist Rowena “Bing” Guanzon this afternoon on setting up her new blog and familiarizing her with WordPress, when we discussed something about the density of newspaper readership.

She opined that people seem to get bored with Philippine politics and mentioned that most of her columns in Inq7.net are at the end of the top 10 most read articles. I agreed adding that even political blogs are sharing the same dip in traffic compared to entertainment/showbiz-related blog. I showed her some of the data from PinoyTopBlogs and the discussion we had on this blog and on Divergent Poles.

When I got back home, I checked INQ7’s 10 most-read columns from Nov. 6-12 :

Listed below are the 10 most-read column articles on INQ7.net for the week of November 6 to November 12, 2005, based on server traffic statistics.

1. After Brussels win, Buboy awaits 3rd baby’s birth (Dollywood, November 09, 2005)

2. Jericho says â€˜Pandayâ€™ is â€˜breathtakingâ€™ (Dollywood, November 08, 2005)

3. Daniel Radcliffe and a boy named Harry grow up (Only in Hollywood, November 05, 2005)

4. PBA surprise: Bald, and proud of it (In Huddle, November 08, 2005)

5. Is INC coddling a criminal? (On Target, November 07, 2005)

6. Haste makes humiliation (Editorial, November 09, 2005)

7. Foul play (Editorial, November 11, 2005)

8. Staying at the top (Viewfinder, November 09, 2005)

9. Back in business (Editorial, November 10, 2005)

10. Prejudice (Editorial, November 08, 2005)

The top 3 columns are all entertainment articles followed by a sports article while the rest are editorial and political commentaries.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

5 Comments

mlq3 says:

19 years ago

showbiz as far back as they began measuring it on inq7, has consistently been number one. and two. and three. and four… it’s very very rarely that showbiz and entertainment won’t take up 3/4 of the top stories.
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Comedies On DVD says:

15 years ago

A person made great points there. in order to do a search on the actual topic and found most people will agree with your blog.
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13 years ago

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12 years ago

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