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Hitwise: Facebookers Make Loyal Readers

  • Hitwise , Friday, March 19, 2010 2:39 PM

Visitors from Facebook are more loyal to news and media Web sites than are visitors from Google News, according to new data from Hitwise. In particular, among the top 5 print media Web sites in the week ending March 6, 78% of Facebook users were returning visitors compared to 67% from Google News. The figures are almost identical for Broadcast Media, with a 77% returning rate for Facebook compared to 64% for Google News.

Either way, "This reinforces the long term value to news and media organisations [sic] of working with the likes of Google News and Facebook," writes Hitwise senior analyst Heather Hopkins. "With recent Pew Research showing that newspapers have seen ad revenue fall 26% during the year and 43% over the past three years, understanding where to find loyal readers is becoming increasingly important."

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