Comments on: My online news consumption http://joelyrighteous.com/2009/12/02/my-online-news-consumption/ ...it's a digital world Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:17:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathon Oake http://joelyrighteous.com/2009/12/02/my-online-news-consumption/#comment-388 Jonathon Oake Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:12:02 +0000 http://joelyrighteous.com/?p=414#comment-388 i actually dont really go anywhere for news these days ... i rely on it being pushed towards me through twitter and rss feeds. rss takes care of the stuff like business spectator, guardian.co.uk and the australian media news, twitter the stuff that i might have missed from the US i cannot stand fairfax sites, with the page refreshes, overlays and noisy video. i dont get why a reasonably intelligent newspaper decided to dumb down their online offering ... the guardian in the UK actually made their online offering smarter than the paper, offering more depth and analysis. they're the biggest newspaper site in the UK, yet only about 9th for print readership ...... i actually dont really go anywhere for news these days … i rely on it being pushed towards me through twitter and rss feeds. rss takes care of the stuff like business spectator, guardian.co.uk and the australian media news, twitter the stuff that i might have missed from the US

i cannot stand fairfax sites, with the page refreshes, overlays and noisy video. i dont get why a reasonably intelligent newspaper decided to dumb down their online offering … the guardian in the UK actually made their online offering smarter than the paper, offering more depth and analysis. they’re the biggest newspaper site in the UK, yet only about 9th for print readership ……

]]> By: leohillary http://joelyrighteous.com/2009/12/02/my-online-news-consumption/#comment-374 leohillary Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:34:02 +0000 http://joelyrighteous.com/?p=414#comment-374 Hi Joel, Definitely agree on the impact of Fairfax's aggressive, invasive advertising impacting on my use of their sites. Avoiding them where possible. My other pet gripe with them being their constant page reloads (which I take to be a way of upping their page-views/stats to give to advertisers?) Either way niche sites, twitter-based referrals and quality sites like guardian.co.uk the way for me too. Hi Joel,
Definitely agree on the impact of Fairfax’s aggressive, invasive advertising impacting on my use of their sites. Avoiding them where possible.

My other pet gripe with them being their constant page reloads (which I take to be a way of upping their page-views/stats to give to advertisers?)

Either way niche sites, twitter-based referrals and quality sites like guardian.co.uk the way for me too.

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