The top 5 most popular posts of the year

As 2009 is coming to an end, it might be time to sum up a little bit. Here are the 5 posts which have been read my most people on BetaTales this year.

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Here is the list, as measured in Google Analytics. Hopefully you might find it useful to look at a couple of them again.

1. Social network sites violates users’ privacy

User terms at major social network sites like Facebook and Twitter are highly questionable, according to a survey by the Norwegian Consumer Council.

2.  Five social media trends in 2009

Here are some of the social media trends that are taking place in 2009, at least as we predicted them in the beginning of the year.

3. How journalists use Twitter

One in two journalists have used Twitter, according to a survey in Norway before the summer. Twitter was used both as a research tool, a source for story ideas and a way to connect to readers.

4. Five great Twitter tools for journalists

Written in January, I probably would have mentioned some other tools today. Please free to suggest in a comment.

5. Where everybody visits newspaper sites

Newspapers own less than 1 per cent of the time spent online in the US. This is in strong contrast to the situation in Scandinavia. In fact, Norway’s largest newspaper site, VG.no,  have more page views than any newspaper site in English, despite the fact that only 4,7 million people live in the country.

Related posts:

1. Three-year-trend: Newspaper sites falling, social media rising
2. How journalists use Twitter
3. Time spent on social networks almost doubled in a year
4. 5 social media trends in 2009

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