Posted on 01/27/2012 7:37:02 AM PST by kristinn
The Drudge Report saw a drop in traffic yesterday of two million hits in the wake of proprietor Matt Drudge's two-day attack on Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
Drudge started his attack on Gingrich Wednesday evening with a banner headline accusing Gingrich of insulting former President Ronald Reagan. Drudge carried on the attack all through Thursday, at one time having fourteen anti-Newt headlines at once.
The assault on Gingrich prompted many supporters to announce they were swearing off the Drudge Report with some saying they would stop using it as their home page.
According to statistics posted by the Drudge Report, the site's hits on Wednesday, January 26, were 33, 807, 227.
Yesterday the hits, as published today on the Drudge Report, were down a full two million to 31, 802, 534.
Thanks! I’ll check it out.
Well:
33, 807, 227
—————— = 0.94070223505761061089097902055084
31, 802, 534
and
1=0.94070223505761061089097902055084
=0.05929776494238938910902097944916
Rounded, that’s 6%. It would be hard to call that a backlash without looking at his weekly variations over time. Were Drudge to loose 6%, he’d likely feel it but be able to make it up with a broader set of headlines. 60% now that’s a backlash. Without a trend, I think this is more an eyelash.
Update: By the end of a three day firestorm instigated by Drudge, his hits fell by 11 percent. From 33.8 million to 30 million.
It’s a start!
I hate this.
“This is actually scary since we have no idea what forces were at work to make him do this.
Guaranteeed, there was direct outside influence.
What was it?”
See the Drudge-Romney axis here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2839186/posts?page=1
and my post #59 on same thread: The Matt Drudge primary
How professional political operatives secretly control the news you read about the 2008 campaign. Hint: It involves the Drudge Report.
Thanks.
Plus, at FR, you comment and have conversations.
If I wanted just to read a liberal news source, I'd subscribe to a newspaper. At least I'd get the comics and Sunday sale pages!
I hadn't seen ol' Shep in a looooong time. Man, he looks bad!
Dang, is that what I needed to do? Wish I'd known sooner!
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