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2009 Spring Web Update The York Dispatch Editor: Lori Goodlin Web/New Media: Tom McLaughlin.

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1 2009 Spring Web Update The York Dispatch Editor: Lori Goodlin Web/New Media: Tom McLaughlin

2 How did we do?  March 2008 Page Views InYork: 2,475,259 Dispatch Home: 261,741  March 2009 Page Views InYork: 3,080,070 – Increase of 604,811 Dispatch Home: 282,738 -- Increase of 21,003

3 How did we do?  March 2008 Monthly Unique Visitors InYork: 270,215  September 2008 Monthly Unique Visitors InYork: 320,949  March 2009 Monthly Unique Visitors InYork: 431,598

4 InYork: Popular Sections  March 2008 1. News – YDR (www.ydr.com) 2. Obituaries 3. YD Home (www.yorkdispatch.com)www.yorkdispatch.com 4-23: Combined InYork Sections  Next individual section = Living (YDR, 31) YD Significant Sections  YD Mobile Home (40)  NCAA 2008 (46)

5 InYork: Popular Sections  March 2009 1. News – YDR (www.ydr.com) 3. YD Home (www.yorkdispatch.com)www.yorkdispatch.com 7. YD BlogZone (www.ydblogzone.com)www.ydblogzone.com 12. YD Gallery 19. YD Junior Dispatch (www.juniordispatch.com)www.juniordispatch.com 20. YD York Weekend (www.yorkweekend.com)www.yorkweekend.com 39. YD Multimedia 41. YD VideoYork

6 Summary  March 2009 InYork is doing what it was intended to do  Site must maintain growth and momentum  Content and navigation drive user path through site InYork is continuing to grow  Focus shifting toward a portal model  Navigation and usability adjustments  Comments/Message Boards

7 External Support: March  Media News Group Management changes = uncertainty Has been slow link in the past  York Newspaper Company The market is very tough right now but staff is stable Movement toward portal model has been slow Focus has been on “niche” sites

8 What’s Ongoing?  BlogZone – page redesign, header changes Consistency with remainder of site Incorporate coding to be included in new YNC stats Correct phantom characters appearing in titles  BlogZone – Traffic January – 4,981 Page Views February – 22,019 Page Views March – 63,340 Page Views

9 What’s Ahead?  Clean up/Freshen up overall design Committee at work  Thesaurus/Overlay links  New design and name for VideoYork  Updated mobile edition  User Generated Content?  YD Custom Edition

10 What’s Ahead?  Revolution Coverage  Live Streaming Video  New internal update software  Database widgets to enhance reporting  Site Usability enhancements  The only consistent factor is change.

11 Pay us a visit online  www.yorkdispatch.com (yorkdispatch.inyork.com) www.yorkdispatch.com  www.yorkweekend.com www.yorkweekend.com  www.videoyork.com www.videoyork.com  www.juniordispatch.com www.juniordispatch.com  www.ydblogzone.com  yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/m

12 Questions/Comments  E-Mail us Lori Goodlin  lgoodlin@yorkdispatch.com lgoodlin@yorkdispatch.com Tom McLaughlin  tmclaughlin@yorkdispatch.com


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