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Business Press vs. Blogs
In the tech industry above all others, audiences get a lot of their news from online sources. For a company looking to make a splash, the question is often whether to reach out to a popular blog or a reporter at a traditional business publication. So how do some of the leading tech news websites stack up against our eight business press sources in terms of online reach?
WebsiteAlexa Traffic Rank
CNET 64
The New York Times 96
The Wall Street Journal 273
TechCrunch 368
Mashable 375
Engadget 387
USA Today 439
Gizmodo 545
BusinessWeek 597
Forbes 600
Financial Times 826
ReadWriteWeb 2067
The Economist 2119
GigaOM 5482
Source: Alexa
* Alexa traffic data unavailable for Fortune.
WebsiteUnique Visitors
CNET 25,002,534
The New York Times 17,149,400
USA Today 14,996,033
The Wall Street Journal 10,894,082
Forbes 8,636,423
BusinessWeek 5,278,802
Financial Times 3,523,643
Engadget 2,348,312
Mashable 2,198,078
Gizmodo 1,981,394
TechCrunch 1,716,829
ReadWriteWeb 637,165
Fortune 573,980
The Economist 484,855
GigaOM 350,544
Source: Compete
What about measuring the influence of online sources using the business press itself? Which blogs and tech news sites get mentioned in the business press the most? As you can see below, TechCrunch is the runaway winner:
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