Do you or family read YWN (Yeshiva World News)?

queenert

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 1:04 pm

Do you or any of your family members consistently read Yeshiva World News?
Their advertising stats are amazing, but I don't know anyone that actually consistently goes on the site.

pesek zman

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 1:06 pm

Never. But I'm not yeshivish so may not be their (your) target audience

doctorima

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 3:06 pm

I am their target audience, but stopped reading it years ago. Out of curiosity, what do their advertising stats claim?

rgr

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 3:16 pm

If you mean that on their site every other article is another advertisement, then yeah that's amazing

queenert

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 3:44 pm

Their unique site visitor numbers, click rates, etc. are beyond compare and frankly don't make sense for a niche market.
Everyone advertises there (rgr) - it's default - because the numbers are great.
I'd love to see the other side - how effective campaigns actually are because the actual content is minimal.

cnc

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 3:46 pm

doctorima wrote:

I am their target audience, but stopped reading it years ago. Out of curiosity, what do their advertising stats claim?

Same here

imamom3

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 3:49 pm

wonder what the advertising statistic claims are for this site?!

ruchelbuckle

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 4:21 pm

I used to read it on a regular basis, but I stopped. Became so full of "communicated content" that there was very little information that qualified as "news."

DrMom

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 4:36 pm

Nope, except for occasional amusement. It's a total rag.

icebreaker

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 4:40 pm

Every once in a while. I do lurk their forums though lol.

rmbg

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 4:41 pm

I stopped because of all the advertising and communicated content.

CDL

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 5:03 pm

rmbg wrote:

I stopped because of all the advertising and communicated content.

same!

doctorima

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 5:53 pm

icebreaker wrote:

Every once in a while. I do lurk their forums though lol.

Oy, the only thing worse than the main page is the coffee room. I literally found it painful to read.

mfb

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 6:11 pm

Stopped reading a while ago when they chhanged the layout, new news doesn't show up in order.

icebreaker

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 6:35 pm

doctorima wrote:

Oy, the only thing worse than the main page is the coffee room. I literally found it painful to read.

Lol! The coffee room is almost always a hot mess and that’s why I like it LOL

real israeli

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 6:41 pm

Yes. I check their site a few times a day. But can't say I've every been influenced by their ads. I find them to be annoying. And I can tell you that I've often clicked on a pop up ad by mistake because the "x" is so small it's hard not to. If their click rate is influenced by that...

Purple2

Tue, Dec 05 2017, 6:59 pm

I used to read it consistently. Stopped wth the new layout.

reality mom

Wed, Dec 06 2017, 12:41 am

Their new layout combined with their newfound obsession with "communicated content" makes me not want to visit their site nearly as often as I used to.

Iymnok

Wed, Dec 06 2017, 4:48 am

I used to.
Their site is good for "frum" news, like which Rebbe made a chassuna, which gadol is in need of tefillos, coverage of levayas, etc.
But there is a lot of lashon hara masquerading as "news" that it gets very unpalatable.

(If anyone is interested in a spinoff, what is your screen name in the coffee room there? They are very religious in their keeping everyone anonymous.)

LovesHashem

Wed, Dec 06 2017, 5:06 am

Iymnok wrote:

I know of people who definitely contacted people from the coffee room...