How Is Dale & Co Doing So Far?
Iain Dale reveals the sites most popular contributors and posts so far, and invites you to tell him what you think of the site.
29 Jul 2011, 12:24
How are we doing so far?
Here are the Top 20 most visited posts so far...
1. Iain Dale: Could Cameron be next?
2. Iain Dale: I Admit I Was Wrong
3. Iain Dale: Michael Crick to Leave Newsnight
4. James Charlton: Copa America Final 2011
5. Zoe Kalus: Why are Left Wing Columnists So High & Mighty?
6. Jerry Hayes: Is the Mail on Sunday About to Pour a Bucket of Shit Over Tom Baldwin?
7. Iain Dale: Sir Paul Stephenson: A Bizarre Resignation
8. Mark Thompson: Theresa May Just Be Our Next PM
9. Iain Dale: How Very Dare I Talk About Cameron's Future?
10: Alix Mortimer: A Rare Whiff of Cowardice From Cameron
11. Peter Watt: Assistant Commissioner John Yates - J'Accuse
12. Ben Austwick: Lyn Brown & Scottish Labour MPs Are A Disgrace to Their Party
13. Shane Stone: Ed Miliband Blindsided by Baldwin
14. Sunder Katwala: Why Cameron is Safe
15. Peter Watt: I'd Be Worried If I was a Tory
16. Nadine Dorries: Suzanne Moore is a Fantasist
17. Jerry Hayes: James Murdocchio
18. Deborah Mattinson: Disjointed, Incoherent & Muddled
19. Ian Collin: Let's Lose This Silly Word 'Hacking'
20. Shane Stone: Tom Baldwin - One Rule For Cameron...
TOP 10 MOST VIEWED CONTRIBUTOR PAGES
1. Tony Horne
2. Iain Dale
3. Nick Abbot
4. Ben Austwick
5. Michael Heaver
6. Phil Hendren
7. Jerry Hayes
8. Donal Blaney
9. Anna Raccoon
10. Gareth Knight
11. Grant Tucker
12. Geraldine Dreadful MP
13. Declan Harvey
14. Adrian Hilton
15. Ian Collins
16. Alison Goldsworthy
17. James Charlton
18. Michael Heaver
19. Tom Harris
20. Peter Watt
MOST VIEWED SECTIONS
1. UK Politics
2. World Politics
3. Media
4. Sport
5. Policy
6. Lifestyle
In the next 48 hours there will be a new feature on the front page enabling you to access the posts of our most regular authors much more quickly. We'll also be redesigning the author pages, so they look more like their own blogs, and adding lots of sub-section pages over the next two weeks.
Do let us know how you think we're doing and how we can improve the site.
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Iain, pretty good so far, I like it
29/07/2011 22:59Yes I agree its a great site, keep at it.
30/07/2011 14:37Better than the HuffPost UK for sure!¬
30/07/2011 19:49Good stuff thanks Iain. I love the variety and the fact that some of the writers also interact with the readers.
31/07/2011 08:20Good stuff so far, Iain. I like the variety of topics and authors. It would be better if a few more people made use of the comment facility.
31/07/2011 10:41It was a good idea, but in less competent hands it would not have worked.
I am glad you put this idea into practice. It carries a wide range of differing opinions and is never dull.
It should be in line for an award of some kind, I feel.
31/07/2011 23:20Would like to see some economists contributing.
Not sure making each contributors page different is a good idea. Keeping the pages the same means you take each article on it's own merit. It means you don't come across a page and instantly judge it. It also keeps some unity across the site.
01/08/2011 06:48So far so good. I like it. How are the contributors 'elected'?
01/08/2011 11:12I am a big fan of yours for many years so forgive me for criticising rather than complimenting my motives are sincere.
It lacks the sense of immediate mischievous but well written comment that distinguishes internet sites from msm and lends them momentum. Its all a bit considered and therefore far less compelling - maybe this is a good thing (in a magazine) but not I think online. Even Coffee House with its limited resources and narrow views seems more news sensitive. What do all those contributors do all day?
It needs a bit of bite: not comparisons of Milliband to Attlee, nor I regret to say obituaries for Cameron (and however justified publishing articles criticsing your readers for disagreeing with you is very Derek Draper - sorry) but pungency.
Most of the actual politicians contributing are predictably partisan and many are not good writers (the curse of LabourList). We need more Tom Harris (Im sure you have to beg him)... Jerry Hayes and Phil Hendren are very promising, and it is indeed a million times better than that terrible Huffpo thing.
Finally it is irritatingly easy to click on the wrong article.
01/08/2011 23:17So far so good, despite the Grauniad-style sub-editing, eg "Shelagh Fogarty describes the moving scenes in Norway and the media SCUM at the Olympic swimming pool." !!!
Not yet the quantity or quality of comments that the site deserves.
03/08/2011 12:55"we now have more than 100 contributors, who are writing an average of 18 articles a day for the site"
When I first read this, I thought you meant EACH!
03/08/2011 15:11I'd like to see a few more of the contributors actually engaging with the people who comment on their articles.
Otherwise it's less of a blog and more of a comment-based old-media news site.
04/08/2011 00:02Its good already and really exciting how it's only three weeks old. Also it's so good to read Iain Dale articles again!
16/08/2011 22:12I like the site, it has good quality contents and writers.
It would be an even better if it had functionality that was similar to www.disqus.com
Namely
1) Visitors had the opportunity to respond to the comments of other visitors.
2) Visitors can change their avatar.
3) Visitors can vote if they like (or dislike) the comments of others. The total likes/dislikes could then be displayed against each comment.
4) Visitors can see a page that consolidates all their comments.
These changes would encourage debate and return visits.
20/08/2011 13:06