📅 2023-07-11 — Session: Analyzed Web Traffic and Credibility of News Outlets
🕒 00:40–02:00
🏷️ Labels: Web Traffic, News Credibility, Similarweb, SEO, Research
📂 Project: Media
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to explore various tools and methods for analyzing web traffic and assessing the credibility and bias of news outlets.
Key Activities
- Researched strategies for evaluating the credibility and bias of news outlets, emphasizing the use of multiple sources.
- Explored SimilarWeb for traffic analysis, including step-by-step instructions for using its features.
- Identified free alternatives to SimilarWeb for traffic analysis, such as Alexa’s Siteinfo and Google Trends.
- Discussed methods to determine webpage creation dates using domain lookups and historical archives.
- Used SimilarWeb to rank news sites by traffic in specific countries.
- Provided a list of alternative tools to SimilarWeb and Alexa for website traffic analysis.
Achievements
- Compiled a comprehensive guide on using SimilarWeb and its alternatives for web traffic analysis.
- Developed a methodology for assessing news outlet credibility and bias.
Pending Tasks
- Further exploration of advanced features in alternative tools to SimilarWeb for deeper insights into web traffic and SEO metrics.