Aftershocks from Wednesday’s nearly 300-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average — and similar sinking in other financial indicators — were felt on Trove, too: the most-added channel over the past 24 hours was Personal Finance.
You might want to avert your eyes from your portfolio for a few days. It’s ugly in there.
Here’s the rest of the top 10:
» Google
» 30 Rock
» Barack Obama
» Diet and Nutrition
» Facebook
» Science
» Celebrity Gossip
» Facebook Advertising
» Lady Gaga
Game systems, cell phones and sports topped the list of most-read channels over the past 24 hours. Want to see what everyone else sees? Here’s the list for your adding pleasure:
» PlayStation
» Science
» Personal Finance
» National Security
» Oscar Contenders
» Washington Redskins
» Horse Racing
» Google
» Pakistan
» Egypt
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Reports have bounced around the ‘Net all day that Facebook paid for a PR campaign to smear Google — a charge Facebook denies.
No matter how that fight shakes out, these articles join a crowded field of stories pitting the tech giants against each other in terms of traffic, “likes,” and social media dominance.
But who’s winning the fight for Trove users: the Facebook channel or the Google channel? It depends on the time frame you’re considering.
Over the past 24 hours, more Trove users have viewed and added the Google channel than the Facebook channel.
The fight gets more evenly matched at the week level: Facebook beats Google on channel adds, but Google edges Facebook out in channel views.
And the winner over the life of Trove so far? Facebook, in both channel views and adds.
Full disclosure: Users must log in with Facebook Connect to access Trove. And many of the articles linked in this blog post were discovered through Google. See? We’re conflicted, too.
