After Losing Its Star Writers, Engadget's Traffic Has Gone Up

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Wednesday, December 28, 2011 After Losing Its Star Writers, Engadget's Traffic Has Gone Up When AOL's Engadget lost its roster of star editors and reporters, the natural assumption for many people in the tech-media world was that it was in big trouble. Well, guess what? Engadget is doing just fine without those writers. We asked comScore for data on the site, and as you can see, traffic has actually picked up slightly since Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, and all the rest left to start The Verge. Right before those guys left, traffic was actually trending down, probably due to the tech news cycle. Overall, Engadget's traffic is somewhat flatover the last two years, but that's part of the challenge of being one of the biggest tech sites in the world. It's hard to get a new audience. Plus, you can't blame that on editoral turnover. Read » Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter: @chartoftheday Also On SAI Today: If Apple Can't Block Android Phone Sales, It'll Make Them Pay Instead REPORT: HP Tried To Sell Palm For $1.2 Billion THE APPLE INVESTOR: Get Ready For New Devices In 2012 Khan Academy Had 4 Million Unique Visitors Last Month Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Apple And Google Get A Record Breaking Christmas CHART OF THE DAY: How Apple's Magazine Subscription Plan Helped Sell More Copies Of Popular Science CHART OF THE DAY: The Facebook iPad App Crushed Facebook On The iPad's Web Browser Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: ipat39@gmail.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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