Blocking Google Could Cost WSJ.com 25 Percent of Traffic
PC Magazine, November 11, 2009
By Chloe Albanesius
If News Corp. opts to remove its publications from Google News, the company's flagship publication, the Wall Street Journal, could lose up to 25 percent of its traffic, according to recent data. The data found that over 44 percent of WSJ.com visitors from Google are new users who have not visited the news site in the last 30 days.
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