Wednesday, 18 May 2016

55 of the most WTF headlines that won't make you proud of DailyEdge

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of dailyedge.ie will have noticed that they have a tendency to include two things in a post title - county names and numbers. So let's have a look at what they've published recently for each Irish county

Cavan
11 reasons why Cavan will always be better than Monaghan

Clare
8 headlines that could only happen in Clare
15 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Clare
15 photos of the stunning Co. Clare landscape that's welcoming Star Wars this week

Cork
8 of the best sausage rolls in Cork
13 photos of the breathtaking West Cork landscape that's welcoming Star Wars
14 spectacular views from this perfectly located Cork pub
14 of the most WTF things that have ever happened in Cork
22 reasons living in Cork will ruin you for life

Donegal
14 of the most WTF things that ever happened in Donegal
14 spectacular views from this perfectly located Donegal pub
16 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Donegal

Dublin
5 whopper places to grab brunch in Dublin 6
5 excellent places to grab brunch in Dublin 7
6 great Dublin pubs with a place at the heart of Ireland’s independence
7 old school cafés in Dublin you need to visit before they're gone
8 places in Dublin all chicken goujon enthusiasts must visit
8 of the most scrumptious scones in Dublin
8 delectable chocolate biscuit cakes to try in Dublin
8 restaurants in Dublin every pasta lover needs to stick on their bucket list
9 slices of cheesecake you absolutely must sample in Dublin
10 ways Dublin’s cocktail bars have lost the absolute run of themselves
11 chocolate delicacies you need to try in Dublin once Lent is over
11 of the most Dublin 4 things that have ever happened
12 things people from Dublin will never understand about the country
15 tweets about Dublin that are just too real
16 tweets anyone who gets the Dublin-Waterford train will understand
14 signs that Dublin needs to cop the f**k on
21 reasons living in Dublin will ruin you for life
There are 21 Starbucks in Dublin city centre -- so what do independent coffee shops think?

Galway
11 words that just sound better in a Galway accent
15 things anyone who has ever been out in Galway will understand
16 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Galway
19 photos that prove Tigh Neachtain’s in Galway is a beaut of a pub
24 tweets that perfectly sum up Galway’s relationship with Supermacs

Kerry
18 of the most WTF things that have ever happened in Kerry
19 things that would make you very proud to be from Kerry
19 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Kerry

Kildare
15 of the most Kildare things that have ever happened

Kilkenny
11 reasons Kilkenny is definitely better than Waterford

Limerick
16 of the most WTF things that have ever happened in Limerick
11 pictures of takeaway food from Limerick that will make you drool

Louth
10 headlines that could only happen in Louth
11 of the most WTF things that ever happened in Louth

Mayo
10 headlines that could only happen in Mayo
18 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Mayo

Sligo
19 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Sligo

Tyrone
15 of the most Tyrone things that have ever happened

Waterford
8 words and phrases that just sound better in a Waterford accent
13 reasons why Waterford is definitely a f**king city
19 beautiful photos that prove Waterford is stunning in the sunshine

Wexford
10 headlines that could only happen in Wexford
15 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Wexford
18 things you'll know if you grew up in Wexford

Wicklow
15 of the most Wicklow things that have ever happened

You might have noticed that there's a few phrases that are repeated in these titles - WTF (What The Fuck) which is always the "most WTF", Headlines and Proud.

WTF
14 of the most WTF things that have ever happened in Cork
14 of the most WTF things that ever happened in Donegal
18 of the most WTF things that have ever happened in Kerry
16 of the most WTF things that have ever happened in Limerick
11 of the most WTF things that ever happened in Louth

Headlines
8 headlines that could only happen in Clare
10 headlines that could only happen in Louth
10 headlines that could only happen in Mayo
10 headlines that could only happen in Wexford

Proud
15 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Clare
16 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Donegal
16 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Galway
19 things that would make you very proud to be from Kerry
19 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Kerry
18 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Mayo
19 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Sligo
15 beautiful photos that would make you proud to be from Wexford

While no posts were found mentioning Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Derry, Down, Fermanagh, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary and Westmeath, please remember that we do not index every post on dailyedge, and our archive of posts only goes back three months

Lets finish with a reminder that there are 22 reasons why living in Cork will ruin you for life, but only 21 reasons why living in Dublin will do the same
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Most shared content

What was the most shared piece of content across the six sites in the last month?
The data we've analysed is available as a GitHub gist

The following tweets were all shared by five of the six sites

As well as that the following two youtube videos were shared by four sites

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Monday, 11 April 2016

Been a month

So it's been a month since I launched DoneWithClickbait and it's time to look at some of the numbers date mined by the site.
First of all, some disclaimers:
  • the site didn't run correctly for a few days due to blocks by some sites - hello entertainment.ie and joe.ie - fortunately some volunteers helped me around this
    • Due to the way some sites alter the way they share links, some articles have multiple entries on our database, one for each method (e.g. bit.ly or direct link) which skews the data a little. Fortunately these aberrations are rare so hopefully their influence on the final numbers is minimal
    • DailyEdge and her.ie were not scanned from the site launch, so their total numbers are not exact, but the averages are still accurate
    In the last month, the site tracked the links to 3996 posts across five sites - balls.ie, entertainment.ie, her.ie, dailyedge.ie, joe.ie and sportsjoe.ie

    The data for each site is presented in the following format
    Posts Total number of posts for site
    Posts Per Day Average number of posts per day for the site
    Total Links Total links to articles posted by the site's twitter account
    Tweets Per Post Average number of links posted to each article
    Most Linked Article Article linked to the most by the site's twitter and the number of links

    Balls.ie
    Posts 833
    Posts Per Day 26.8
    Total Links 6166
    Tweets Per Post 7.41
    Most Linked Article Five College Football Studs Who'll Be Earning Millions In The NFL By 2020 - 32

    Entertainment.ie
    Posts 557
    Posts Per Day 18
    Total Links 2546
    Tweets Per Post 4.57
    Most Linked Article 5 best things to watch on Netflix this week - 15

    Her.ie
    Posts 541
    Posts Per Day 17
    Total Links 4969
    Tweets Per Post 9.18
    Most Linked Article A Celebration Of Irish Design At The Fashion Innovation Awards - 60

    DailyEdge
    Posts 319
    Posts Per Day 10
    Total Links 2546
    Tweets Per Post 8
    Most Linked Article 13 H&M shopping truths every Irish gal and guy knows - 29

    Joe.ie
    Posts 698
    Posts Per Day 22
    Total Links 8064
    Tweets Per Post 11.57
    Most Linked Article VIDEO: This drug-fuelled Peppa Pig sketch is absolutely hilarious (VNSFW) - 67

    SportsJoe.ie
    Posts 1050
    Posts Per Day 33.8
    Total Links 10150
    Tweets Per Post 9.66
    Most Linked Article WATCH: Emotional scenes in Croke Park as rival fans come together to remember Buncrana tragedy - 51

    Analysing the text in each article's title has provided the following thirty most used words (minor words like the, an, who, etc are ignored)
    WordOccurancesWordOccurances
    watch741first87
    video433pics83
    irish250late80
    new214ever75
    pic209game72
    ireland153night71
    conor148tribute71
    dublin145today69
    fans144liverpool67
    ufc137football66
    mcgregor117manchester66
    last102star66
    people99rugby65
    day97world65
    most89him63

    Just outside the top thirty are league(63), twitter(63), against(62), show(61), diaz(60)

    So what does this all mean? Anyone who follows these accounts is being bombarded with links to the same post multiple times, and the linked article is more than likely going to contain a video, which will have something with Irish interest. This really isn't too surprising given the sites are Irish, and trying to attract an Irish audience. With the recent high profile UFC bouts, it's no wonder that UFC, and McGregor, rank so highly, both well ahead of football and rugby - would this trend be repeated if the same search was applied in June after the European Championships, or in October in the latter stages of the Rugby World Cup?

    Does the NFL article linked to more than any other by Balls.ie point to an increase in its popularity in Ireland?

    I have to admit to being a little uncomfortable with the 51 tweeted links posted by SportsJoe.ie to the video of fans in Croke Park marking the recent tragedy in Buncrana.

    Finally, I'd like to thank the volunteers who helped me work around the sites who blocked the twitter account
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    Done With Clickbait

    I had an idea recently to write a script to rip the embedded content (tweets/facebook posts/instagram posts/etc) from the clickbait sites that have sprung up in Ireland over the last while (joe/sportsJoe/balls/etc) and publish it all elsewhere.

    Been working on it on and off for a little while and you can see the results here: http://donewithclickbait.appspot.com/#/
    Click on the headlines to expand and see what they have to used to justify an article. Might save you a few trips to these stites

    There was a slight problem with the script for the last week where it wasn't updating for a few days, but I think I have it licked now

    There's a few things left to do, the layout needs to be cleaned up for one thing, but it's more or less done. The site is updated a few times a day, and it all runs automatically from Google Scripts* The insults - "a waste of a journalism degree", "mouth breather", etc - are repeated so I need to think of a few more to make it seem less repetitive. Feel free to share the link to anyone you think would laugh at it.

    I'm not the Irish Clickbait guy - https://twitter.com/IreClickbait - although you should follow him if you're on twitter. There is a twitter account for the site here - https://twitter.com/donewclickbait - but I haven't done anything with it yet. Again, something to work on. Maybe tweet when the article is first linked by the site, and then a running total whenever they tweet again - "joe.ie wants you to click on new article", "joe.ie linked to this article for the second time today", etc -

    I'm doing some data mining on the articles as well, for the few days the site's been running I can tell you an article link is tweeted five times on average by those sites, with balls posting the most articles per day, and joe posting the same link the most times

    If there's enough interest I could have a look at doing something similar for clickbait sites based in the UK, but I'm not as familiar with them.

    *read up here if you're interested: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/triggers/
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