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Entertainment | 12/22/2008 8:16 am

2008's Most-Read wOw Photo Essays

Did you miss any of these?  Posts on politics, hairstyles, even cougars — here are this year’s most-read stories on wowOwow

Here, in rank order we present 2008’s the 12 most-read photo essays on wowOwow…

10 Celebrity Hair Styles That Take Off 10 Years  (yes, wOwers, a hair story is numero uno — are you really that surprised?) 

wowOwow’s List of 50 Sexiest Men Over 50  (because someone told us that "sex sells"?)

An Aerial Tour of the Homes of Bernie Madoff and the Bailed Out Bankers  (a late in the year entry that went viral overnight. wonder why?)

Father Time? 50ish, 60ish, 70ish Fathers and Their "Trophy" Kids  (proving there’s no fool like an old fool)

Does a Little Obama Elitism Go A Long Way in Politics? (Lesley Stahl, Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Juliet Buck and Liz Smith weigh in)

Silver Tsunami:  Grey Haired Beauties from Business, Hollywood (13 reasons we say grey might be the new power hair color for women)

Mr. Blackwell’s Ten All-Time Worst-Dressed Women (a wOw tribute to bad taste upon the death of Mr. Blackwell of "worst-dressed" fame)

wOw’s Best 40+ Legs List (forgive us; sometimes we just can’t help ourselves from bragging to the world about how fabulous 40+ women look today)

An Illustrated Guide to Flirting After 40  (Liza Donnelly channels Dr. Judith Sills’ ideas for getting attention from the opposite sex)

From Cleopatra to Jennifer Anniston, Cougars We Love (in 2008, cougars went mainstream…in movies, books, television, and, of course, on wOw)

Everything I Hate About Myself I See in Hillary (Judy Bachrach’s early anti-Hillary article went completely viral.  it still packs a punch)

Mary’s Wells’ Gaudi-Gehry Experience (gorgeous pictures of Barcelona from The Gypsy)

 

 

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Buh- Bye
Fascinating list.
By Buh- Bye on 12/28/2008 11:22 am
Serena .
Hey My Alias, didn’t this list change? Also, didn’t the title change?
By Serena . on 12/30/2008 1:03 pm
Buh- Bye
Did it? I didn’t notice Serena. Maybe it’s based on a statistical formula (like an Excel worksheet) that keeps updating as more users click onto the site.
By Buh- Bye on 12/30/2008 5:41 pm
rocky rocky
Ahh. So for wOw to be a success it needs “readers” not “posters.” Suggested by you counting only the readers … very interesting. Also, by the topics in this list, it might be thought that wOw readers and posters are quite different types. Doubly interesting.
By rocky rocky on 12/28/2008 11:29 am
Serena .
You know, I am very surprised NOT to see Miss Jane’s July 4th piece in this list. I know it had to fall into the “most read” category because it generated such wonderful discussions. Curious. Perhaps you are right rocky rocky.
By Serena . on 12/28/2008 12:44 pm
rocky rocky
Hi Serena. Any theories about why this — “Most Read” — thread disappeared from the front page? The ones that are here and then within hours are removed always intrigue me …
By rocky rocky on 12/28/2008 3:14 pm
Serena .
Hey rocky rocky. Yes, I do have a theory. Thanks for asking. I was thinking this—I have my own blog site (www.wiremonkeys.wordpress.com) and I can see the number of “hits” (or “views”) on my site, the hits on a particular page, or even the number of hits on a particular article or link. Now. All that these “hits” mean is that someone clicked a link somewhere to get to that point and the site registers a hit. However, even if I have 100 hits on one of my articles, I cannot say that 100 people actually READ the article. There is NO way of knowing whether or not someone has read anything on my site (as far as I know). Now. I think you can make a better assessment of how many actual READERS you have IF you look at the number of posts. More than likely, if someone posts, that probably means they also read whatever it is they are posting to. “Reader’s Digest” version: I can click every link on the wOw web site and still not have read a damn thing.
By Serena . on 12/28/2008 3:35 pm
Serena .
Oh, and I meant to say … my final point is this (which I’m sure you’ve already figured out): Having an article title such as “2008’s Most-Read wOw Stories” is both misleading and invalid.
By Serena . on 12/28/2008 3:45 pm
rocky rocky
Hmm. Okay. That makes sense—most hits, not most readers. That’s still an interesting statistic … Thanks, Serena.
By rocky rocky on 12/28/2008 4:52 pm
Serena .
Hey, rocky rocky, Wasn’t this post titled “2008’s Most-Read wOw Stories”? Not photo essays? As I copied it in one of my posts.
By Serena . on 12/30/2008 1:00 pm
rocky rocky
That’s strange. I believe you’re correct, Serena. I don’t remember seeing “Photo Essays” at all, and it’s something that would have gotten my attention. Though even my home page now uses this new title … ????
By rocky rocky on 12/30/2008 6:50 pm
Deborah Barrow
Ladeeees: Web 101. A note about photo essays. They’re the number one “content type” on websites as measured by traffic and page views (there must be a thousand photo essays on Martha!). They attract hundreds of thousands of brand new readers, and they add some good old fashioned fun to the site so we have a happy balance of stories that keeps everyone happy…both our beloved serious, politically-minded commenters as well as our beloved “please, just entertain me or show me something pretty - new - interesting” readers… Class dismissed~ *joking!* -Your trusty web slave, er, I mean Editor-in-Chief, Deborah
By Deborah Barrow on 12/30/2008 6:35 am
Serena .
Excuse me Deborah, but it appears that someone has changed the title. It did read “2008’s Most-Read wOw Stories”—NOT photo essays.
By Serena . on 12/30/2008 12:57 pm
Serena .
Also, this list has been changed. These are not the stories that were originally here.
By Serena . on 12/30/2008 1:01 pm
Serena .
And one more comment—the original article for this “most read” blog was taken off the home page yesterday (29 December 2008). Now it has reappeared—complete with a new title and new photos instead of articles. I don’t appreciate the misrepresentation here.
By Serena . on 12/30/2008 1:20 pm
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