8 Tweetable Facts from Curation Habits Report 2012

Curation Insights (Mar 29 2012)

1. Should I include photos in my curated content? Does it matter how long my blurb is about the article? Can I just curate, or should I be writing original content also? Are these some familiar questions you find yourself asking? Earlier this month, we launched the Curation Habits Report, where we reviewed over 1million articles curated to fund how curators are curating their content. Here are a few tidbits from the report to share with the curtaors in your life - tweet away!

   1. 87% of curated content are third-party articles; 13% is original content http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
      
   2. Articles w/ pictures get 47% more click-thrus than articles w/o http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
   3. Medium snippets generate 20% more click-thrus than small ones  http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
   4. Curators who approve under 50% of articles see more audience growth http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
   5. The average curator published 17% of the articles in their line-up http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
   6. Curated sites with 16-30% original content generate more pageviews  http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
   7. Medium snippets get 106% more click-thrus for the avg. newsletter than large ones http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]
      
      
   8. Sites updated daily generate 18% more click-thru activity than those updated weekly http://bit.ly/yxr1Wp #curationhabits @getcurata [Tweet This]

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