"According to new figures from Comscore, the ‘gold standard’ web measurement firm, in December 2011 MailOnline recorded 45.348million unique visitors.
"The next closest newspaper was the New York Times which had 44.787million unique users..."
'But how do they do it?' I hear you ask.
By printing a load of inane showbiz twaddle - often about US celebs who mean nothing over here - and by pedalling titillating salacious filth.
Ideally in the same story.
Let's have a look at some headlines from the front page of today's MailOnline.
No hangover here! Carol Vorderman puts in a fresh-faced appearance after the NTAs in another figure hugging dress - She’s always been a cougar: Worse for wear Demi Moore seen smooching a 15-year-old in blast from the past video - What has happened to Katie Price? Bedraggled model heads out with ex Leandro... but leaves party with another man - Where's Austin when you need him... Cringe moment for Vanessa Hudgens as bikini top pops open - Now, that's how to wear a bikini! Picture perfect Adriana Lima models Victoria's Secret swimwear in tropical St Barts - Not sure anyone's looking at the coconut! Kelly Brook accentuates her curves in revealing bikini for a holiday snapshot - 'My boob implants swelled to the size of my head... then EXPLODED!' says actress who appeared in Corrie and Hollyoaks - So that's where she gets her outrageous behaviour from... Denise Welch's father is a successful drag queen - Wages of sin: Former underage prostitute paid for sex by footballer debuts lingerie line at Couture Fashion Week - Call of the wild: How a Co-op security guard left Manchester, slipped on a loincloth and became Tarzan, King of the Jungle - Not picking up tips at home? Orlando Bloom shows how NOT to wear trousers... while his model wife rocks a very nice pair - Swinging couple in drug-fuelled orgy with sex partner sprayed him with bear repellent after he refused to let them take explicit photos - Widow who said brain tumour turned husband into transvestite and made him cut her out of £575,000 will loses fight for inheritance - 50 Cent promises to post naked picture of his private parts if Giants lose Super Bowl - Not leaving anything to chance? Kerry Condon commands attention in revealing cut out dress at Luck series premier - Who wears short shorts? Amanda Seyfried shows off her toned legs as she smokes pot and kisses her co-star in Lovelace scenes - Pictured: Miley Cyrus poses provocatively with X-rated birthday cake at boyfriend Liam Hemsworth's party - They haven't seen it all: Playboy twins bewildered by CBB housemates' assertion that most UK men aren't circumcised - Sex shop forced to install discreet side entrance after pub-goers CHEERED every time a customer stepped into the street - Police launch crackdown on doggers at lay-by near family picnic spot - 'Not the best thing I had ever done': Police officer fights for his job after being caught in PORN film while on duty - Beach babe at 45: Former Page 3 girl Sam Fox shows off her pin-up figure in holiday snaps
Classy stuff from the nation's self-appointed moral guardian, I'm sure you'll agree.
Fagburn prides himself on not being a prude, but can it be long before Melanie Phillip's column is accompanied by a photo of her flashing her tits?
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Having dealt with them, I can confirm that everybody who runs the showbiz section on the DM website is a fucking dodgy cunt who regularly fuck people over in their quest for cheap hits.
ReplyDeleteAlso, whoever does their SEO must be a genius.