One of the big debates in journalism is the question of how in touch news editors are with the audience.
News sites increasingly offer a section which shows the most popular stories with readers.
This neat page ranks how in touch the BBC News website is with its readers.
It works by comparing the top 10 headlines on the front page with the 10 most read stories, pulling the information from RSS feeds. Ben Metcalfe has more on the XML feeds in his blog.
It is an interesting application and shows how technology can be used to offer a different take on news.
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