40 Most Read Articles on Facebook

Facebook has today the most popular links of 2011 published on Facebook . With 800 million active users, Facebook has long been one of the largest suppliers of world traffic. In the list of shared content can be found here mainly the big players like the New York Times, CNN, Yahoo, Huffington Post, but also the Wall Street Journal. Most common was an article with pictures from Japan, right after a more or less colorful mixture follows from contributing. The numbers are very impressive. How much traffic you with my article, which has over half a million Likes, receives from Facebook, you can probably imagine in Germany barely.

Here's the complete list of contributions: 

1. Satellite Photos of Japan Before and After the Quake and Tsunami  (New York Times)
2. What teachers really want to tell parents   (CNN)
3. No, your zodiac sign has not changed  (CNN)
4. Parents, do not dress your girls like tramps  (CNN)
5. (Video) - Father Daughter Dance Medley   (Yahoo)
6. At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan   (Yahoo)
7. You'll freak when you see the new Facebook   (CNN)
8. Dog in Japan stays by the side of ailing friend in the rubble   (Yahoo)
9. Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines   (Yahoo)
10. New Zodiac Sign Dates: The 13th sign Ophiuchus?  (The Huffington Post)
11. Parents keep child's gender under wraps    (Yahoo)
12. How to Talk to Little Girl   (The Huffington Post)
13. Stop Coddling the Super-Rich   (New York Times)
14. Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior   (Wall Street Journal)
15. (Video) - Twin Baby Boys Have A Conversation    (Yahoo)
16. Man robs bank to get medical care in jail  (Yahoo)
17. Why You're Not Married  (The Huffington Post)
18. A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs  (New York Times)
19. Ryan Dunn Dead: 'Jackass' Star In This Car Crash   (The Huffington Post)
20. Scientists warn California could be struck by winter 'super storm'   (Yahoo)
21. Notes From A Dragon Mom  (New York Times)
22. A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy"  (The Huffington Post)
23. Obama's and Bush's effects on the deficit in one graph   (Washington Post)
24. Penn State, my final loss of faith   (Washington Post)
25. Golden-Voiced Homeless Man Captivate Internet    (Yahoo)
26. The most typical face on the planet   (Yahoo)
27. Widespread destruction from Japan earthquake, tsunamis    (CNN)
28. Permissive parents: Curb your brats   (CNN)
29. A Father's Day wish: Dad, wake the hell up  (CNN)
30. (Video) - Laughing Baby Loves Ripping Paper   (Yahoo)
31. Epic Cover Letter: How To Get Hired for Your Dream Job (PICTURE)   (The Huffington Post)
32. New Zodiac sign dates: Do not switch horoscopes yet   (Washington Post)
33. Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never Know  (Yahoo)
34. The Psychology of Revenge: Why We Should Stop Celebrating Osama Bin Laden's Death  (The Huffington Post)
35. (Photo gallery) - 'Where Children Sleep'  (New York Times)
36. Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis  (CNN)
37. Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, this  (CNN)
38. China's latest craze: dyeing pets to look like other wild animals   (CNN)
39. Grant Hill's Response to Jalen Rose  (New York Times)
40. Steve Jobs's patent  (New York Times)

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