Disclaimer: I helped implement this. I think it's a great idea. Many news sites have been displaying "visits" or "hits" next to their news stories for a while

Disclaimer: I helped implement this. I think it's a great idea. Many news sites have been displaying "visits" or "hits" next to their news stories for a while but it's never exactly clear where this comes from and how it's measured. By pulling this data directly from Google Analytics we are speaking the same language as everyone else and displaying metrics like time on page, bounce rate etc I think reveals a greater level of data than most. We're following in the (awesome) footsteps of people like Fred Wilson (http://chartbeat.com/demo/ http://chartbeat.com/demo/) and I hope that by displaying this data it will help our community keep us heading in the right direction and of course it should motivate all of us to keep pushing the numbers in the right direction :)