Following the Leaders

The articles, sections, and services available on Communications’ Web site all vie for visitor attention. According to our latest Web statistics, the following features are the most popular in pageviews since the site’s formal launch in April 2009.

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Top Opinion Content

FYI: All but #2 are from the Viewpoints section of the print issue.

1. Research Evaluation for Computer Science
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/4/22954
2. Conferences vs. Journals in Computing Research
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/5/24632
3. CS Education in the U.S.: Heading in the Wrong Direction?
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/7/32090
4. Time for Computer Science to Grow Up
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/8/34492
5. Computing as Social Science
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/4/22953
6. Why "Open Source" Misses the Point of Free Software
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/6/28491
7. Advising Students for Success
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/3/21781
8. Teaching Computing to Everyone
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/5/24643
9. Beyond Computational Thinking
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/6/28490
10. An Interview With C.A.R. Hoare
      cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/3/21782

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Top Practice Articles

FYI: High readership is common for material from the print edition’s Practice pages.

1. The Five-Minute Rule 20 Years Later
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/7/32091
2. API Design Matters
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/5/24646
3. Whither Sockets?
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/6/28495
4. Security in the Browser
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/5/24645
5. A Direct Path to Dependable Software
     cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/4/22960

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Most Popular Browse by Subject Categories

FYI: The AI page gets more pageviews than the BBS landing page.

1. Artificial Intelligence
     cacm.acm.org/browse-by-subject/artificial-intelligence
2. Communications/Networking
     cacm.acm.org/browse-by-subject/communications-networking
3. Software
     cacm.acm.org/browse-by-subject/software
4. Security
     cacm.acm.org/browse-by-subject/security
5. Human-Computer Interaction
     cacm.acm.org/browse-by-subject/human-computer-interaction

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Top Services

FYI: These pages deliver a service, not just information.

1. Sign In
2. Forgot Your Password
3. Create a Web Account
4. RSS Feeds
5. Alerts and Feeds

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