CBC.ca is the number one ranked news website in Canada for buzz generated from its online content, according to a study by Chicago-based Cision.

The study looked at the country’s top 10 media outlets and how effective their online content was at generating buzz, as measured by links and comments that the media outlets received from December 29, 2008 to January 27, 2009.

Cision examined how many times the website was mentioned - including on social media such as Twitter to blogs and forums - and how many times someone responded to that mention. (more…)

Unprecedented is a word we’ve been hearing a lot lately. We have an unprecedented global economic crisis, and now Canada has an unprecedented crisis in government with a newly formed coalition of Liberals, NDPers (social democrats) and Bloc Quebecois (separatists) angling to grab power from the recently elected Conservatives.

Major news sites have been flooded by comments from readers. ICUC Moderation Services (the parent of snoo.ws) reports that its team has been inundated with comments on CBC.ca, one of the country’s major online news sites. “Canada is definately speaking out,” said ICUC President Keith Bilous. “It’s like nothing we’ve seen from a news story before.” One story had nearly 6,000 comments by Tuesday morning. (more…)