These factors deal with how people interact with news content:
User-Behavior Metrics
1=strongest factor; 15=weakest
OpEd Commentary:
“# of Google Plus shares and +1′s are not important at the moment, but be prepared to be force fed the inevitable” - Marshall Simmonds
“Tweet first, revise the article later.” - AJ Kohn
“+1′s may not be the highest priority within the social signals at present, but Google will want to shift to Google+ signals since they have better visibility and capability in association with this data.” - AJ Kohn
“Google didn’t buy PostRank just for laughs.”- AJ Kohn
“If users are finding what they’re looking for by clicking through, the story must be of use.” - Bryan Young