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"Top 10 Most-Engaged News Organizations on Google Plus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The New York Times\n\n\nA list published Jan. 10 ranks news organizations based on the level of engagement they incite on Google+. Here are the top 10 outlets that garner the most +1s, shares and comments. \n+1s per post: 130.92\nShares per post: 73.85\nComments per post: 43.00\nTotal per post: 247.77\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Mashable\n\n\n+1s per post: 62.10\nShares per post: 49.46\nComments per post: 33.08\nTotal per post: 144.64\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. The Next Web\n\n\n+1s per post: 41.50\nShares per post: 58.08\nComments per post: 12.78\nTotal per post: 112.36\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. NPR\n\n\n+1s per post: 30.22\nShares per post: 19.67\nComments per post: 28.49\nTotal per post: 78.38\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Breaking News\n\n\n+1s per post: 19.34\nShares per post: 22.32\nComments per post: 28.78\nTotal per post: 70.44\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. TIME\n\n\n+1s per post: 33.94\nShares per post: 16.46\nComments per post: 18.08\nTotal per post: 68.48\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. NBC News\n\n\n+1s per post: 28.47\nShares per post: 21.05\nComments per post: 13.27\nTotal per post: 62.79\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The Atlantic\n\n\n+1s per post: 12.00\nShares per post: 4.89\nComments per post: 43.00\nTotal per post: 59.89\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. The Wall Street Journal\n\n\n+1s per post: 26.32\nShares per post: 21.18\nComments per post: 11.34\nTotal per post: 58.84\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. TechCrunch\n\n\n+1s per post: 23.26\nShares per post: 16.29\nComments per post: 14.31\nTotal per post: 53.86\nTo see numbers 11 through 45, click here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA list published Tuesday reveals which news organizations on Google+ instigate the most reactions from their followers. Since Google+  brand pages launched in November, media outlets have been playing around with how to best use the 6-month-old social network.\nBased on +1s, comments and shares, The New York Times, Mashable and The Next Web appear to be finding the most success at roping in heavy engagement (see the top 10 and statistics in the gallery above).\nAdam Sherk, vice president of SEO and social media at Define Media Group, ranked the top 45 media outlets by using All My +, a tool that analyzes public Google+ data of individual users or pages to spit out engagement statistics, charts and most-popular posts.\n\nSEE ALSO: Complete Guide to Google+ | Who Is the 1st Google+ User to Reach 1 Million Followers? \nGoogle's social network has naturally attracted news organizations that want to interact with readers or gain more eyeballs on their stories, photos and videos. However, not all brands are getting the visitors they seek. Recent data shows that of the 61 companies on the Interbrand Top 100 Brands list that are on Google+, only 13 had followings of 5,000 or more. \nQuick Q&amp;A: How The New York Times Manages Its Google+ Page\nNever one to be complacent or ignore changes in the social media landscape, The New York Times posted the rankings on its Google+ page to thank its community and ask for suggestions on how to improve its strategy.\nWe asked the folks handling NYT's Google+ page a few questions to discover what's working for them and what's up their sleeves for the future. The publication's social media editors Liz Heron and Lexi Mainland sent Mashable these responses Wednesday. \nMashable: What do these rankings mean to you and your Google+ audience?\n\"Our Google+ strategy is to focus on a few key features that make the platform and the community unique: Deep conversation and smart debate, and video hangouts.\"\nNYT: \"Topping the list means our emphasis on selectively choosing Times pieces that are likely to spark interesting conversation, and asking the right questions to kick it off \u2014 as opposed to focusing on something like breaking news \u2014 may be working. It doesn\u2019t really change how we feel about the community there. Since we started, we\u2019ve been checking in with them and trying to incorporate their feedback into our strategy, and we\u2019ll continue to do so.\"\nMashable: If you had to describe your Google+ strategy in a sentence or two, what would you say?\nNYT: \"Our Google+ strategy is to focus on a few key features that make the platform and the community unique: Deep conversation and smart debate, and video hangouts (we\u2019ve been experimenting with these behind the scenes and will be doing more publicly soon).\"\nMashable: How has that Google+ strategy evolved since launching your page?\nNYT: \"Our strategy has evolved as we\u2019ve heard from our commenters. At first, we were focusing on technology stories. Although those still do really well, we\u2019ve broadened our scope to include other kinds of content our community seems to like: analytical facts and figures, interactive features, surprising photographs. In our first video hangout, we found out that a creative artistic community is thriving on G+ and we\u2019re widening our scope to include more pieces that would appeal to them. We also see how much people enjoy interacting with our reporters and editors in the comments. Expect to see more of that.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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