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Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. were most (and least) popular? Best to you.

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Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities

Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines by Adam Sherk on July 28, 2009 Yesterday Steve Rubel pointed out how the article highlights on sites like CNN.com and iMedia Connection are a good time saver for him.

Engineering

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

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My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media by Adam Sherk on January 4, 2010 I was going to post this last week but then opted wisely for letting myself enjoy a holiday break. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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SEO News Social Media Syndication

Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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SEO Vocus Social Media Press Release

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them.

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Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity. The major engines all produce some form of hot topic/trend list, and several third-party and social media sites do as well. Does this work?

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Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Related posts: Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey

Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter by Adam Sherk on November 17, 2009 While many companies now have some form of presence on Twitter, how well are they utilizing it? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch He Don't Like Search So Much

Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

Here’s what he said he had to say about search engines: “Search on the Internet, whether it be Bing or Google, whatever, is free. It might not hurt to remember though that search engines send news sites A LOT of quality, monetizable traffic every single day, for free. So Avatar good, Google bad.

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Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Hitwise News Report Press Release

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Hitwise

Hitwise News Report Press Release

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Related posts: Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences' Social.

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Previously the only way to get the more comprehensive version into Google News was to republish the article on a new URL, which was not the best experience for either on-site or search engine users. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com by Adam Sherk on August 14, 2009 Recently I wrote about the importance of including meaningful content in videos embedded in press releases. So far Google seems to agree.

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Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Actually it would work online, if not for search engines giving users access to everything in one place and filtering out duplicate content to improve their experience. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites.

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Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites.

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

7 comments… read them below or add one } Marty November 19, 2009 at 6:48 am Great post. They are going to need a groundswell to get the NFL network on every cable tv in the country and that is the goldmine ahead of them. November 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm Great info. That’d be an interesting thing to see as well.

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Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Corporate social media marketing is about two-way communication

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Corporate Social Media Marketing is about Two-Way Communication by Adam Sherk on April 14, 2009 It’s a simple concept, but one that many companies are still struggling with in terms of practical implementation.

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I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Google-less?

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The Daily Show Visits The New York Times

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Daily Show Visits The New York Times by Adam Sherk on June 12, 2009 I couldn’t resist sharing this great video from The Daily Show of Jason Jones visiting The New York Times. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool { 1 comment… read it below or add one } David Mathison September 25, 2009 at 7:13 pm Hmmm. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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News Engagement Facebook Press Release

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

In terms of search engine visibility, as of today the Tumblr site is #9 in my Google results for “Newsweek” so it’s working its way up. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication

Videos in Press Releases are Cool – When They Provide Meaningful.

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content by Adam Sherk on July 30, 2009 Executive quotes in press releases are notorious for lacking any kind of substantial information. Greg Jarboe July 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm Great example, Adam.

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The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites by Adam Sherk on October 8, 2009 Although search engines keep improving on their ability to deal with duplicate content, this continues to be one of the main SEO issues facing news and content sites.

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NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Content Press Release Digg Survey

Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to searchmonkey

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to SearchMonkey by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2009 On Friday Yahoo announced new additions to its SearchMonkey enhanced results, including options for news content. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Yahoo News Syndication Press Release

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction by Adam Sherk on November 3, 2009 With all the buzz about Twitter Lists I thought I’d take a look at how some major news sites are doing so far with their own Lists. Nice roundup.

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20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority by Adam Sherk on February 1, 2010 When it comes to competing for search engine visibility, major news organizations tend to benefit from having strong, trusted domains. But just how strong are those domains?

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Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own.

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own Websites by Adam Sherk on July 22, 2009 There’s been a lot of coverage this week of Condé Nast bringing in McKinsey & Company to help them restructure the business, which hopefully will work out for them.

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Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication

Your Mom's Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around

Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around by Adam Sherk on May 29, 2009 Inside Facebook published some new statistics this week on Facebook’s US audience growth over the last 60 days. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the.

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. What you should be doing is avoiding duplicate content altogether. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Press Release Survey SEO

Twitter Suggested Follows – Today's Studio 54 Velvet Rope

Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2009

UPDATE: After posting this today I came across a post from Twitter explaining their selection criteria: Suggested Users I also noticed that just last night on Search Engine Land Danny Sullivan published an extensive look at who’s on the list: Who Does Twitter Love? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com by Adam Sherk on May 19, 2009 Hearst released some numbers this week on how things are going with seattlepi.com two months after moving to an online-only model. Total page views for those days were 1.5 million, 1.4 million and 1.5

Hitwise

Hitwise Press Release Syndication Blogroll

Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Trending Sources

Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities

Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media

Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter

Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch He Don't Like Search So Much

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences' Social.

Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Corporate social media marketing is about two-way communication

I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

The Daily Show Visits The New York Times

A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

Videos in Press Releases are Cool – When They Provide Meaningful.

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to searchmonkey

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction

20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority

Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own.

Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Your Mom's Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the.

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Twitter Suggested Follows – Today's Studio 54 Velvet Rope

So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com

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