Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Related posts: The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google onto Something? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Content 112

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Development Social Media My Social Media Resolutions for 2009 Wed, Dec 31, 2008 Social Media The Internet is filled with end of year reviews , highlight articles , and wrap-ups. Predictions for what will and won’t happen in 2009 are also a popular topic for bloggers this time of year. Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

Gov 2.0 77

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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.

Issues 100

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

News 101

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

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. Mike J September 23, 2009 at 1:47 pm Interesting insight. David Mathison September 25, 2009 at 7:11 pm Thanks for running the numbers Adam!

Sites 238

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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.

Sites 105

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Justin Levy

JULY 27, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Google News Should Integrate Twitter Search Written on July 27, 2009 by Justin Levy in google , social media , twitter 3 Comments - Leave a comment! A lot of people choose to use Google Reader for this feature.

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

It can cause bloggers to start rethinking their content strategy and possibly even considering whether or not they should continue blogging. Usually they tell me that their seeing their content being shared online but they still wish they were getting the comments on their blog. Sometimes the comments are even better than the post.

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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? So if you link to your Twitter account on your Google profile the people you’re following on Twitter become part of your social circle. If not how do we get there?

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 13, 2010

Even now Google reader mobile is clunky. Everything else is left to the RSS reader. Its nice to check out at the end of the day and breeze over google reader. I use my Google Reader to put my feeds in folders and just run down the list. link] Chris RSS 100% – I get enough email as it is.

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

As of now, it will integrate will services including Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, and Google Reader. You will be able to connect with Twitter, but only to pull in content, not to publish tweets (at least, not yet). 13 Signs That You’re At a Tech Conference Social Media Stats – It’s Raining Content!

Platform 125

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Related posts: My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

7 comments… read them below or add one } Marty November 19, 2009 at 6:48 am Great post. November 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm Great info. Mike November 24, 2009 at 2:00 pm Interesting quick read, thanks for the info. There is also @patriotsdotcom with 6K+ followers that includes content from patriots.com. Thanks for sharing.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? Make it simple and logical to get to actual Wrap content from that page.”

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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.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A tactic that some news and content sites employ is monitoring Google’s Hot Trends list in an effort to identify hot topics and then quickly produce matching content around them. 2 comments… read them below or add one } Gary Gregory October 9, 2009 at 4:51 pm Thank you for the list! Does this work?

Trends 146

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

There are two things that act as an extension to social media: #1: great customer service, especially since everything is now public, and #2: great content, so that you can do something that is clearly remarkable that people would want to talk about. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. How do you do #1?

Communities 170

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. The Future Buzz): Adam Singer writes an excellent piece on the qualities that make up the most popular “power users&# of the social web — that is, those individuals whose content people want to consume always. Share This or Else!

Marketing 265

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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. To reporters’ sources?

News 136

News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The content on search engines and social media gets a little lost among all the stats and charts so I thought I’d summarize that data here. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Survey 140

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. Reply Tamar Weinberg October 22, 2009 at 11:10 am Yup Glen – some companies will be happy to broadcast. I’m going to stop there, though.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. Adam Sherk August 9, 2010 at 8:42 am Thanks Amit.

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

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.

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Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

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.

Yahoo 101

Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

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.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

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.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

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.

Social Media 100

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 12, 2010

Reply to Facebook Comments via Email – [link] This comment was originally posted on Twitter [link] Santi Chacon Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for January 13th: Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across [link] This comment was originally posted on Social Wayne [link] knappmarketing About time!

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Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

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?

Hitwise 100

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Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

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?

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

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. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

News 104

News Engagement Facebook Press Release 104

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

And since I did the same thing in November 2009 I can now provide some growth percentages too. Louis Rams 40,847 154.45% 31 Oakland Raiders 23,075 -61.91% 32 New York Giants No official page N/A The Cowboys are dominating, which is interesting because in November 2009 they did not even have an official page (at least that I could find).

Team 188

Team Twitter Facebook Comparison 188

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.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

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 100

Hitwise Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 30, 2009

However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.

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