Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons by Adam Sherk on February 25, 2010 In working on my presentation for the Twitter Marketing Tactics session at SMX West next week I’ve been looking at the various types of share and retweet buttons used on news sites.

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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. Here’s wishing everyone an interesting and productive 2010.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

by Adam Sherk on August 24, 2010 As first covered by Malcolm Coles and later confirmed by Google , for search queries that include a specific domain Google is now showing a larger number of results from that site on page one. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Alicia Keys knows how to do it.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Understanding user behavior in 2009 helps you to grow your audience or customer base and increase engagement in 2010. Gives me some great ideas and ways to plan on increasing engagement in 2010 and beyond. vanessalopez January 6, 2010 at 6:25 am Thanks a lot for sharing this very useful tips and advice with all of us.I

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com 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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. My post on syndication best practices covers ways to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

by Adam Sherk on April 8, 2010 The cease and desist letter and the ensuing war of words between The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman and Newser’s Michael Wolff is getting a lot of industry attention this week. Adam Sherk April 9, 2010 at 12:27 pm Thanks for your comment Brittnay. Brittany Machion April 9, 2010 at 12:29 pm Yep, you’re right.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Related posts: The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Embedding photos will be a good way for publishers to draw attention on the SERPs and increase clickthrough rates. Not sure what SearchMonkey is? There’s some background information on the Yahoo Developer Network: SearchMonkey.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on April 5, 2010 A new baseball season is underway and we are in that wonderfully brief period when fans all over the country still believe this could actually be the year for their team.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

5 comments… read them below or add one } Peter Robert Casey May 4, 2010 at 3:05 pm Way to take things up a notch! Adam Sherk May 4, 2010 at 3:26 pm Thanks Peter Anthony May 4, 2010 at 7:21 pm Very impressive Adam, I think we’ve all screen-grabbed those images and it takes time! Great work.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool by Adam Sherk on January 7, 2010 Hearst’s Skiff Reader is being unveiled at CES this week. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? My professional, analytical opinion is it looks pretty darn good.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement by Adam Sherk on January 6, 2010 Awareness of Newsweek’s Tumblr site has been increasing of late. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? I like it.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss It’s still early days for the tag, but based on results from some magazine sites we work with that have been experimenting with it, I’d say so far, so good.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Adrian Berry January 12, 2010 at 12:55 pm This is good news Jeff. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? When it comes to interactive media buys it looks like Google and the other search engines still offer marketers the best opportunities online. I appreciate your effort in posting this kind of information.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

by Adam Sherk on July 13, 2010 Being the savvy, well-connected PR pro that you are, you just helped bring about a great piece of editorial coverage in a major media outlet. But companies like to frame newspaper articles and glossy magazine covers on their walls and PR professionals still need to deliver big wins.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google News Optimization Tips Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly 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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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

by Adam Sherk on February 23, 2010 There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek on how AOL is utilizing software and analytics data in an effort to match content with user interests and monetize it more successfully. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? There is of course much more to the social media universe than just The Bobbsey Twins.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

by Adam Sherk on January 26, 2010 So the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints will meet in Miami for Super Bowl XLIV. Thanks, KD Kirk Dixon, Chief Learning Consultant, PRM Consulting Group (greater NYC area) Adam Sherk January 27, 2010 at 9:56 am Sounds good Kirk, will do. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Here are a few issues to consider when localizing an online newspaper or magazine. For example, if you are publishing a magazine about human resources management it might seem odd to readers in Japan if all the images depict European workers. Translation. Depending on your budget there are a couple of ways you can go about this.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

That’s a pretty good figure considering that direct navigation still represents the lion’s share of traffic to newspaper and magazine sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? (Side note: Hitwise, you’re overdue for an updated version of that report!). to 18% of total site traffic, the average being between 1-3%.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on January 12, 2010 NBA players, like many professional athletes, have taken social media by storm, but what about their teams? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Great work, Adam.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Nicole February 15, 2010 at 6:06 pm I think you’re onto something. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? There are a lot of possibilities out there for Foursquare.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Marquerite Buley January 25, 2010 at 6:40 pm I just started using Twitter not too long ago, since then I’ve begun to love it. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Very helpful as I only used a couple of these previously.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

by Adam Sherk on August 16, 2010 Over on All Facebook there is an interesting post on how JVC USA is using a “Like it to Win it” sweepstakes to rapidly build up fans and drive frequent engagement on the JVC Facebook Page. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

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