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2011 NBA Playoffs: Head-to-Head Twitter Matchups by Klout Score

Adam Sherk

MAY 3, 2011

Since I like looking at the social media presence of NBA teams I thought I’d run the 2011 playoff teams through the beta version of the new Klout to see how the fare against each other. The Lakers’ 84 also gave them a close victory over Miami, making them the 2011 NBA Klout champions : Will they make it happen on the court?

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Klout Twitter Conference Team

Fewer PR Organizations Plan to Increase Focus on SEO and Social Media in 2011

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The results of the Vocus 2011 PR Planning Survey are out and the number of organizations that plan to focus more on SEO and social media has declined. In this year’s survey 51% of the respondents indicated that they would focus more on SEO in 2011, down from 57% in 2011.

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Vocus SEO Organization Social Media

My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook? Looking at my 2011 posts, it is interesting that a sports topic got the top slot since that’s not a major focus for me. Fewer PR Organizations Plan to Increase Focus on SEO and Social Media in 2011.

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SEO Publishing Press Release Social Media

StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. However that is a pretty small minority, especially considering that from 2007-2011 many content sites (not just the ones in this group) saw nice gains in StumbleUpon traffic each year. With that in mind I also pulled 2010 data to see if YoY performance for 2011 vs. 2010 had been better.

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StumbleUpon Sites Content Survey

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 25, 2012

So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. First a look at the total combined traffic for all 12 sites in 2009-2011: The trend lines tell the story loud and clear: traffic from Reddit is way up and traffic from Digg is way down. million 2011.

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Digg Reddit Survey Publishing

Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook?

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 27, 2011

These figures are accurate as of January, 26, 2011. January 2011 Twitter followers. January 2011 Twitter followers. January 2011 Facebook likes. January 2011 Facebook likes. Since it has been a year since my original post I thought I’d use Blake’s figures to look at the growth percentages for all of the teams.

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Team Twitter Facebook Course

My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Facebook analytics tools post is actually from December 2011 but since it was a top performer this year I’m letting it make the list. Related posts: My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success? I hope you found some of them useful.

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports

My Top Posts of 2013 on SEO and Social Media for Publishers

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Related posts: My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. For those of you that stopped by, left a comment or shared a post this year, thank you, I appreciate it! Hope you had a good year, and wishing you a happy 2014. My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media.

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SEO Publishing Social Media Sports

Social Media News Releases Get 3x More Media Coverage

Adam Sherk

MARCH 24, 2011

After an interview with Shel Holtz on the value of press releases RealWire CEO Adam Parker revisited some previous research to see how SMNRs are faring against traditional press releases.

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Press Release News Social Media Research

Interesting Magazine and Digital Stats from Pew State of the News Media 2013

Adam Sherk

MARCH 19, 2013

years old: The median ages remained the same in 2012 vs. 2011. Another is that news magazine readers are apparently old, middle aged, or just the right age (with plenty of income), depending on how you define those terms: The median age of news magazine readers is 49 years vs. a 45.8 for the adult US population.

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News Mobile Survey Study

Super Bowl XLV: Packers and Steelers Battle it Out on Twitter

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The figures referenced below are accurate as of February 2, 2011. Who knows, but I like looking at sports and social media signals and the Super Bowl offers a good analogy for comparing teams. Ok, let’s move on to the opening kick-off. 1st Quarter: Most Followers.

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Klout Twitter Overview Sports

My Top Posts of 2010 on SEO, PR and Social Media for News and Sports

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Enjoy the holidays and have a great 2011. While I write this blog in my spare time for my own enjoyment it has become a valuable part of what I do professionally. So I am grateful for the connections I have made through it and I appreciate the positive feedback I’ve received. How to Identify Your Own Top Trends.

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Sports News SEO Press Release

The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Adam Sherk

APRIL 24, 2012

April 2011 Change. But capturing scores at periodic intervals does provide a general sense of whether the pages are performing better or worse than previously. Among the smaller sampling of news sites here are the home pages that have seen the greatest YoY improvement: Home Page Page Speed Score. April 2012 Page Speed Score. 14 Yahoo!

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Sites News Yahoo Comparison

8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves

Adam Sherk

MARCH 8, 2012

My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. That’s a reasonable ratio; the important thing is to keep at and continue to experiment and learn. Related posts: Can Publishers Harvest Social Media Intent in a Meaningful Way? Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Publishing Questions Social Media Activities

Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall

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.

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Press Release Digg News SEO

Pinterest Traffic to Magazine Sites Up 141% But Figures Still Modest

Adam Sherk

APRIL 3, 2012

However in drilling down it was clear that some of the home sites were already doing pretty well in Q4 2011. Among the 25 sites that were examined: In Q4 2011 the most visits that any site got from Pinterest in a single month was 240K+. In Q4 2011 Pinterest was a top 10 referring domain for 4 out of 25 sites.

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Google Page Speed Ratings One Year Later: News Sites Range from Up 27% to Down 73%

Adam Sherk

APRIL 4, 2011

April 2011 Page Speed Score. April 2011 Page Speed Score. Today I checked each of those home pages again and ranked the sites by improvement. As a reminder Page Speed scores range from 0-100 with a higher score indicating better performance. Site Page Speed Score. April 2010 Change. 1 economist.com 80 63 27.0%. news 86 72 19.4%.

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5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 21, 2012

My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. Also be sure to check out my thorough, painstakingly created SEO and Social Media for Publishers: A Low-Rent Infographic. Related posts: My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media. Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix.

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SEO Social Media NoFollow Engineering

Can Publishers Harvest Social Media Intent in a Meaningful Way?

Adam Sherk

MARCH 30, 2011

Fewer PR Organizations Plan to Increase Focus on SEO and Social Media in 2011. What tools and methods are you using? Photo credit: Khalid Albaih. Related posts: How to Identify Your Own Top Trends. Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Publishing Social Media Aggregator ROI

SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success?

Adam Sherk

MAY 1, 2012

My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. Related posts: SEO and Social Media for Publishers: A Low-Rent Infographic. Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag.

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Metrics SEO Publishing Analytics

SEO and Social Media for Publishers: A Low-Rent Infographic

Adam Sherk

MARCH 14, 2012

Related posts: My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. The result of tireless brainstorming and minutes of sheer hard work is the following low-rent infographic: You have to admit many infographics have WAY too much crammed into them. Aren’t they supposed to make information easier to digest?

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Adam Sherk

2011 NBA Playoffs: Head-to-Head Twitter Matchups by Klout Score

Fewer PR Organizations Plan to Increase Focus on SEO and Social Media in 2011

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My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers

StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down

Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook?

My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

My Top Posts of 2013 on SEO and Social Media for Publishers

Social Media News Releases Get 3x More Media Coverage

Interesting Magazine and Digital Stats from Pew State of the News Media 2013

Super Bowl XLV: Packers and Steelers Battle it Out on Twitter

My Top Posts of 2010 on SEO, PR and Social Media for News and Sports

The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves

Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall

Pinterest Traffic to Magazine Sites Up 141% But Figures Still Modest

Google Page Speed Ratings One Year Later: News Sites Range from Up 27% to Down 73%

5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO

Can Publishers Harvest Social Media Intent in a Meaningful Way?

SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success?

SEO and Social Media for Publishers: A Low-Rent Infographic

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