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

Adam Sherk

Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook? Google Expanded Sitelinks: Optimize Opening Text in META Description Tag. 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.

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

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

Adam Sherk

So as I stumble across the finish line, here are my top posts of 2013 by pageviews: The Most Common Google News Errors and How to Avoid Them. Google+ Engagement for News Sites: Top Performers and One-Year Growth Rates. The Google News Standout Tag: Does it Work? SEO Tips for Infinite Scrolling. Publishing'

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My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement? 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. 5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO.

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Social Media News Releases Get 3x More Media Coverage

Adam Sherk

Press Releases Do Get Shared on Google News. 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. Related posts: Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live?

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The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Adam Sherk

It has been a couple years now since page speed has been an official Google ranking factor and one year since the launch of PageSpeed Online , the Web-based version of Google’s tool for analyzing site performance. April 2011 Change. For these reasons it is something that is worth paying attention to. 4 MSNBC 83 67 23.9%.

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8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves

Adam Sherk

For example Google Search Plus Your World is a large push towards greater personalization through social connections and social activity. The key point being that Google+ pages allow brands to make those direct connections with users. My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers.