Adam Sherk

APRIL 24, 2012

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. Here are the fastest – and the slowest – news sites in 2012: Home Page Page Speed Score. April 2012.

Sites 187

Sites News Yahoo Comparison 187

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In her post about social media trends in 2012 Beverly Macy says content curation is important because people want to know what’s important and they want to discover interesting and relevant content. ” There are already a slew of tools that enable curation of content. .” This is not a new idea in PR.

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Curation Trends Curata Social Media 106

Akamai Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2011

I’ll call this one “ongoing” Since several of those resolutions are ongoing and I’ll continue to keep these on my radar, I’ve developed a (shorter) list of resolutions for 2012 that I intend to focus on as well. What platforms will you use in 2012 that are you aren’t making the most of right now?

Social Media 186

Social Media Vimeo Creative Commons Platform 186

Firebelly

DECEMBER 26, 2012

So you shot a video of your latest product offering and you want to get some SEO/content marketing juice out of it. And if you can win a YouTube search, chances are your video will also show up near the top of a regular Google search. ( ”) That’s French rookie Jean Alesi at Indy 500 2012 Media Day.

Video 191

Video Content Tips Marketing 191

Convince & Convert

MAY 15, 2012

This list is of some of the best conferences still to come in 2012 that are offering amazing speakers in the business and social media marketing industries. May 24, 2012, Columbus, Ohio. June 5-7, 2012, New York, NY. June 28-July 1, 2012, San Francisco, CA. The 2012 event is in the U.S. Content Marketing World.

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Conference Eventful Small Business Hubspot 131

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Have you ever wondered what compels people to share content on their social networks? Facebook insists it has the answer: write better content. A Harvard marketing professor named Thales Texeira has done some recent studies of content virality and sharing. In other words, the bandwidth for content consumption is fixed.

Content 256

Content Study Flickr Advertising 256

Janet Fouts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Maddie Grant threw down a glove challenging a number of people to participate in a meme answering the question “ How are you going to change the world in 2012 ?” in 2012 we plan to increase our pro-bono work through interactive training for nonprofits, particularly in inbound marketing practices and of course, using social media.

Training 112

Training Meme Small Business Social Media 112

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

Which news sites get the most engagement on their Google+ pages? It’s been a year since I took an early look at engagement rates for news organizations on Google+ , so I thought I’d revisit the topic and do a fresh comparison. So I also compiled the total engagement counts for all of the Google+ pages. 4 TIME 109.73

News 245

News Sites Engagement Google 245

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. One thing to point out is that not every site experienced a decline in 2012.

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StumbleUpon Sites Content Survey 172

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 15, 2012

The goals of #Nifty50 are: 1) Acknowledge 50 men and women who share valuable content and actively engage on Twitter, and. Over time, our goal is to give technology devices (who knows what the future may hold— Google Glasses next year perhaps?) Check out Google’s Project Glass Video. to 50 disadvantaged kids in all 50 states.

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Twitter iPad B2B Apple 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 27, 2011

This last year Google brought a large number of algorithm changes to the table. In case you missed it through all the chaos, below lists all of the crazy Google changes that occurred in 2011and just what they all meant: Top 10 Google Algorithm Changes of 2011. Google claims the update “incorporates new signals.”

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Google Small Business Engineering Guidelines 176

Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Google Trends can help answer those questions. Google Trends will tell you what gets searched the most and whether it’s growing, flatlined, or declining. Type them into the Google Trends search bar. Content marketing didn’t really start to get hot as as topic until 2012.

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Trends Google Sports Retail 150

Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

” And if this piece of content doesn’t pass the test as something you yourself would re-share, then don’t post it. This is the biggest mistake , he says, that digital marketers make other than not making enough use of visual content. If you have great content, Peg says, “you can’t just share it once.

Content 153

Content Publishing Social Media Google 153

Kikolani

MAY 11, 2012

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Your Blog, Your Rules – Why Marketing Should Always Begin at Home – Don’t rely solely on social platforms for housing your content. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing. Business / Career.

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Mashup Resources SEO RSS 113

Twist Image

JANUARY 9, 2014

No need to fret, Google is here. Let''s go back in time to a blog post titled, Is Google+ About To Make Facebook Frown? And - make no mistake about it - both Facebook and Twitter are not fans of having their information indexed on Google." oh, wait, that sounds a lot like Google Circles , doesn''t it?

Picasa 108

Picasa Google Instant Messaging YouTube 108

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2016

The way our mind acquires, operates, and responds reminds me of the Google Knowledge Graph. Google Knowledge Graph is the largest warehouse of knowledge in digital history—and it’s doing it with your help. What Is Google Knowledge Graph? Till now, Google ignored the actual context used in phrases.

Google 60

Google Wikipedia Content How To 60

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 18, 2012

A few interesting take outs for social media statistics in 2012 : Facebook Statistics 2012: An average Facebook user has 130 friends and likes 80 pages. billion pieces of content are shared. Twitter Statistics 2012: 34% of marketers have generated leads using Twitter. Each week on Facebook, more than 3.5

Social Media 280

Social Media Statistics Mobile B2B 280

Twist Image

MARCH 22, 2012

Starting a Blog in 2012 is a little bit more complex. How to start a Blog in 2012: Choose the right platform. I would argue that if you want to start a Blog in 2012, start with reading. You have to do this, not to cram content into a Blog, but because only through the frequency and habit of writing will you get good.

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Domain Name WordPress Tumblr How To 111

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Today I am going back to the four social media trends Beverly Macy predicted would be hot in 2012 in the Huffington Post. Content creation and curation. Some of these are outputs and outtakes, but a good number of them are outcomes: what did people do as a result of reading your content or engaging with you on a social site?

Analytics 92

Analytics Trends Social Media ROI 92

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As you know, I have helped numerous businesses and site owners respond to Google’s manual link penalties. And get those manual link penalties removed or revoked by Google. And not all sites have received manual link penalty messages from Google. Documented everything in a Google spreadsheet. www.linkdelete.com.

Google 127

Google URL Guidelines Compete 127

Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

” And if this piece of content doesn’t pass the test as something you yourself would reshare, then don’t post it. This is the biggest mistake , he says, that digital marketers make other than not making enough use of visual content. If you have great content, Peg says, “You can’t just share it once.

Content 106

Content Publishing Social Media Google 106

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 28, 2014

They needed the statistic within two hours for use in an important piece of long form content. The closest I eventually got to locating a source for this statistic was a citation I found buried in a document from Google Scholar search: 1997 by Salgado, J.F. I just had the internet. Sounds easy right? Cooper and I.T.

Statistics 132

Statistics Content Hubspot Marketing 132

SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. You published 30 articles this year, but none of them have gone viral , you still only have 250 followers on Twitter (none of whom retweet you), and your Google page rank still sits at a 2. Is your content really interesting?

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Creative Commons Flickr Adwords Tumblr 279

Kikolani

MARCH 13, 2013

If you follow my writing, you probably know how much I love Google Reader. On July 1st, Google Reader says goodbye. The Learn More takes you to a page that tells you what you can export using their Google Takeout tool, but nothing in the way of alternatives. A Little About How I Use(d) Google Reader. That’s right.

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Google Reader RSS Netvibes Google 168

Absolute PA

JANUARY 4, 2013

I’ve gotta say, it’s been an AMAZing 2012 with loads of incredible experiences. I created and launched my first online training programme, Twitter Brilliance, running the live training twice in 2012. (If Just like last year I’ve checked my Google Analytics and shared below the 10 most visited posts. Twitter Spring Clean!

Training 60

Training Project Twitter SEO 60

Writtent Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

While the concept of branded content has been around for decades, the practice of publishing blogs, eBooks and whitepapers to the web is less than a decade old. Studies by the Content Marketing Institute have found that 61% of customers are more likely to buy from a brand who offers free content resources. It Adds Value.

Content 89

Content Marketing eBook Study 89

Writtent Blog

AUGUST 8, 2014

Is quality content the backbone of your SEO strategy? Shabby content doesnt engage readers. So do search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo  Google in particular. Here is a closer look at what qualitative content is and why it should be the main driver of every search engine optimization strategy.

SEO 109

SEO Strategy Content Engineering 109

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2014

However, as content marketing gains popularity,SEO becomes more and more important. The more content there is on the web, the more difficult it is to find what you’re looking for. Content marketing isn’t a new idea for PR. Now content is the hottest new marketing idea. We’ve been doing this forever.

Google 61

Google SEO Skills Engineering 61

Buffer Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each week, we (the Content team) would receive overflowing inboxes filled with requests to post articles on the Buffer blog.   Usually, we’d pay these messages no mind – guest posts just weren’t a part of our content strategy. Six months ago, we noticed an interesting phenomenon. So what changed?

Guidelines 87

Guidelines Posterous FAQ Team 87

yMarketingMatters

APRIL 15, 2013

There are many ways to go mobile: Sending out mobile-optimized emails , enabling your website for mobile visitors, undertaking mobile advertising, Google Adwords for mobile and mobile SEO. An impressive increase from 35% in 2011 and 44% in 2012. Currently, 31% of Americans own a tablet compared to 11% in 2011 and 22% in 2012.

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Mobile Smart Phone Marketing Adwords 231

Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Dark social is sharing content or mentioning brands on private social media channels, including through direct messaging, email, private groups, and more. The term “dark social” was invented in 2012 by Alexis Madrigal, former editor of The Atlantic. Your direct traffic in Google Analytics is a good estimate. What is dark social?

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HootSuite URL Analytics Forums 120

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 8, 2019

The term was coined by Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic in 2012, who then said we’re only seeing—and measuring—the tip of the sharing iceberg. That was in 2012, when messengers were less popular. Five percent were attributed to direct by Google Analytics, even though the sign-up page was not accessible anywhere on the website.

Brands 152

Brands Analytics Consultant Data 152

Twist Image

JUNE 6, 2013

On June 17th, 2013, Google in New York City will be hosting the official book launch for my second business book, CTRL ALT Delete. This is a very private and intimate event for the industry and media (sponsored by Google and my publisher, Grand Central Publishing - Hachette Book Group ) and it is by invitation only. google nyc.

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Google Film Eventful Travel 111

Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Content marketing moves incredibly fast. We’ve curated 59 of the most powerful content marketing stats from the latest, high-quality research reports. Topics covered range from content marketing usage to consumer preferences, and far beyond. 93% of B2B marketers use content marketing, a 2% increase over 2012.

Content 110

Content B2B Hubspot Marketing 110

The Realtime Report

JUNE 20, 2014

Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. In 2012, that figure was at 3.4%; in 2013 it was 9%. The massive growth in online video consumption via mobile devices has changed the paradigm in content availability. Since 2012, mobile and tablet video viewership is up 532%. Sina Weibo: over 500 million users. via Tumblr.

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Social Networking Mobile Video Tumblr 175

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Over 500 hours of content is uploaded to YouTube every minute. share of Google’s total revenue. 2012: Watch time. In 2012, YouTube announced a new metric “ Time Watched ” to use in their search and Suggested Video algorithm. Create content in a similar style or topic to ones that your viewers already enjoyed.

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YouTube Notification Video Trends 120

Kikolani

JULY 20, 2016

Let’s get this out of the way first: there is no time guarantee of when your new website is going to be added to the Google index. Google says, “ Crawling and indexing are processes which can take some time and which rely on many factors. Google indexing factors. If the content is crawl-able. The website structure.

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Google Directory Domain Name SEO 60