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The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Adam Sherk

Here are the fastest – and the slowest – news sites in 2012: Home Page Page Speed Score. April 2012. Note that for The Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Financial Times the PageSpeed tool was redirected to the URL for the US version of their home page. So the US URLs were used in the comparison. 3 Business Insider 93.

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How To Start A Blog In 2012

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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. Starting a Blog is easy. There's a Blog about anything and everything out there, right now. People want to know who they're reading. Read first.

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Dark Social in 2023: Here’s Why (and How) You Should Track It

Hootsuite

The term “dark social” was invented in 2012 by Alexis Madrigal, former editor of The Atlantic. Use a URL shortener Besides making your social posts tidy, shortening links also lets you add tracking information for accurate analytics measurement. URL shortener. Common examples of dark social are: Private messaging apps (e.g.

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24 of the Best Google+ Guides, Tips, Rants and Raves of 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Again arguing against the “Google+ is a ghost town” thesis, Donnie Bryant here provides a handful of helpful tips for getting more performance out of a Google+ business page, from creating a short URL and maximizing the use of photos and video to encouraging sharing. The Marketer’s Guide to Google Plus by KISSmetrics.

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EdgeRank Is Still Valid According to Study

Mindjumpers

Track Social conducted a study throughout May 2012, examining the Facebook rankings and thereby level of engagement of 100 well-known and highly active brands on the social platform. Link: A URL is provided to Facebook which creates a post based on the content at that URL. Putting the model to the test.

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The ProBlogger Top 20 of 2012

ProBlogger

Image courtesy Lore & Guille, licensed under Creative Commons So to help you out, I’ve compiled this list of our 20 most popular articles from 2012. Now, without further ado, here are our top 20 articles from 2012! URL Be Sorry: Google Cuts Back on Top-ranking Exact-match Domains. What were your top posts of 2012?

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What is Dark Social and How Is It Affecting Your Brand?

Convince & Convert

If you go to The New York Times right now, pick any article, and send the URL via Facebook Messenger to one of your friends, you’ve shared it via dark social. 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. And he was right, of course.

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