Adam Sherk

JULY 8, 2011

In checking today several high-profile news sites still have active pages including Mashable , the Chicago Sun-Times , Breaking News , The Next Web and Search Engine Land. Others that had been previously reported as active now result in a 404 page including CNET, ABC News Radio and ITV News.

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Google News Engineering Report 111

Adam Sherk

MAY 24, 2011

According to their data Fast Five and Thor are far and away the most popular summer movies with each getting 38%+ of social media activity among the selected group of films: (click to enlarge). Share of social media activity: Fast Five 38.46%. Thor 38.05%. Green Lantern 9%. X:Men: First Class 4%. The Hangover: Part II 2.26%.

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Alterian Social Media Film Sentiment 143

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

The group includes a cross-section of print, broadcast and Web-only news organizations, and is not intended to be a definitive list. Personally I like to look at the per post averages as this helps to level the playing field and provide a general sense of how much user activity and engagement typically occurs. 1/10/12 Average.

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News Sites Engagement Google 245

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

To judge user engagement and activity, I also calculated the average number of “likes” and comments that the last 10 updates/links to each page received. Fox News is strongly ahead in terms of fan engagement and activity – their like and comment numbers are significantly greater than any of the other sites. NPR 489,413 513.5

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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

These activities typically involve collaboration with multiple groups including tech, edit and audience development as well as the SEO, PR and social media teams. that will draw interest, activity and ultimately links. Bloggers tend to be the best candidates for outreach activities that can lead to inbound links.

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Publishing Module Syndication Badge 209

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 10, 2011

It has been a year since I took at look at the followers and activity of News Sites on the New Digg so I thought I would see how those official profiles are faring today. The YoY increase for the collective group is 720% and quite a few profiles have much higher increases than that. The Christian Science Monitor 884 66 1239%.

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Digg Publishing Yahoo Journal 121

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Now that Instagram web profiles have been around for a few months I thought I’d check in on the participation and activity of major news brands. I keep coming across things like the Simply Measured study showing that 59% of top brands are now active on Instagram and the news that Instagram has surpassed 100 million active users.

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Activities News Instagram Brands 194

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. Ilya Grigorik October 7, 2010 at 1:21 pm Adam, great stuff!

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

For example yesterday I noticed this tweet from @YahooSearchData : I’m not sure what drove the sudden spike in search activity around “polenta&# but it is a perfect fit for sites that cover recipes, cooking and food-oriented topics. For more ways to track activity, see my post on Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends.

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Trends Embedding Content Patterns 114

Adam Sherk

JULY 27, 2011

I started doing online public relations activities in 1995 and from 1996-2000 I managed an online PR team and helped run an email press release service called Internet News Bureau that was eventually acquired by Internet.com. by Adam Sherk, VP Internet Public Relations, Multimedia Marketing Group. October 20, 1999.

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Press Release URL Process Groups 129

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Advantage: SAINTS __ 2nd Quarter: Digg Ok, which team has seen the most activity on Digg? 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. And Technorati is showing 4,973 posts related to the Colts and 6,178 for the Saints.

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

was the 2nd most popular source but it ranks 19th in bury percentage in this group. Related posts: News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? 387 13313 2.91% 9 upi.com 105 3715 2.83% 10 washingtonpost.com 749 29609 2.53% 11 news.bbc.co.uk 1580 64745 2.44% 12 time.com 258 11494 2.24% 13 timesonline.co.uk

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Digg Sites News Yahoo 119

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

The surveyed group included a mix of sites covering general and breaking news as well as specific topics such as lifestyle, sports or entertainment. Here are the group averages: To-date in 2010 Twitter represents an average of 0.7% But at least among the group I surveyed, things have dropped off so far this year.

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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

MAY 17, 2010

The Social Page Evaluator (SPE) provides an estimated “Annual Page Value” for any single Facebook Page based on the last 30 days of activity. According to its disclaimer the SPE factors in fan count, user activity, brand activity and “a proprietary engagement multiplier” and then calculates an “Earned Media Value” using a default CPM of $5.

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Sites News CPM Facebook 167

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

One journalist has a large following and active presence on several social media sites. But there is actually a lot of overlap between the two groups. Journalists who are active in social media bring more value to their news organizations and strengthen their own job security. The other does not. Take content promotion.

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Social Media Press Release SEO News 146