Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

While SEOMoz Pro is primarily a suite of SEO tools, they recently added a Social Analytics section that provides a range of data on Facebook pages and activity. So that’s a good group to get you started. Related posts: The Most Popular Summer Blockbuster Movies in Social Media. SEOMoz Pro. What else are you using?

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Analytics Tools Lithium Facebook 253

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 10, 2012

I’m going to forgo looking at which media outlets have attracted the largest following since that data becomes quickly outdated. Instead I’ll focus on some basic signals of user activity and engagement: the number of 1+’s, shares and comments on each page. Normally in posts like Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Organization News Engagement Google 218

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? 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. in the sidebars and subpages. NPR 489,413 513.5

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Adam Sherk

JULY 10, 2012

Women are the strong majority in every age group: Now for a fashion magazine site with a largely female readership that is hardly surprising. And even if Google+ is not a strong traffic driver or seemingly natural fit for a particular site, +1 activity has a direct and indirect impact on search engine visibility.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 24, 2012

Page speed is not a major ranking factor (according to Google it impacts roughly 1 in 100 searches) but it does have a direct and indirect impact not only on SEO but also on social media activity and the overall user experience. Among the rest of the group all but one site received a higher score this year.

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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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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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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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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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Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Buried News Sites on Digg by Adam Sherk on July 23, 2009 It’s no secret that mainstream news sites are experiencing increased exposure on social news sites like Digg. was the 2nd most popular source but it ranks 19th in bury percentage in this group.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? One journalist has a large following and active presence on several social media sites. One journalist has a large following and active presence on several social media sites.

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Social Media Press Release SEO News 146

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

MAY 17, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? by Adam Sherk on May 17, 2010 Maintaining a Facebook Page is now a fundamental part of most news organizations’ social media presence. The CPM can be adjusted between $1 and $25.

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