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Adam Sherk
APRIL 8, 2010
Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? Personally I think aggregated stories should always include an inline attribution link.
Adam Sherk
JULY 9, 2009
In looking at syndicated content on Yahoo News, most of the syndicated articles do not include attribution links (each news source likely has to request or provide them), but among those that do exist there is a problem. The Yahoo attribution links do not point directly to the original article URLs.
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Adam Sherk
JUNE 30, 2009
However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.
Adam Sherk
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
Article Ranking Factors within a Story Cluster While there are a wide range of ranking factors these four were highlighted: Fresh and New – Priority is given to articles that are recent, substantial, original and focused on the topic. a lot of subsequent articles linking to a particular source or referencing it within editorial text).
Adam Sherk
OCTOBER 27, 2009
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Adam Sherk
AUGUST 11, 2010
It serves as an aggregator of our best local content. As for user activity, in going through all of the NBC Local profiles most of the automatically submitted articles have not attracted a high volume of diggs. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.
Adam Sherk
OCTOBER 1, 2009
You can also use keyword and reputation monitoring tools, real-time search tools and popular/meme lists for articles, tweets, social media submissions, etc. I’ve primarily stuck to aggregated trend/topic lists to keep the list manageable. Here are some free resources for identifying hot topics and search trends.
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