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

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.

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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.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Yahoo and Google were among the most frequently mentioned websites for online news, indicating that users see them as sources for news (be it original reporting or aggregation) and not just search vehicles. Search Engines 34% of the public now use search engines to find news at least three days a week, up from 19% in 2008.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I’ve primarily stuck to aggregated trend/topic lists to keep the list manageable. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Here are some free resources for identifying hot topics and search trends.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

2) I also did not find a channel for Yahoo! News or AOL News although there is a general channel for Yahoo! I think you are right, mainstream TV news sees YouTube and other video aggregation sites as a double-edged sword so they are proceeding cautiously. that does include some news videos.

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