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How to Get More Blog Traffic – Real World Data

Webbiquity SMM

The key is a balanced strategy of search engine optimization (SEO), social media, syndication and guest posting. Looking at data from the Webbiquity blog, several trends are apparent. Syndication is also helpful. The best syndication sites will vary by industry, so choose sites appropriate for your blog subject manner.

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The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is.

Adam Sherk

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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Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly

Adam Sherk

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. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

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Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for.

Adam Sherk

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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5 Essential Skill Sets For Your Social Media Team

Ignite Social Media

Data Collection and Analysis. Collecting data and inputs from various social media networks and channels is crucial to social media success. However, while many tools tout the ability to aggregate the data, it’s the analysis of that data that becomes an essential skill set for your team.

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Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

Adam Sherk

The content on search engines and social media gets a little lost among all the stats and charts so I thought I’d summarize that data here. 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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Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

It sounds a lot like the practices of some industry blogs and news aggregators today. Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? What’s a news agency to do?

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