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. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?
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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
MAY 12, 2010
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?
Adam Sherk
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
It is not usual to see a syndicated, aggregated or simply re-covered version of an article gain prominent visibility over the original. News publishers are all too familiar with the fact that Google News doesn’t always do such a great job of favoring original sources in its story clusters.
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.
Adam Sherk
JANUARY 11, 2010
But before we dismiss online and social media sources as nothing more than aggregators and promotion outlets, let’s remember that this study reflects the state of the news ecosystem today. Things are just now beginning to shift as the economic viability of the current model is beginning to fail.
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