Adam Sherk

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The Best Tools for Keyword Research, Competitive Analysis and Trending Topics

Adam Sherk

To help with that, I’ve put together a list of the best options for keyword research, competitive analysis and monitoring search and social trends. Google AdWords: Keyword Planner. Google’s Keyword Planner has become a hassle for new users to set up since it now requires having an AdWords account. Google Trends.

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

Google Panda was designed to go after sites with a high volume of thin or low-quality content (among other things) in an effort to improve the overall strength of the search results. For in-depth Panda analysis I also recommend checking out Glenn Gabe , who frequently shares useful information on the subject.

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Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools

Adam Sherk

They roll up the analysis into a series of graphs and charts that can be viewed online or exported to Excel or PowerPoint. Their Analytics offering provides advanced data for Page owners, and they recently partnered with ComScore to provide additional data and analysis. Simply Measured. EdgeRank Checker. Socialbakers. SEOMoz Pro.

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The Best Social Media Analytics Tools for Publishers

Adam Sherk

Competitive Analysis. I really like BuzzSumo ; it has become my go-to resource for quick analysis of a specific site or topic. Rival IQ is becoming popular for competitive analysis in social and other marketing channels. The primary focus is on trend analysis but it has a wide range of useful functionality. Bottlenose.

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A Simple Workflow for Keyword Research for Content Planning

Adam Sherk

Evaluate further by examining keyword difficulty and doing some basic competitive analysis. I also wanted to point out some helpful tools to use at various stages of the process: Google AdWords Keyword Tool (soon to be discontinued in favor of the Keyword Planner which requires an AdWords account). Google Trends.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

As a user I like the new hosted and mobile-specific article formats, be that Facebook Instant Articles , Apple News Format or Google’s AMP project. App Indexing for both Google and Apple is another growing trend. The support information on the Google Developers site covers the main opportunities. Google News.

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

8 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Domansky October 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm Adam, great analysis! To your point about also taking the size of the audience into account, just posted some extra analysis on our blog. ig Adam Sherk October 7, 2010 at 1:29 pm Great follow-up analysis Ilya.

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