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The Best Social Media Analytics Tools for Publishers

Adam Sherk

There are a lot of options for social monitoring, tracking and analytics, with prices ranging from free to very expensive. The primary focus here is on social media analytics and share count tracking, along with identifying content and topics with the potential to go viral. Real-Time Analytics. Chartbeat Publishing.

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Should Browsers Display Only Canonical URLs to Users?

Adam Sherk

Sites have been using the rel=canonical link element for a while now to help offset duplicate content issues that cannot be eliminated through URL consolidation. While not a perfect solution it is often the best option available in cases like duplicate content caused by appending tracking codes to URLs (e.g. ?source=rss, source=rss, ?xid=newsletter,

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What Famous TV Catchphrases Can Teach You About Enterprise SEO

Adam Sherk

SEO missteps from well-intentioned editorial and marketing teams are just a common, which is why ongoing training and oversight are needed. Analytics and reporting are critical. Related posts: New York Times Plans to Implement Permanent Redirects on IHT.com URLs. Mistakes aren’t always technical either. “Dyn-o-mite!”

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Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

Adam Sherk

My professional, analytical opinion is it looks pretty darn good. Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool by Adam Sherk on January 7, 2010 Hearst’s Skiff Reader is being unveiled at CES this week. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

Adam Sherk

Only the news organizations themselves can fully answer that question; their own analytics data combined with internal estimates of the value of fans and various actions will paint the clearest picture. CBS News and Reuters are the only two news organizations in the group that have not created a short, customized URL for their page (e.g.

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SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success?

Adam Sherk

The technical, editorial and marketing teams are trained in SEO best practices and are integrating them into the daily workflow. I’ll leave the in-depth answer to the analytics experts and Excel ninjas out there (along those lines a good recent post is Ian Lurie’s SEO Analytics, Middle Earth-Style ).

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Editorial SEO Tactics for the Newsroom

Adam Sherk

Here are some of the key areas to address: To be clear this is not meant to encompass the full spectrum of technical, editorial and marketing components in a comprehensive SEO program. First content is created then the key page elements (title tag, headline, URL, image attributes, etc.) are optimized to improve keyword focus.

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