Adam Sherk

MARCH 7, 2011

As someone who limits his Facebook friends mainly to actual friends but who frequently reads and comments on industry and marketing blogs, for me the main concern with using Facebook Comments is the desire to keep my professional and personal lives separate. I like this idea but not everyone has a blog or a professional Facebook Page.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Another year has passed and that means it is time for marketing blogs to do their obligatory top posts of the year roundups. And on my own blog I’m certainly curious to know which posts brought in the most traffic this year. So yes I’m joining the club.

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Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I also want to emphasize that this tip applies only to articles and blog posts that are eligible for Google News indexation. There is no minimum word count for Web search indexation, although it is good to have more than 80-100 words regardless to avoid creating thin content pages.

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Embedding News Google Tips 151

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to devote much time to blogging this year. Define is launching a company blog soon and we’ve also arranged to do some articles for Search Engine Land, so it will continue to be a challenge to keep up here. Looking back I only averaged 2-3 posts per month. But I’ll give it a whirl.

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SEO Publishing Press Release Social Media 119

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Aaron is doing a blog tour in support of the book launch (covering 30 blogs in 10 days), which I thought was an interesting concept. I’ve been through the book and it’s a good read; for more information check out GoogleyLessons.com. – Adam The traditional news business, as we have known it, is dead.

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News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

APRIL 16, 2013

Blog Tag Optimization Tips for News Sites. The bottom line: choose whatever approach makes the most sense for your site, but make sure you are providing easy crawler access and sufficient internal link support to all of your content pages. Related posts: Google News Optimization Tips. SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I wonder if some of the points laid out regarding News outlets are still relevant for blogs and all? The Google News optimization best practices apply to blogs as well. With your Google News sitemap you can also identify blog content using the genre tag in order to help it surface in blog-specific results within Google News.

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging. The Wall Street Journal. The Washington Post. Related posts: Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? The Top News Sites on Blekko.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Blog content does get some extra exposure however. When a user clicks on the “all X news articles” link at the bottom of a story cluster, Blogs is the second section on the full coverage page: Two other new tags in Google News Sitemaps are and. identifies the name of the news outlet and the language it is published in.

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News Publishing Google Press Release 104

Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

In its “Latest results” Google blends results from Google News and Google Blog Search with updates from Twitter and Facebook Pages, offering multiple paths in for news and content sites. But in this post I am focusing on real-time results in the major search engines. During my seminars, I tweet than go live to show real time results.

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Sites News Yahoo Engineering 143

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

1st Quarter: Blog mentions Two days after the conference championships, which team is being blogged about more? Google Blog Search has 519,933 total results for “Indianapolis Colts” and 20,776 in the past week. So I’m going to gloss over all of that and just look at four things, one for each quarter in the Super Bowl.

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

I’d seen some of the tips previously via Twitter and on the Pro PR Tips blog , but the book presents them in a nice, clean format that makes for a good read. By the way, ITDatabase is giving away free copies of the book to tech PR professionals; you can fill out a form on their blog. What are some of your favorites?

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Tips Publishing Press Release Syndication 102

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

What were your top referrers/trends in Web search, news search, image search, blog search and video search? After reading, I know what to do to understand user behavior and how to improve my blog in 2010. What sections, special features, individual articles, etc. were most (and least) popular?

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Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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News Google Syndication Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Also I’ve only been blogging here for about six months, so I’m still building up momentum. But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow my own advice on identifying your top trends. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Small and medium business can benefit from a blog in the same way but for organizations seeing 1Million+ monthlys, social media’s ~1% looks small but is large and in the top 10 referrers as you lay out in your final points. The real difference social media can make is for small and medium businesses, bloggers and consultants.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

An example of this would be publishing a blog post, article and gallery all on the same subject, with each version repeating certain portions of the same text and sharing the same headlines and title tags. It is important that non-original content remains a small percentage of the indexable pages on the site.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Adam Sherk

JUNE 1, 2011

Better than Great covers a wide range of fresh superlatives in a number of categories, pulling from rare gems and vintage gold all the way through current phrases influenced by hip-hop.

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Press Release Marketing Sports SEO 190

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive. Social media users are doing their part too. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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News Sites Press Release Digg 129

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

I have seen plenty of blog posts and conference presentations on how to utilize Static FBML but I rarely see news sites highlighted among the examples of good usage. But Facebook Pages remain a key audience development and content promotion opportunity for publishers so it is important to make the most of them.

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Sites News Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

That’s good for business but it means certain things had to give, and this blog was one of them. As a side note, I also wrote five columns for Search Engine Land this year on enterprise SEO, which was a good experience. This was a challenging year in terms of keeping up with workload. I hope you found some of them useful.

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports 119

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

The good news is that some of the models currently being considered include free access for users who come in from links in blogs and social media, so at least in some cases exposure will not be limited solely to paid subscribers. Has anyone ever framed a good comment thread from a company blog, or a collection of “likes” on a Facebook Page?

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The same goes for the sites and blogs you follow via Google Reader. So if you link to your Twitter account on your Google profile the people you’re following on Twitter become part of your social circle. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 21, 2012

However links from social media still have considerable indirect SEO value because users discover content through them which leads to links in other places (like blogs) that do have SEO value. This is a necessary step to combat spam but it takes away the SEO value of the links.

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SEO Social Media NoFollow Engineering 278

Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

RSS feeds are another good opportunity, both for content discovery and because users sometimes utilize them to power link modules on a blog or other site, in which case they become a direct source of links. So maintain a decent selection of feeds and don’t let the impending shutdown of Google Reader move you away from RSS.

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Publishing Module Syndication Badge 209

Adam Sherk

MARCH 24, 2010

I’m also subscribed to 368 feeds in Google Reader including a wide range of blogs and news sites. Of those 460 connections, 67 are companies, news sites or blogs, roughly 15%. So in theory I should have as good a chance as anyone of having brands and especially news sites in my social circle.

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Google Brands Google Reader Digg 129

Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

Related posts: Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging Do Google’s Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Video Avatar Press Release Survey 111

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for Your Own Content News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Sites News Syndication Content 105

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2013

America Blog 1 1.10%. POPSUGAR Tech 3 3.40%. TIME 3 3.40%. Washington Post 3 3.40%. Zap2It 3 3.40%. Mother Jones 2 2.20%. Reno Gazette-Journal 2 2.20%. The Street 2 2.20%. USA Today 2 2.20%. Asbury Park Press 1 1.10%. BGR 1 1.10%. Bloomberg Businessweek 1 1.10%. Online 1 1.10%. eCanadaNow 1 1.10%. Fast Company 1 1.10%. Golf.com 1 1.10%.

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News Study Google Journal 159

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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Press Release Digg SEO News 126

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

The number of social blogs in Boston providing real-time game updates is also plentiful. What was OMITTED from the story (likely overlooked entirely) is that the TV loss equates to 150,000 viewers and the radion equates to a loss of 22,000 listeners. Yet, the Facebook Fan total has increased by 261,000 in the last 3 months alone.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

As the journalist builds the brand using social media – who owns the twitter name/wordpress blog/Flickr feed/etc, and all of the content on each of those outlets? If everything they write is property of big media incorporated – even personal blog posts – they have be cognizant of what that means.

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