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Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers?

Adam Sherk

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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25 Random Observations about #MozCon Speakers

Adam Sherk

I’ve read a lot of Aleyda’s blog posts but had never seen her speak before. She did an excellent job with her community building tips too. He cares about the attendees and their success, the industry as a whole, his company and employees, the larger community (and that’s just the work related stuff).

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NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Adam Sherk

Lauren: Our team started the NBCLocal account a little over a year ago because we wanted to be part of the Digg community in the most transparent way possible, and we wanted to connect the national and international Digg community with interesting local stories. What are your aims for that profile?

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An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News.

Adam Sherk

And interestingly when you click through on that story the Like button does not appear on the page: Since this is a blog post it is likely that Time just hasn’t rolled out integration across all editorial templates yet. So tread carefully and provide clear instructions, settings and (when relevant) opt-out functionality.

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Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

In publishing that typically means additional page views and time on site, RSS and e-mail newsletter subscriptions, user account and on-site community sign-ups, etc. I’d also like to point out that for major media sites, search engine referral traffic is typically a much smaller percentage than Chitika’s network is receiving.

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Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

I can’t imagine they would, especially when virtually no one outside of the developer and SEO communities is even aware that this change has taken place. Is Google going to run out and start penalizing sites with sponsored links in JavaScript? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

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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