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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. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

Is Google going to run out and start penalizing sites with sponsored links in JavaScript? 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. 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

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

If you distribute press releases through a variety of communication channels journalists have the option of selecting which ones are most suitable for them and this should result in more engagement from them (which is the whole point after all). As Twitter is so popular with the journalism community it seems a natural choice.

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Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

Adam Sherk

I can see how Google might like to keep that low profile among the general population (so it can safely drop 2ndary/tertiary content versions from the index), yet go higher profile in the seo/webmaster community (so as to influence the use of rel canonical). We do live in interesting times.