Adam Sherk

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Does Google Freshness Update Make Online Reputation Management More Difficult?

Adam Sherk

But for individuals and organizations, does the freshness update make online reputation management more difficult? A fundamental part of online reputation management (ORM) involves pushing down those negative listings and getting more positive or neutral results better entrenched on page one.

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

So I thought I’d share some of the most common causes of Panda problems for reputable publishers. 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.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

I’ve been enjoying a needed break from blogging this year but I thought it was time to pop my head up and share some thoughts. Google Panda and other forms of algorithmic filtering continue to impact even reputable brands with quality content. Panda and Other Algorithmic Changes. may ultimately prove to be a good thing (i.e.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

You can also use keyword and reputation monitoring tools, real-time search tools and popular/meme lists for articles, tweets, social media submissions, etc. So how do you monitor these trends? The major engines all produce some form of hot topic/trend list, and several third-party and social media sites do as well.

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Harlem Globetrotters Press Release: Not Sure Why I Got It, But I Kind of Like It

Adam Sherk

Life is better with buckets of water and confetti: 2) To prove the point that blogs sometimes do publish press releases verbatim, as I referenced in a post about a PEJ study on original news reporting a couple years ago. So here is the complete press release. billion media impressions in 2012.

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25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

Adam Sherk

Both the official announcement and Matt Cutts’ follow-up post emphasize the fact that site speed is just one of 200+ ranking factors and signals like relevance and reputation continue to carry much more weight. So how important is site speed? In addition site speed is impacting only a small number of queries at this time.

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The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season

Adam Sherk

I guess that’s a fitting testament to that Oakland fans and their reputation for being a little out of the ordinary. The Oakland Raiders are interesting in that their official page has only 23,075 fans but an unofficial Raider Nation page has 184,199. Once again the New York Giants do not have an official presence which is really surprising.

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