Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

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. I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on.

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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

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. According to a Hitwise US News & Media Report back in 2007, on average search engine referrals represent about 23% of traffic to print media sites.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

reports from its search page are not very complete or accurate (you get better data on URLs you’ve personally shortened in your history when signed into bit.ly). As Twitter is so popular with the journalism community it seems a natural choice. Unfortunately I discovered that the “total clicks” figures bit.ly

Press Release 145

Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Consider the impact that Facebook Open Graph protocol integration will have on your existing on-site community features and social functionality. Not covered in my examples above is the fact that Open Graph protocol can also provide sites with additional reporting data.

News 149

News Module Widget Facebook 149

Viper Chill

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, if I’ve spent some time interacting with their community and leaving comments, it’s more likely that they will fulfil the request (as long as your resource is relevant, and awesome). Flippa is a place for people to buy and sell websites and has a very interactive community.

Google 87

Google How To SEO Sites 87