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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? So I thought I’d take a look at a selection of news organizations to see how many are taking advantage of FBML.

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News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss It’s still early days for the tag, but based on results from some magazine sites we work with that have been experimenting with it, I’d say so far, so good.

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

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Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

That’s a pretty good figure considering that direct navigation still represents the lion’s share of traffic to newspaper and magazine sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? (Side note: Hitwise, you’re overdue for an updated version of that report!). to 18% of total site traffic, the average being between 1-3%.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

The Way of the Web

MAY 2, 2010

May 3rd, 2010 · View Comments While newspaper and magazine owners are still trying to decide whether or not they should aim for eyeballs or paywalls, there are several other companies who are happy to take up the challenge. Compare that to the epic lists of staff at most magazines, for example, and you can see a big contrast.

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