Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow my own advice on identifying your top trends. Related posts: How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

SEO 101

SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Vocus 166

Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Press Release 138

Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Twitter 145

Twitter Press Release Syndication Blogroll 145

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Content 116

Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Most newspapers and magazines get a significant amount of natural search traffic from branded queries but queries that combine a specific topic plus a brand are much less common. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? As awareness of the Google change grows this may impact user behavior; time will tell.

News 113

News List Google Embedding 113

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Embedding photos will be a good way for publishers to draw attention on the SERPs and increase clickthrough rates.

Yahoo 101

Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Study 147

Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Thanks for sharing. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Syndication 117

Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! The flip side to that is that not everything gleaned from monitoring social media activity is accurate or reliable.

Social Media 122

Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. My post on syndication best practices covers ways to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Sites 105

Sites News Syndication Content 105

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation.

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation.

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? I tried to put together a representative sampling of major newspapers, news magazines and TV news sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

Sites 118

Sites News Syndication Digg 118

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Press Release 101

Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Thank you for keeping us informed.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

News 181

News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google News Optimization Tips Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

News 101

News Google Syndication Press Release 101

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. As for social media traffic, while still quite small those figures are definitely trending up strongly for news and content sites, especially when looked at year-over-year.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! I’ll be sure to include Forbes in the next round.

Sites 238

Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Video 111

Video Avatar Press Release Survey 111

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Tumblr 131

Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

As I’ve covered in past posts on monitoring hot search trends and dealing with seasonal dips in search traffic , news sites can leverage tools and data to gain powerful insights into what’s working and not working on their sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave?

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites Twitter Suggested Users – Today’s Studio 54 Velvet Rope How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Digg 166

Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

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.

Issues 100

Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here are five ways to mitigate seasonal search traffic declines: Go after hot topics – Regularly monitor the top searches, topics and trend data published by search engines and social media sites for content ideas and opportunities. It’s not easy to chase search trends as there is a danger of always ending up one step behind.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

Survey 193

Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Content 112

Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Social Media 100

Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Examples 102

Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Engineering 100

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

Sites 118

Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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.

News 101

News Google Hitwise Press Release 101