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Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly

Adam Sherk

In looking at syndicated content on Yahoo News, most of the syndicated articles do not include attribution links (each news source likely has to request or provide them), but among those that do exist there is a problem. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

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Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for.

Adam Sherk

However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.

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

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? In the Q&A in Google’s announcement, one question in particular caught my eye: Q: I’m offering my content / product descriptions for syndication.

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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. 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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Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

Another chart of interest in the Vocus whitepaper demonstrates how social media monitoring has become an essential part of the PR practioner’s toolkit: News monitoring and online media databases have traditionally received the lion’s share of PR tool spending.

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The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

Adam Sherk

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. From a SEO perspective, the best approach is to avoid this practice altogether.

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Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons

Adam Sherk

But regardless of which tool is used, the formatting of the tweet text is something that not every site is making the most of. Some tools automatically utilize the page’s title tag instead of the headline, which can add unnecessary phrases to the tweet and force users to clean it up before sending. Thanks for sharing.