Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. Do you recommend inserting the canonical URL tag on every page of a site, or only those that exhibit tracking codes?

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Saying It Social

JULY 30, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Subscribe to Facebook Business/Fan Page Posts in Your Favorite Feed Reader Hint: You can also use these tactics to get the RSS Feed URL of your page if you wish to import your Facebook Page’s feed on your blog or other sites!

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Dear Blog Comment Spammer, who just left a comment on one of my recent blog posts: I think whatever software tool or script that you are using is broken. my|our||my personal|my own} blogroll.|. Or, you simply you are so dumb that you do not know how to use it properly. Howdy|Hi there|Hey there|Hi|Hello|Hey}! Someone in.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Even when the engines do a reasonable job of filtering out duplicates in their results, sites are essentially shooting themselves in the foot by splitting internal and inbound links to a particular piece of content across multiple URLs. Appending tracking codes to URLs (e.g. ?xid=rss xid=rss or ?cid=top-stories)

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly Some visitors are likely clicking through to the full articles on Newsweek.com and then commenting there and/or sharing the newsweek.com URLs, which is also a good thing.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

URL, so I tried using bit.ly search to get click data on each of those shortened URLs. URLs in Muck Rack releases. 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). Of those 51 releases, 28 included a bit.ly

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Saying It Social

MARCH 18, 2010

2nd Task: Add to Outlook In Outlook, go to the Tools drop down menu and select Options. To add the web address (URL) to this icon, click on the icon to select it and then click on the Insert Hyperlink Icon. Save the icon to your desktop so that it you can find it easily. Click Save. Click on the Mail Format tab then Signatures.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

The Yahoo attribution links do not point directly to the original article URLs. Instead they point to an internal Yahoo News URL which then has a temporary 302 redirect to the original article. So it is important to have a requirement for direct links to your original URLs put into the syndication contract.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com 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?

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

link] FriendFeed [link] LinkedIn [link] MySpace [link] Twitter [link] Digg [link] Seesmic [link] Stumbleupon [link] Ning – Create Your Own Social Network [link] Squidoo [link] Social Tools & Apps Hootsuite – Our Fav!! Tips & Guides Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos [link] How To Blog: A Beginner?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

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

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Saying It Social

AUGUST 26, 2010

Enter the URL of your Blog’s Feed and then you will be given a verification code to add to one of your blog posts so that Digg can verify your blog. How cool, right?! All you have to do is log in to Digg then go to your Settings and click on the menu item to “Import Feeds&#.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

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.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Three digit URLs are not required if you submit an XML news sitemap. 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.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

The fact that Bing identifies the source of any shortened URL helps credible news sources to stand out, particularly in the top links section where the domain for each link is referenced four times. Tracking data from URL shorteners like Bit.ly What are you doing to increase the real-time search visibility of your content?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Previously the only way to get the more comprehensive version into Google News was to republish the article on a new URL, which was not the best experience for either on-site or search engine users. I went looking for an updated story in Google News today and was able to find an example.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Related posts: New York Times Plans to Implement Permanent Redirects on IHT.com URLs Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall The Daily Show Visits The New York Times Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? Check out The New York Times page on Foursquare to see it in action.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 8, 2010

2 days ago Blogroll Constant Commentary Mashable Social Media Examiner Techipedia NetworkedBlogs Blog: Saying It Social Topics: social media marketing , search engine optimization , social networking Follow my blog Facebook Page Feed Do you use social media to obtain customer retention/loyalty or are you primarily focused on customer acquisition?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

This Inside Facebook post has the details: With the Open Graph Protocol, Any URL Can Be Treated Just Like a Facebook Page Related posts: News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

tools and other ICTs effectively to develop and advance their work. >. On my blog I write about how to use the tools - the different social networking sites - but the tools come and go - what’s important is the art of networking. And, that’s why (I think) - I’ve been successful using these tools.

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Saying It Social

AUGUST 27, 2010

Consider using a URL shortener with tracking features such as bit.ly – eventually you should be able to weed out the topics that folks aren’t interested in and share more about the topics that are getting the most views and interaction. Be seen as an industry expert with a goal of providing valuable information.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? { Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 30, 2009

UPDATE: In December 2009 Google began supporting the rel=&# canonical&# tag across different domains, giving publishers another tool to use in mitigating duplicate content issues caused by syndication. So it is important to build in as many protective steps as possible into any syndication contract. for more information.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

There was a website URL so I went to the site where I learned all about little Megan (who, coincidentally, lives just a few miles from me). When I got to the facebook page I saw a picture of the most beautiful baby girl. I clicked on the Info tab to find out about Megan’s story.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

PitchEngine is a good tool that provides a useful service, and it’s reasonably priced (in fact it’s free if you only keep your SMRs on their site for 30 days). 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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Saying It Social

JULY 12, 2010

To avoid social site abandonment, keep an excel spreadsheet with the name of each site, access information, and profile URL. The last thing you want to make someone wonder when they stumble upon you on the web is, “Did this company go out of business?&# What are your experiences with trying out new sites?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

It is another to mass-aggregate content from a specific publication and then package it on a hub page, even customizing the URL and title tag for SEO: For what it is worth, Google does not seem to be assigning much value to the page. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! UPDATE: For those interested in more actual information, NYTco. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

If your desired username or vanity URL is still available, you simply click through each one to claim it. Take your message directly to consumers: Social media tools enable you to directly engage consumers in conversation. Here are 7 essential tools for bloggers on TechChai.com to boost their online presence.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

TrackBack URL. Learner experience (19). Learning design (33). Pathfinder (8). Policy and strategy (4). Research methodology (1). Social networking (11). Teaching (14). Technology (26). Meta Login WordPress. Brian Kelly. David Wiley. Denise Whitelock. Eric Duval. Ewan McIntosh. George Siemens. H809 OU course blog. HEA Pathfinder. scaffolding.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

adapt the use of tools and approaches to the work situation at a given time. Personal toolkit: A framework for personal knowledge management tools by Steve Barth. » Social Networking Tools at HP, Jack Vinson, Matt Moore in America, Prediction Markets, Building Enterprise Taxonomies. to some degree. KM Blog of the Week.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

Then we’ll see the transformation from isolated pilots to these tools becoming a normal part of the landscape. Then we’ll see the transformation from isolated pilots to these tools becoming a normal part of the landscape. Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating? keep it up. keep it up.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 3, 2009

If you didn’t look at the URL of this false Twitter page, then you might not have noticed that it was actually just a page on the domain access-logins.com which was also faking Facebook’s front page. Many of us use twools (Twitter Tools) like Twollo , Bitly , and MrTweet.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 3, 2009

If you didn’t look at the URL of this false Twitter page, then you might not have noticed that it was actually just a page on the domain access-logins.com which was also faking Facebook’s front page. Many of us use twools (Twitter Tools) like Twollo , Bitly , and MrTweet.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

There are ways to integrate Twitter with your every day online lifestyle with some simple tools. Tired of copying and pasting endless URLs? Twitteromatic – a tool that posts all sorts of information (weather, Firefox updates) to Twitter automatically. I am sure there are a lot more than this as far as Twitter Tools go.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2010

Site Url:-[link] blog comments powered by Disqus « Previous Entries Next Entries » Popular Comments Featured Tags Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives The Evolution of the Social Media Evangelist Twenty Theses for Government 2.0, Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 17, 2010

While the methodology and accuracy can be debated the tool does offer way to make a relative comparison of various Facebook Pages, so that is all I am attempting to do. CBS News and Reuters are the only two news organizations in the group that have not created a short, customized URL for their page (e.g.

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