Adam Sherk

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An Ode to Blog Comment Spam

Adam Sherk

Ever notice how the most flattering blog comments are actually the spam comments? There are the simple, straightforward compliments: And it is hard to argue with this: A pat on the back is always nice too: But I like the longer, dare-I-say philosophical comments best: Bringing someone back from the precipice makes all this worthwhile.

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Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers?

Adam Sherk

There were some interesting posts over the weekend from Steve Cheney and Robert Scoble on whether utilizing Facebook Comments kills or in fact increases user authenticity within on-site commenting. It also proves helpful to sites that are battling with comment spam and low-quality or inappropriate comments.

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News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

Instead I’ll focus on some basic signals of user activity and engagement: the number of 1+’s, shares and comments on each page. Submitting the profile ID for a particular Google+ page generates an overview chart like this: I collected the +1, share and comment figures for a selection of 45 news organizations. Per Post Comments.

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

Some news sites are supplementing content links with direct questions and comments to users, but this does not appear to be happening in any significant volume. To judge user engagement and activity, I also calculated the average number of “likes” and comments that the last 10 updates/links to each page received. NPR 489,413 513.5

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A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page

Adam Sherk

After reviewing several days’ worth of activity, I have to say that nearly anything Fox News posts to its page ends up getting a decent amount of likes and comments from fans. Even more mundane news items still manage to spark a round of commenting. Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

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5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages

Adam Sherk

To be clear, a large part of any Facebook strategy focuses on newsfeed visibility and on-site promotion through tactics like EdgeRank optimization, frictionless sharing , like and subscribe buttons , Open Graph tags, Facebook Comments and other Facebook Social Plugins. 2) Try a Guest Editor. 4) Host Live Chats.

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NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement

Adam Sherk

So I checked the number of likes and comments for each team’s last 10 updates. I realize that counting likes and comments is a very limited measurement of engagement but it offers a simple way to compare user activity on each team’s Facebook Page. 2527 2 Denver Nuggets 151,165 784.3 3 Boston Celtics 592,509 632.6

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