Adam Sherk

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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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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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NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Adam Sherk

Lauren: Our team started the NBCLocal account a little over a year ago because we wanted to be part of the Digg community in the most transparent way possible, and we wanted to connect the national and international Digg community with interesting local stories. What are your aims for that profile?

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The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

2 comments… read them below or add one } Peter Robert Casey January 16, 2010 at 2:14 am I like how you summed up the misperception of social media being a popularity contest: “While building up followers is great, it’s what you do with that following that really matters.&# Great work, Adam.

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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

in the comments below, today I corresponded with Greg Galant , CEO of Sawhorse Media, the company behind Muck Rack. As Twitter is so popular with the journalism community it seems a natural choice. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

In publishing that typically means additional page views and time on site, RSS and e-mail newsletter subscriptions, user account and on-site community sign-ups, etc. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

I can’t imagine they would, especially when virtually no one outside of the developer and SEO communities is even aware that this change has taken place. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines?