Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Despite this, fans are passionately supporting and discussing their teams through a range of social media outlets, in particular Twitter and Facebook. In the table below the 32 NFL teams are ranked by the total number of followers/fans on their official Twitter accounts and Facebook pages.

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Team Twitter Facebook Sports 209

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on January 12, 2010 NBA players, like many professional athletes, have taken social media by storm, but what about their teams? So what should NBA teams be doing on Twitter and Facebook?

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Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 28, 2012

Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of Facebook posts in my news feed with a specific request to “LIKE” the post. But as a user I find it annoying to frequently see posts in my Facebook news feed that directly ask, cajole or downright beg me to “LIKE” it. The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook.

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Sports Team Facebook Feed 116

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

So I thought I’d take a closer look at what Fox News is doing on its Facebook Page , as well as some engagement examples. 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.

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News Engagement Facebook Press Release 104

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately. The short answer? Not so many.

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News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Facebook So how about Facebook? This is likely connected to the launch of the external Facebook “like” button and the fact that Facebook page promotion is much more prevalent than it was even a year ago. The Detroit Lions and Houston Texans have also grown considerably but their total counts are still comparatively low.

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Team Twitter Facebook Comparison 188

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

What gets more traction for publishers: content shared on Facebook or Twitter? According to the Social Media Sharing Trends 2010 report from SocialTwist, Facebook dominates content sharing among social media sites but links shared on Twitter have a much higher click-through rate. clicks per share on Facebook. clicks vs. only 2.87

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Twitter Content Widget Facebook 138

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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News Module Widget Facebook 149

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But will it ever catch up with Facebook? That’s a much tougher road, because Facebook has done a great job of gaining adoption across a wide range of demographics. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

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Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? The key takeaway: the more ways you can bring your Facebook Pages to life, the better.

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Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around by Adam Sherk on May 29, 2009 Inside Facebook published some new statistics this week on Facebook’s US audience growth over the last 60 days. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 101

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 10, 2012

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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Organization News Engagement Google 218

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc).

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Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

In looking through the site though one thing stands out – nearly every item has no comments or reactions: That seems odd, but it’s not just a holiday season slowdown. I went back several months and it’s not easy to find items that have gotten comments. Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2013

You can also use Google+ Ripples to examine shares and comments for a specific URL or Google+ post and see how it spread. Please let me know in the comments and I’ll expand the list as appropriate. Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. Pinterest Tools. What else are you using?

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Blogger BuzzStream Influencer Tools 196

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Update: for more on this last point see the comment from Michael Cottam below). Related posts: Google Buzz and News Sites: Good Potential But Facebook Still the Better Play. The Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook: Good First Impression, Good User Experience. Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines.

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Sites Google Syndication Template 278

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook? Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers? PRFilter Shows Press Release Buzzword Abuse Still Prevalent.

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SEO Publishing Press Release Social Media 119

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

__ 3rd Quarter: Facebook Facebook offers one of the best ways for teams to engage with their fan base, so which team is making the most of it? As of today the Colts’ official Facebook page has 249,481 fans and their wall posts are getting a good amount of “likes” and comments.

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. The Facebook analytics tools post is actually from December 2011 but since it was a top performer this year I’m letting it make the list. Have a great 2013.

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports 119

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

UPDATE: After Mike’s comment below I added Yahoo! Related posts: 20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Sites News Yahoo Journal 161

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Here is the reported data on 30 media profiles, ranked by number of followers (as of today): Profile Followers Following Diggs by Publisher Comments by Publisher 1 The New York Times 10,225 4 65 1 2 The Wall Street Journal 9,546 15 281 1 3 BBC News 9,222 0 5,423 0 4 Time 7,842 964 6,289 29 5 Telegraph.co.uk

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Digg Sites News Activities 134

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

One aspect that CNN might want to rethink is the inclusion of “Total Comments” for each news item. The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites The Most Buried News Sites on Digg 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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Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

As with my previous comparison, I used All my + to pull data on +1′s, shares and comments for every post on the official Google+ pages of a selection of news sites. Per Post Comments. Comments Combined. Related posts: MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook: Two-Year Growth Rates. Google+ Page +1's. Per Post Shares.

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News Sites Engagement Google 245

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Don’t break up the article body – Articles should have sequential paragraphs; don’t break them up with user comments or links to related posts. 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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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Has anyone ever framed a good comment thread from a company blog, or a collection of “likes” on a Facebook Page? My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media { 6 comments… read them below or add one } Sean Williams July 20, 2010 at 11:28 am Adam, very interesting post.

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season. Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1%. An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites.

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Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. But Twitter, Facebook in some cases Digg still represent the majority of social media referrals to many news sites, so they continue to be a priority.

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News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

in the comments below, today I corresponded with Greg Galant , CEO of Sawhorse Media, the company behind Muck Rack. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? UPDATE: In addition to hearing from Chris Evans-Roberts of Journalism.co.uk

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 25, 2012

The decline of Digg was already apparent when I did a basic survey of Twitter, Facebook and Digg traffic to newspaper and magazine sites in early 2010 and the negative trend continues today. If anyone is willing to share their figures or experiences either in the comments or privately, I’d be interested to hear from you.

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Digg Reddit Survey Publishing 149

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Related posts: Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? {

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News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

3 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Lancaster - Outrider December 17, 2009 at 3:02 pm It is indeed interesting to see that search is holding its own. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Thank you for keeping us informed.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) (..)

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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research 140

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive. Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? Social media users are doing their part too.

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News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets 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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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166