Adam Sherk

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. Related posts: Pinterest Traffic to Magazine Sites Up 141% But Figures Still Modest.

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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. 2) Try a Guest Editor. 4) Host Live Chats.

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Google+ Engagement for News Sites: Top Performers and One-Year Growth Rates

Adam Sherk

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. 47 New York Magazine 1.54 Comments Combined. 45 New York Magazine 912 191 221 1,324. 7 New York Magazine 0.44

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Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down

Adam Sherk

So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. 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.

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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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The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Adam Sherk

Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content { 4 comments… read them below or add one } The PR Coach August 31, 2010 at 7:08 pm Excellent report and analysis Adam. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Might be interesting to investigate.

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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.