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. Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends. Pinterest Tools. So that’s a good group of tools to get you started.

Blogger 196

Blogger Influencer BuzzStream Tools 196

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

Related posts: Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Google News Optimization Tips News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites { 2 comments… read them below or add one } Jason Hyman April 13, 2010 at 12:47 pm thanks for all the great info.

Sites 143

Sites News Yahoo Engineering 143

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow my own advice on identifying your top trends. Related posts: How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

SEO 101

SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

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.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

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. I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

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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Team Engagement Facebook Press Release 165

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

As I’ve covered in past posts on monitoring hot search trends and dealing with seasonal dips in search traffic , news sites can leverage tools and data to gain powerful insights into what’s working and not working on their sites. Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave? Is this a good thing? Done right, I say absolutely.

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here are five ways to mitigate seasonal search traffic declines: Go after hot topics – Regularly monitor the top searches, topics and trend data published by search engines and social media sites for content ideas and opportunities. It’s not easy to chase search trends as there is a danger of always ending up one step behind.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

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

DECEMBER 20, 2010

I’d like to thank everyone who has engaged with my blog in some way this year be it a comment, link, tweet, Facebook like, LinkedIn or Google Reader share or just stopping by to read a post. How to Identify Your Own Top Trends. If my original had been submitted that would certainly have cracked into my top 10 overall.

Sports 126

Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag { 2 comments… read them below or add one } Asim Ahmed September 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm Is this a growing trend with other websites that have a syndicated deal with other news sites to use a 302 redirect back to the articles original url?

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Syndication Yahoo SEO News 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites Twitter Suggested Users – Today’s Studio 54 Velvet Rope How to Identify Your Own Top Trends 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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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media 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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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

In looking at recent posts of the day, most are getting more than 2,000 “likes” and a considerable number of comments: If there are 10,000 active fans daily you would think they’d all be “liking” the post of the day since that is primarily what is driving the repeat visits. But 2,000+ likes per wall post is impressive. Apparently it does.

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RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156

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? Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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SEO Vocus Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

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. 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?

Team 150

Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

As Markus points out in the comments below, the problem with Facebook search and the Detroit Tigers page was actually that I used the misspelling “Detriot&# in my search query. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Pretty embarrassing.

Team 204

Team Twitter Facebook Comparison 204

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

UPDATE: After Mike’s comment below I added Yahoo! Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to SearchMonkey { 3 comments… read them below or add one } Mike April 13, 2010 at 11:16 pm Any reason you’re ignoring the leader of the pack? 80 5 aolnews.com 77 guardian.co.uk 77 7 huffingtonpost.com 76 telegraph.co.uk

Sites 161

Sites News Yahoo SEO 161

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?

News 158

News Google Tips Press Release 158

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

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.

Team 179

Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As for social media traffic, while still quite small those figures are definitely trending up strongly for news and content sites, especially when looked at year-over-year. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Sites 118

Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Adam Sherk February 26, 2010 at 9:46 am On a different note, the irony is not lost on me that my post on retweet buttons has gotten hardly any retweets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Thanks for sharing.

Syndication 117

Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

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?

Content 116

Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc. 8 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Domansky October 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm Adam, great analysis! So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Sites 176

Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Nicole February 15, 2010 at 6:06 pm I think you’re onto something. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Foursquare 111

Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication 111

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Google News Optimization Tips A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later 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?

Study 147

Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg { 3 comments… read them below or add one } jack van antwerp January 18, 2010 at 10:14 am [link] also: [link] Adam Sherk January 19, 2010 at 5:29 pm Thanks Jack. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

News 129

News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

7 comments… read them below or add one } Marty November 19, 2009 at 6:48 am Great post. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Really interesting stuff, I wonder how these match up with franchise valuation?

Team 209

Team Twitter Facebook Sports 209

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

JUNE 9, 2009

It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

Sites 181

Sites News Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool { 3 comments… read them below or add one } Jamie Favreau July 31, 2009 at 1:29 am They sound too formal. This video really gets across the thoughts behind the merger better than any traditional press release could.

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Press Release Video Yahoo Microsoft 102