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NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Adam Sherk

This is particularly appealing for publishers with content that may be of interest to specific audiences as opposed to the wider Digg user base. Will it work with local news? In my post on news sites on the new Digg I noted that NBC has created a series of city-specific profiles to target local markets.

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An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News.

Adam Sherk

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

Adam Sherk

First, a study of 33 million unique users from Chitika’s network in September showed that visitors coming from Facebook and Digg were more loyal than those coming from the three major search engines and Twitter. For many news sites (especially poorly optimized ones) search engine referrals are still considerably below 20% of total traffic.

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United Way of Central Indiana Recognized for their Social Media.

Firebelly

  The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold.  Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral! This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

While it’s good news that Google is continuing to improve its ability to deal with JavaScript, this change also impacts the way that many publishers display sponsored links on their sites. 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.

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The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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

Adam Sherk

If you distribute press releases through a variety of communication channels journalists have the option of selecting which ones are most suitable for them and this should result in more engagement from them (which is the whole point after all). As Twitter is so popular with the journalism community it seems a natural choice.