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Facebook and Twitter Offer News Organizations Much More than Just News Delivery

Adam Sherk

Thus through social media news organizations offer not only news and information but also community and even entertainment. Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter. One last thought on the Pew study: hey social, search still owns you! So don’t let social push SEO out of the mix.

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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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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. I’d also like to point out that for major media sites, search engine referral traffic is typically a much smaller percentage than Chitika’s network is receiving.

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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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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

Adam Sherk

Consider the impact that Facebook Open Graph protocol integration will have on your existing on-site community features and social functionality. So tread carefully and provide clear instructions, settings and (when relevant) opt-out functionality. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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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. Is Google going to run out and start penalizing sites with sponsored links in JavaScript? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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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.