Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Conducted with Don Bates of George Washington University, the study measures the journalists’ use of and attitudes toward social media for researching and reporting stories. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter.

Social Media 122

Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

But 57% also indicated that they plan to increase their focus on SEO: That’s good news, because even just 2-3 years ago many companies’ efforts to integrate SEO and PR activities did not extend much beyond press release optimization. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Vocus 166

Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Most newspapers and magazines get a significant amount of natural search traffic from branded queries but queries that combine a specific topic plus a brand are much less common. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

News 113

News List Google Embedding 113

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Press Release 138

Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I do feel compelled to mention that NPR would be #2 on your list in terms of fans, however (disclosure: I work there as an audience research analyst). What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Sites 238

Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Here are a few issues to consider when localizing an online newspaper or magazine. For example, if you are publishing a magazine about human resources management it might seem odd to readers in Japan if all the images depict European workers. This means researching which social networks are popular within the region.

Publishing 124

Publishing Tips Syndication Resources 124

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. My post on syndication best practices covers ways to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Sites 105

Sites News Syndication Content 105

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

News sites have a big advantage over other companies on Facebook because they regularly produce breaking news and other forms of quality content that can be featured on their pages and placed in user news feeds. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 181

News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Thanks for sharing. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Syndication 117

Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Embedding photos will be a good way for publishers to draw attention on the SERPs and increase clickthrough rates. Not sure what SearchMonkey is?

Yahoo 101

Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

SEO 101

SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Content 116

Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss It’s still early days for the tag, but based on results from some magazine sites we work with that have been experimenting with it, I’d say so far, so good.

Issues 100

Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google News Optimization Tips Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

News 101

News Google Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. When it comes to interactive media buys it looks like Google and the other search engines still offer marketers the best opportunities online.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Press Release 101

Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Corporate Social Media Marketing is about Two-Way Communication by Adam Sherk on April 14, 2009 It’s a simple concept, but one that many companies are still struggling with in terms of practical implementation. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Social Media 100

Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

I know a number of consumer magazines are publishing in multiple languages, usually in partnership with a local company that manages the presence. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Sites 182

Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own Websites by Adam Sherk on July 22, 2009 There’s been a lot of coverage this week of Condé Nast bringing in McKinsey & Company to help them restructure the business, which hopefully will work out for them.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Tumblr 131

Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” The company has remade itself into a new era media firm by eliminating a lot of the overhead associated with producing content — via Seed.com — and focusing on topics that are more commercial in nature — travel, finance, auto, etc — rather than news.

News 121

News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles Do People Search for “Breaking News”? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines?

Engineering 100

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

That’s a pretty good figure considering that direct navigation still represents the lion’s share of traffic to newspaper and magazine sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Content 112

Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Trends 167

Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Research the opportunities and come up with an effective social media strategy. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Special promotions like contests and giveaways can also be effective.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Also surprised how well some magazines did. To clarify my methodology, I chose 30+ sites with a mainstream/national news focus, making effort to include a cross-section of newspapers, magazines, TV, Web-only etc. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Thanks for your post.

Sites 176

Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

To help answer that question I used Twitalyzer to evaluate the main Twitter profile of 30+ major news organizations including a mix of newspapers, magazines, TV and online-only outlets. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? But which news sites are making the most of their Twitter presence?

News 165

News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google onto Something?

Publishing 100

Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Examples 102

Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

News 100

News Google Syndication Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

But from a media relations perspective this reminds me of the “if a tree falls in the forest” saying: If an article about your company or client is behind a paywall and no one is around to read it, does it make an impact? Has anyone ever framed a good comment thread from a company blog, or a collection of “likes” on a Facebook Page?

Press Release 141

Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Digg 166

Digg Marketing News Press Release 166