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Success with the Google News Standout Tag: A 90-Day Study

Adam Sherk

Which news organizations are having the most success with the Google News standout tag? The complete list with date, section, news organization, article URL and whether the standout tag was used is available in this Google doc , which is also embedded here: Featured Articles by Section. The Most Cited News Organizations.

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News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages

Adam Sherk

So I thought I’d take a look at a selection of news organizations to see how many are taking advantage of FBML. News tabs that would work well for most organizations. So the bottom line is that news organizations are dabbling with Static FBML on their Facebook Pages but few are doing anything that is noteworthy. Not so many.

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Does Google Freshness Update Make Online Reputation Management More Difficult?

Adam Sherk

But for individuals and organizations, does the freshness update make online reputation management more difficult? But let’s say you are an individual or company that is trying to combat negative listings that rank highly for your name. Essentially Google has turned up the dial on its “query deserves freshness” algorithm.

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News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

Adam Sherk

by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. With that in mind, here are the main Twitter profiles for 30+ news organizations ranked by Impact score: Twitter Profile Impact Score Followers (6/15/10) 1 @nytimes 78.5%

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Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Adam Sherk

Aid organizations are racing against time to save as many lives as they can, and what they need most right now is money. Unfortunately there are increasing reports of donation fraud online, so major news organizations are playing a vital role in directing people to credible, legitimate groups.

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An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction

Adam Sherk

{ 7 comments… read them below or add one } Craig Kanalley November 3, 2009 at 8:55 pm Interesting, and kind of sad that @BreakingTweets, even with just three lists, is doing more than many of these news organizations. But since larger organizations cover a wide range of topics, will such a List be too broad to be engaging?

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My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers

Adam Sherk

The good news behind that is that Define Media Group , which split off from The New York Times Company a year ago, is doing well and there is plenty of client work keeping us busy. Define is launching a company blog soon and we’ve also arranged to do some articles for Search Engine Land, so it will continue to be a challenge to keep up here.

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