Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Since it’s been over a month putting their current figures in the table won’t make for an accurate comparison, but I’ll include them in the next full update. Thanks for putting together this comparison. As of today GlobalPost has 1,892 fans and based on their last 10 updates, they are averaging 2.3

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

After reading this article and seeing the comparison above (which I wonder why does not include any mention of the context of when the picture was taken), I was wondering one thing: “Why do the Baby Boomers are so angry at Gen Y and the Millenials? Post on Google Buzz. What about some context about when the pictures were taken?

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Web 2.0 Technorati StumbleUpon Comparison 164

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Google Sites led the explicit core search market in November with 66.2 It actually looks like Google’s sites are going up in market share. In comparison, in August 2010, I reported that Google Sites led the explicit core search market in August with 65.4 Now Google is at 66.2 Google Sites led the U.S.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

But Twitter, Facebook in some cases Digg still represent the majority of social media referrals to many news sites, so they continue to be a priority. What I am most interested in is making a relative comparison between the various news sites. News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? 38,607 24 @FT 25.6%

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

In my ongoing look at mainstream media outlets and social media I have done multiple posts on news sites and Twitter, Facebook and Digg but I’ve yet to look at YouTube. The Most Buried News Sites on Digg News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? Hard to believe mainstream TV isn’t all over this.

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Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

And take a look at the comparison of referrals in verticals from Facebook and Twitter: Vertical. Google Plus. The original study was done in Q1 and the update is for Q2. Top 20 Traffic Sources to Content Pages. AOL/Huffington Post. Drudge Report. StumbleUpon. FoxNews.com. MediaTakeOut. NewsNow.co.uk. Real Clear Politics. Electronics.

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StumbleUpon Content Wikipedia Yahoo 79

Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

While the Tigers fan page has 248k+ fans, as of today the only page Facebook search shows for “Detroit Tigers” is an unofficial, outdated page with 841 fans: Even clicking “See More Results” doesn’t surface the real page – I had to use Google to find it. Adam Sherk July 28, 2010 at 1:29 pm Great points Brett, thanks for sharing.

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Team Twitter Facebook Comparison 204

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

Activity: Most web analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, can be used to track the number of visits, traffic quality (e.g. Post on Google Buzz. This category can also include metrics like blog visitors and RSS / email subscribers. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 13, 2010

A simple tool like Google Alerts would pick up most stray citations. If Google Alerts had been developed with a focus on social media, this would be it. Post on Google Buzz. Other than your company’s website, most mentions were likely in well-known online news sites or trade industry publication sites. Share this on Bebo.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Although it emphasizes Orkut’s rapid decline in India some of the comparison parameters are quite interesting: Comparison table: Facebook & Orkut What are your thoughts on Facebook’s phenomenal growth in India? The article rightly compares the Orkut > Facebook transition to Hotmail > Gmail’s.

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Web 2.0 Facebook Startup Comparison 145

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. Blekko’s Tools Give Search Marketers Google Alternative by MediaPost Online Media Daily. Post on Google Buzz. A free service for setting up, promoting and hosting Twitter chats.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

Should you care more about Digg submission than about comments? Free if you connect with their “influencers” outreach program, or $15/month if you do not, PostRank provides a useful, detailed blogging scoreboard, especially if you connect it with your Google Analytics account. Are tweets more important than Facebook shares?

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Metrics Postrank Social Media Klout 159

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. So how well do major news sites perform in these areas?

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Sites News Yahoo Journal 161

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

The professors’ styles feel like a comparison of LinkedIn and Facebook. Myrna December 5, 2008 at 3:10 pm You draw a great comparison. As social media moves into the common marketing vernacular, more people will start drawing these comparisons. I LOVED the metaphor of comparing the styles of the classes with marketing.

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Social Media Class Forums Microblogging 189

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The usual caveats: Social media isn’t a popularity contest and reach does not equal influence, engagement or action These figures will quickly be out-of-date (they probably were before I could hit the “publish” button) But those things aside, it is interesting to take a snapshot at various times for the purposes of comparison.

Team 188

Team Twitter Facebook Comparison 188

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2010

billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.7 Google Sites 65.6% Here’s the comScore comparison between December 2009 and November 2009: comScore Core Search Report* December 2009 vs. November 2009 Total U.S. Google Sites 9,479 9,688 2% -- --. Google Sites 13,751 14,019 2%. Post on Google Buzz.

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comScore Engineering Yahoo Microsoft 91

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 25, 2010

Proving yet again a real commitment to opening new avenues of success for online merchants everywhere, comparison shopping engine SortPrice.com has now built virtual stores for more than 1,000 retailers through its Merchant Store application on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Post this on Diigo.

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Retail Applications Facebook Apparel 106

The Marketing Blog

MARCH 8, 2010

Home About In the Media Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) How People Respond to Your Online Content March 8, 2010.1:39 39 pm Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study Jump to Comments We recently did a study to understand how the businesses in India are using twitter. of tweets, tweet type, conversation type.

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Study Company Web 2.0 Twitter 180

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

These figures obviously change quickly but this current snapshot is useful for comparison. 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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Team Twitter Facebook Sports 209

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

I realize these figures change quickly, but the snapshot is useful for comparison. 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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Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? I definitely agree with your tree falling in the forest comparison. 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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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Bill Hartzer

APRIL 2, 2009

For Comparison purposes – As you may know (or might not), HomeAway, the leader in vacation rental search, raised $250 MM in capital last November. Post on Google Buzz. Vacation Rentals often offer a cheaper alternative to hotels for families and group vacationers. This is on top of another $160 MM they raised in 2006.

Engineering 93

Engineering Hotels Real Estate Technorati 93

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Microsoft represents the Information Age, while Google hints at the shift towards the Connected Age. Microsoft (Information Age) vs. Google (Connected Age). Google (GOOG), on the other hand, hints at the Connected Age without entirely fulfilling its promise. Google depends on a more emergent style of innovation.

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Web 2.0 Microsoft Startup Adsense 263

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. Twenty-two minutes after it hit the front page, it sat at 2099 Diggs. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs. How do you get your news?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

To see how Muck Rack stacks up against the competition I checked the volume of activity on some other Twitter press release services, but there aren’t a lot of apples-to-apples comparisons to be made. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Frequent best-of contributor Ann Smarty supplies a detailed head-to-head comparison between LinkedIn and Facebook across several criteria including privacy controls (bet you can’t guess who wins there!), Post on Google Buzz. LinkedIn Group versus Facebook Group by Search Engine Journal. promotion tools and networking features.

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LinkedIn Tips B2B Findability 189

The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About In the Media Facebook will surge ahead in India Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) February 25, 2010.1:08 Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 8 Comments Filed under Iffort , Web 2.0 Would be glad to have your feedback ! All the best Reply Sampad Swain March 16, 2010 at 4:57 am Congrats Daksh.

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Web 2.0 Startup FeedBurner Consultant 140

ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I wish I could show you an actual traffic chart of ProBlogger’s growth but when I started it back in 2004 I didn’t have Google Analytics installed (it didn’t come along until 2006, from memory). If I had to chart the first two years it’d have looked more like this (in comparison to the yellow line of ProBlogger).

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Tips Newsletter Blogger Sites 52

ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2011

Last week I tweeted that I’d not checked my Google Reader account in a month. The decline is only slight, but in comparison to the steady increases I saw a few years back, it’s been declining (as a percentage of overall traffic) for me, at least. Again, “normal&# people still head to Google to find content.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

Comparison infographics place two concepts side by side and explain the differences (think entrepreneurs vs. employees or capitalism vs. communism). If you can’t, check out Google Trends , and learn about what topics are receiving the most search inquiries right now. Ensure your landing page is as user-friendly as possible.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. Love the comparison… it is SO true Reply Tamar Weinberg June 4, 2010 at 8:47 am Woohoo! I turned off the posts on Buzz mostly for the issue that Google doesn’t truncate the posts. Today, he has an incredibly huge following. Thanks for commenting, Heather!

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Keep more comparisons like this coming… Reply Tamar Weinberg August 28, 2008 at 1:45 am Thanks Dana As far as the “science&# designation is concerned, for whatever reason, StumbleUpon clumps “technology&# into “science.&# Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Saying It Social

MAY 18, 2010

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit May 18, 2010 - Posted by akstout18 | Uncategorized | social media marketing , social media marketing ROI , social networking , social networking for business One blogger likes this post 40 Comments » [.] The only true measurement is the comparison between pre/post social media marketing integration.

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Social Media Marketing Small Business Cost 168

Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Let’s start with a better comparison! What methods have you come up with to tap your potential clients and clients on the shoulder? Thank you very much to demordian for use of the image above. Share Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Facebook Share this on Linkedin Subscribe to the comments for this post?

Marketing 79

Marketing WordPress Technorati Training 79

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google. I just found a more useful way to search than Google. It only works for a defined use case, but, in a search market that is 85% going on 90% Google-dominated, this can still be significant. The site that provides a better search experience than Google? 12 Comments. Conclusion.

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LinkedIn Google Directory API 109

The Way of the Web

AUGUST 9, 2010

Essentially they’re creating content to respond to popular search queries to arbitrage advertising revenue (sold direct or via networks such as Google’s Adsense). In Demand’s case, it currently has deals with Google which are set to end in 2011. Plus the social web is having an increased effect on both filtering and discovery.

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Content Adwords Adsense Advertising 28