Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. But it is possible to make some basic comparisons using data from some of the free tools that are available.

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

To have credibility, you need to have other people in your field willing and able to testify to your competence. People will expect you to back up your brand with the truth, so when you fail to perform, they immediately begin to question your competence. Rather than stay in your own zone all the time, get out there and meet people.

Brands 236

Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

You can check the page rank, alexa rank, compete rank as well SEOMoz’s mozRank simply from the status bar in graphical or text format. On top of this you will be able to quickly load sites to check your back links, search engine saturation and many other useful bits of information straight from the status bar of Firefox. Tweet This!

SEO 132

SEO Technorati StumbleUpon Digg 132

Social Media Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Doing so not only gives customers a reason to return to your site frequently, but also helps with SEO (search engine optimization). In addition, the shorter form platforms (Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Digg, etc.) For example, integrating blog content or headlines into the corporate website in order to keep it fresh.

Aggregator 166

Aggregator Disqus StumbleUpon Digg 166

Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites by Adam Sherk on March 16, 2010 The major search engines are making real-time search a priority, resulting in good visibility opportunities for news sites especially for breaking news.

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Sites News Yahoo Engineering 143

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

The Huffington Post The Huffington Post has added a “Hot on Facebook” module to its home page and in a sidebar on posts: I like this and think it will do a good job of encouraging user clicks, similar to the Digg widget that has worked well on news sites. Like The Huffington Post there are also competing Facebook buttons at work.

News 149

News Module Widget Facebook 149

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Another excellent free tool for finding relevant influencers across the social media sphere, Social Mention is a real-time social search engine that also provides alerts and a cool buzz-monitoring widget you can add to your website or blog. The only caveat is that this may whet your appetite for the full version (see below). Social Mention.

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SM2 Vocus Alterian Radian6 202

Firebelly

AUGUST 24, 2010

Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places : Comments Chad Thanks for sharing. In the meantime, here is Facebooks official video about the new Facebook Places.

YouTube 133

YouTube Facebook Paid Search Foursquare 133

Idaconcpts

AUGUST 26, 2010

Each microsite would be looked at by search engines as a new site, which means you will need to do everything you would normally do for a new site such as creating back-links and all other problems associated with domain development. And definitely avoid reciprocal links as that is an obvious indication of potential link farms. Slow growth.

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Sites Domain Name SEO Directory 132

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

In fact, not only does your blog need to stand out from the average ones that are popping up every day, but you also need to compete with established blogs, with their loyal fan bases, that have been around for years. Maybe you’ve set up a blog to run AdSense and earn money from the search engines. Your blog has to be excellent.

Blogger 250

Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO 250

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

My Bookmarks Digg Del.icio.us Its the most important challenge for businesses trying to compete in a turbulent world, says John Kotter, a Harvard Business School professor who has studied dozens of organizations in the midst of upheaval: "The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. Why is that so damn hard?

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Company Health Care Energy Groups 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

We have embarassing pictures in Google Maps , videos about the death of an innocent man in the hands of a “competent&# cop , and even Yelp reviews that can damage your personal reputation , never mind your business. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines.

Social Media 153

Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 31, 2010

I quickly recalled all of the search engine optimization work I did for a search engine optimization client. One of the most difficult keyword phrases I worked on for a search engine optimization client was “gift baskets&#. What type of search engine optimization techniques do you use to achieve search engine rankings?

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Engineering Questions Company CPC 150

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Face it, it’s a competitive landscape out there, especially for tourists who flock to familiar names but perhaps do not realize that there are other options in the city.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Reply Nicole Dominguez June 10, 2010 at 10:05 am As a young blogger myself, I find it hard to compete with those adults that are older than me. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I just checked out your blog and it’s great. Reply Apostolos June 10, 2010 at 9:42 am Thanks, Tamar!

Blogger 241

Blogger StumbleUpon Communities Journal 241

ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Reddit, Digg, and Google’s very own Youtube work on similar models. They pull the best content to the top of the pile through a mixture of positive and negative feedback, and they are pretty competent at it. They wouldn’t want their favorite brand to be mass -1ed, would they?

Google 40

Google Class Publishing Digg 40

Harp Interactive

JULY 13, 2010

The statistics confirm that search supremacy is critical if you want to compete in the crowded online market. Submit links of interesting pages like the one above to Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Stumble Upon and other bookmarking sites. Create an XML sitemap and submit it to search engines.

Google 362

Google Hubpages Tips SEO 362

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

In addition to the traditional benefits of business blogging , recent changes in the way search engines rank content have made blogging crucial for obtaining and maintaining high search engine visibility. And second, there is no instant gratification—it takes time to build an audience and authority with the search engines.

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WordPress Hubspot URL Widget 185

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority by Adam Sherk on February 1, 2010 When it comes to competing for search engine visibility, major news organizations tend to benefit from having strong, trusted domains. But just how strong are those domains?

Sites 118

Sites News Syndication Digg 118

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

10 Ways to Be a Great Social Media User (Search Engine Journal): Vince Blackham writes a great post on Search Engine Journal about how to be a great social media user, with tips such as contributing, diversifying your efforts, being real, being meaningful, and more. No, it’s not about the tools!) She has some great comparisons.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

YouTube 37) YouTube is the second largest search engine on the planet (only second to Google). You are competing against millions of other blogs for the eyeballs of your readers. 46) Blog content can be gold for the search engines, but you should write your articles based on what the search engines want, write for your readers.

Social Media 279

Social Media Klout YouTube Foursquare 279

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). Range of coverage. Many include at least the most popular blogs as well. Frequency of alerts.

Tools 193

Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. However, there’s a lot more to Stumbling when you share.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Generally, these sites exist in the form of graphic design contest web sites where clients put up a call for submissions for a piece of graphic design work, and designers compete for a cash prize by submitting designs. EngineS WEB | May 12, 2008 6:12 AM. search engine is also taking advantage of crowd-sourcing, but in-reverse.

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Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

1 spot to Google in February 2008, and now sits in third place, according to Web analytics research by Compete. Still, two Facebook engineers have been instrumental in making the site twice as fast as it was six months ago, using a new internal system called BigPipe. Facebook Outpaces Yahoo to Become No. Yahoo lost the No.

Yahoo 100

Yahoo Facebook MySpace Paid Search 100

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

A powerful real-time social search engine that not only displays results for a specified term or phrase, but lets you filter results by source (e.g., Metrics include traffic stats from Alexa, Compete and Quantcast; backlinks and results by search engine; backlinks and mentions on the major social news sites and more.

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Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on July 8, 2008 Share With many individuals finding great success with social media (and as an aside, a basic understanding of search engine optimization ), they immediately consider themselves social media marketers and consultants (as well as seasoned SEOs) and offer to sell their promotional services.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

In the 4th Quarter, Sony announced the launch of its new online store, Sony Online Services, which sells videos, books, games and movies to compete against Apple’s iTunes store. The move is perceived as a positive one for both companies as Microsoft looks to better compete against Google and Yahoo seeks to cut costs further.

News 110

News Report Social Media Reputation 110

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Advice & Opinion : Difference Engine. Blog: Difference Engine. Digg this Slashdot Reddit. The Difference Engine, invented in 1821, was an early precursor to the modern computer. » Subscription Services. » Reprints. Best Practices. Login | Register | FAQ |. Username: Password: . Mon, Jun 16, 2008 13:22 EDT.

Wireless 100

Wireless RFP Web 2.0 Microsoft 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Anyone who knows a good search engine optimization expert knows that keyword stuffing is not an approved tactic. A search engine optimization expert is usually focused on changing URL structure, optimizing title tags, and making code tweaks to a website to make sure the search engines find the site and the pages contained therein.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Yes, Twitter and Facebook and Digg and other niche sites cost nothing to join, making social media a relatively free marketing option. Those mistakes you make when blogging could harm your reputation because search engines do not easily forget, and negative messages can be spread like wildfire thanks to the potential of the Internet.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Reply Jamie Sandford April 15, 2010 at 10:36 am Tamar, one of the things that I think has happened is that because of the need to compete with other SM pros in the space, we’ve somehow lost the emphasis to be social with one another. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Social Media 267

Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

6 Key Metrics for a Social Media Measurement Dashboard [Best of SEW 2010 #4] by Search Engine Watch. She shows how to identify and emulate organizations that are “truly social.&#. Social Media Metrics and ROI. Related Post. 78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far). Share this on Bebo.

Social Media 198

Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Viper Chill

MARCH 2, 2011

That’s probably why it exploded, as we quickly had 10,000 members, top rankings in Google and other search engines, and we were featured in the book DJ’ing for Dummies. When working with Hewlett Packard, I was competing with big marketing teams from all over the world, representing the HP brand in their specific countries.

Forums 79

Forums Project Sites Digg 79

Viper Chill

MAY 17, 2010

First, if you look at their traffic stats with Compete you can see that they have traffic spikes and dips at around the same time: Then, looking at feed subscribers , despite the large difference at the start of the graph, their growth rate is on a very similar consistent rise. I thought I read something about that not too long ago.

Blogger 76

Blogger Sites Delicious Comments 76

Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

Use Postrank to Find Engaging Posts When I wrote a post about the 28 items in my internet marketing toolbox, I covered a nifty little service called Postrank Analytics which lets you see your most shared blog posts on sites like Digg, Delicious and Twitter. I am bookmarking this page as a reference, thanks for the help.

How To 77

How To Delicious StumbleUpon Postrank 77

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Let’s take a software engineer as an example: one engineer can write tons of code, knocking out one program after another. — If you liked this article, please share it on del.icio.us, StumbleUpon or Digg. — If you liked this article, please share it on del.icio.us, StumbleUpon or Digg. Productivity 2.0:

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