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16 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Social Media Company

Harp Interactive

Recently an entrepreneur friend of mine called me long distance to pick my brain about what questions should he be asking candidates applying for Social Media Consultant’s position. I am sure many of you have similar concerns regarding hiring a company for your social media and SEO needs.

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Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly

Adam Sherk

In looking at syndicated content on Yahoo News, most of the syndicated articles do not include attribution links (each news source likely has to request or provide them), but among those that do exist there is a problem. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

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Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for.

Adam Sherk

However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.

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Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week

Firebelly

Heres a simple primer, a list of do-nots that will help you to avoid some of social medias most perilous pitfalls. How to Use Social Media to Rank on Google Now that Google is indexing social media content in real-time, how can you leverage blogs and social networks to rank on Google?

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13 Social Media Pet Peeves That Can Squash Your Professional Reputation

The Realtime Report

13 Social Media Pet Peeves That Can Squash Your Professional Reputation . That tagline is so fitting for describing my team’s experience in working in the social media industry. Indeed, we have “seen a thing or two” when helping clients with their social media strategies and management.

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13 Social Media Pet Peeves That Can Squash Your Professional Reputation

The Realtime Report

13 Social Media Pet Peeves That Can Squash Your Professional Reputation . That tagline is so fitting for describing my team’s experience in working in the social media industry. Indeed, we have “seen a thing or two” when helping clients with their social media strategies and management.

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Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. Over time I’d expect to see social media monitoring tools grab more budget at the expense of both, as more and more focus is placed on direct communication with target audiences.

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