Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines by Adam Sherk on July 28, 2009 Yesterday Steve Rubel pointed out how the article highlights on sites like CNN.com and iMedia Connection are a good time saver for him.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

It’s a social sharing platform that allows you to either find great content, share it and measure your ability to drive clicks and traffic … or measure the social sharing and links to leave to lead folks back to your own content, even tying that traffic to conversions and sales. I see a bright future for the Google.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. Google News uses “Citation Rank” to try to determine the original source (i.e.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Some are newer, others are longstanding, but I wanted to gather them together and focus on the benefits for news and content sites. There hasn’t been a major payoff for editorial content yet but with digital activity increasingly moving to mobile this is an important opportunity to take advantage of.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

So “borrowing” content isn’t a Web-only phenomenon, it’s just a lot easier to spot now. Shifting from poaching content to paying for it, it really is no wonder that the AP seems so threatened by Google. A wire service’s whole business model is built around selling the same content to as many news outlets as possible.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. What you should be doing is avoiding duplicate content altogether.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pro PR Tips: 100 PR Tips from Rafe Needleman Published as a Book by Adam Sherk on August 11, 2009 Yesterday I received a copy of Rafe Needleman ’s Pro PR Tips in the mail from ITDatabase. I ended up going through all 100 tips in one sitting.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? Make it simple and logical to get to actual Wrap content from that page.”

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Related posts: The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? Google-less?

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 3, 2013

The hot new topic in social and content marketing is definitely podcasting. If you’re hoping to gain an edge above your competition, or position yourself as a thought leader, a podcast could be just the ticket for your content marketing strategy. Forget Facebook. Image Credit: Social Media Examiner. Image Credit: Social Media Examiner.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

If you want them to find information or read content, a web site is still the most ideal place for this. Among those, audio and video content consumptions have shifted from computer to portable devices and TV screens. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Email newsletter. Blog RSS feeds. Podcast feed.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google employee “Inbal” later provided a more specific time window, indicating “the rate at which we recrawl may vary, but we try to go back and check for changes in article content within the first 12 hours after we first find it.” I went looking for an updated story in Google News today and was able to find an example.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 31, 2011

My main problem with tags was the fear of duplicate content. Contrary to popular belief, duplicate content is not syndicating the same article to several directories. Duplicate content happens when Google finds different paths to the same content on your site. Tips to Make the Most of Your Tags.

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Firebelly

JULY 23, 2010

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? Social Media Consultant: 65 Tips to Differentiate the Good from the Bad Social Media Consultant… what is a social media consultant really? View an alternate.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

If you want them to find information or read content, a web site is still the most ideal place for this. Among those, audio and video content consumptions have shifted from computer to portable devices and TV screens. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Email newsletter. Blog RSS feeds. Podcast feed.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to SearchMonkey by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2009 On Friday Yahoo announced new additions to its SearchMonkey enhanced results, including options for news content. For technical details and instructions see the SearchMonkey News help page.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 20, 2016

5 Ways to Build Online Authority Using Content Marketing. One of the best ways to establish your online authority is through the use of content marketing. Create Content in the Form of a Blog. And one of the best ways to create such content is through a blog. Paul is a sought-after speaker on digital and marketing topics.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Data like this is interesting to check out, and it can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media. What types of content generated the most social media sharing and inbound links? were most (and least) popular?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

The headline/title tag tip is also included in their Help for Publishers guidelines on article titles ). So it appears this tip is intended to make it easier for Google News to understand the correct title for articles, as opposed to being a “must do&# to prevent an issue.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

While many people regard press releases as little more than throw-away text, the reality is that smaller news sources in particular do in fact use that content in full or repurposed form. We found official press releases often appear word for word in first accounts of events, though often not noted as such.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com by Adam Sherk on August 14, 2009 Recently I wrote about the importance of including meaningful content in videos embedded in press releases. So far Google seems to agree.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Here’s wishing everyone an interesting and productive 2010. Related posts: How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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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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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A tactic that some news and content sites employ is monitoring Google’s Hot Trends list in an effort to identify hot topics and then quickly produce matching content around them. Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

It looks great when there are a lot of retweets; when there aren’t many it can weaken user perceptions of the content. I’m partial to the Tweetmeme button , although displaying the number of tweets is a double-edged sword. Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

When they’re already consuming content, it’s too late. Over 40% is spent with content. Accordingly, AOL has (once again) become an important venue for advertisers while also reaping the benefits of strong search rankings — after all, people are searching for all that commercial content. They don’t want to hear from you.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First, a study of 33 million unique users from Chitika’s network in September showed that visitors coming from Facebook and Digg were more loyal than those coming from the three major search engines and Twitter. For many news sites (especially poorly optimized ones) search engine referrals are still considerably below 20% of total traffic.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

This gives publishers the opportunity for greater exposure to users looking for content from their specific site (and who may not be familiar with the “site:” search operator). On a related note, it will be interesting to see what impact the new expanded results will have on search referrals to news and content sites.

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Firebelly

MAY 20, 2010

The tips below are still valuable regardless. " Another tip: Each FBML tab has a unique URL. No word yet on if this change is permanent. Facebook surprised, and upset, a lot of people yesterday when they announced that now only "Authenticated Pages" or Pages with over 10,000 fans can have a custom landing tab.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

The layout is clean and simple, the content is interesting and Newsweek is mixing in plenty of items from other sources. In terms of search engine visibility, as of today the Tumblr site is #9 in my Google results for “Newsweek” so it’s working its way up. But it would be nice to see the Tumblr site have a more interactive feel.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

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

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

But Facebook Pages remain a key audience development and content promotion opportunity for publishers so it is important to make the most of them. A good way to enhance Facebook Pages is by using Static FBML to customize tabs for an improved visual experience and greater functionality.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 15, 2009

Fortunately this week The New York Times Chief Search Strategist Marshall Simmonds (disclosure: I work for Marshall) was able to make a statement to Search Engine Land to shed some light on the matter. This, of course, conforms to best SEO practices when moving any content and was accepted and built into the timeline.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

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