Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites by Adam Sherk on October 8, 2009 Although search engines keep improving on their ability to deal with duplicate content, this continues to be one of the main SEO issues facing news and content sites.

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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

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Related posts: The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google onto Something? How “popularity” is determined is not specifically defined, but it is likely a simple metric like page views.

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Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

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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Aggregator Content Syndication Journal 110

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? 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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow my own advice on identifying your top trends. 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?

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SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The content on search engines and social media gets a little lost among all the stats and charts so I thought I’d summarize that data here. 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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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research 140

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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Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! 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 Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

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. Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? I’m partial to the Tweetmeme button , although displaying the number of tweets is a double-edged sword.

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Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles? So if you link to your Twitter account on your Google profile the people you’re following on Twitter become part of your social circle. If not how do we get there?

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

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. 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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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

by Adam Sherk on February 23, 2010 There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek on how AOL is utilizing software and analytics data in an effort to match content with user interests and monetize it more successfully. too bad google doesn’t allow the sale of text link ads or aol could really clean up in a few years.

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Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

by Adam Sherk on August 24, 2010 As first covered by Malcolm Coles and later confirmed by Google , for search queries that include a specific domain Google is now showing a larger number of results from that site on page one. But do the expanded results apply to the embedded news and video listings in the SERPs?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

This is particularly appealing for publishers with content that may be of interest to specific audiences as opposed to the wider Digg user base. These are anchored by the main NBC Local profile that highlights the best local content with a better chance of having a wide appeal. It serves as an aggregator of our best local content.

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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

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.” Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers?

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News Google Syndication Press Release 101

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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Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Press Release 101

Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

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. 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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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Most news sites have an official Facebook Page now, with the typical approach being to add a daily stream of links to new content while promoting site features, apps, feeds, etc. Some news sites are supplementing content links with direct questions and comments to users, but this does not appear to be happening in any significant volume.

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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! The flip side to that is that not everything gleaned from monitoring social media activity is accurate or reliable.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

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.

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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. 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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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! 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 Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

However, according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool , some people do: Currently CNN.com and MSNBC.com are the top two listings in Google for “breaking news.” 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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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

However, according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool , some people do: Currently CNN.com and MSNBC.com are the top two listings in Google for “breaking news.” 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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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

Due to space limitations and to try to grab on-site users’ attention, news sites sometimes use shorter and/or wittier “tout links&# on home pages, section fronts and in popular content modules. But linking with the article headline is something that publishers should do when possible.

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News Google Syndication Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 15, 2009

The SEO team has been involved in the project since the beginning and recommended the implementation of one-to-one 301 redirects of all IHT content to its new location at the NYT.com. This, of course, conforms to best SEO practices when moving any content and was accepted and built into the timeline.

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URL Syndication SEO Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

by Adam Sherk on May 26, 2009 The discussion about HubSpot’s post on the syndication of social media press releases vs. traditional press releases called my attention again to PitchEngine , a platform for creating and sharing social media releases (SMRs). However there is also a downside.

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Press Release Social Media Syndication Hosting 102

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Sharing and discussing content is a key component of Google Buzz, so it’s a natural fit for article promotion and audience development. And while there are many improvements that could be made to the interface, Facebook Pages offer a clean, simple way for news sites to promote their content and interact with readers.

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Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

A similar method is the more traditional “dek” below the headline, as seen in this example from BusinessWeek.com : The use of article highlights or summaries is particularly helpful in instances where the on-page headline does not provide a clear, literal description of the content.

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Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google onto Something? JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

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