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Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

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. In my post on news sites on the new Digg I noted that NBC has created a series of city-specific profiles to target local markets. Will it work with local news? NBC is trying to find out.

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Digg Marketing News Press Release

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg

Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Buried News Sites on Digg by Adam Sherk on July 23, 2009 It’s no secret that mainstream news sites are experiencing increased exposure on social news sites like Digg. Using di66.net’s 403 14 dailymail.co.uk 387 15 telegraph.co.uk

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News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? by Adam Sherk on August 4, 2010 The new Digg has gotten a lot of attention for the opportunities it creates for publishers (see ReadWriteWeb and BlueGlass for details).

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Digg Sites News Activities

How to Choose a Social Media Listening Platform for B2B Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

On the other hand, if you seek alternatives to traditional market research, then you need a vendor that specializes in sentiment capture and community analysis. All listening platforms collect data from numerous online sources — news sites, blogs, and other Web sites. Which media sources are relevant to your goals? Tweet This!

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B2B Platform Social Media Marketing

Is Facebook Suffocating the Rest of Social Media?

Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Tweet Forrester Research recently released a 2010 update to its Social Technographics® data that analyzes the social behaviors of global Internet users. consumers engaged in certain social behaviors actually went down, not up. Is this the long-promised social media backlash? Is the bloom off the rose?

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Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and.

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

I looked at referral data for 2008, 2009 and 2010 to-date and for comparison also included Facebook and Digg. So what percentage of total site traffic came from Twitter and the other social sites? The highs for Facebook and Digg were 2% and 7.2% The Digg percentages varied the most with straight news sites faring best.

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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise

The 5 Types of Social Media Content You Need to Create

Rebekah Radice

AUGUST 14, 2017

Today, images are used on social media to tell a story, extend a vision, and leave an indelible mark in the mind of a consumer. According to Buffer research , tweets that include pictures get 150% more retweets, 18 more clicks, and 89 more likes. Do your research. Look to your keywords and hashtags across each social channel.

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Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

One question has popped up a few times to I thought it was worthy of some research and comparative analysis to give you a very clear answer. The question is – What is the appropriate level of budget to support social media for a B2B company? I actually tried to tackle this question a few times on my blog before. So here is my take ….

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B2B Social Media Marketing Survey

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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YouTube Tuesday: Digital Ethnography

Firebelly

MARCH 2, 2010

Ethnography in itself is the method used forgathering data within a society. Afterthe data is collected it’s written down to provide the statistics needed forthe research, such as a case report or field study. Digital Ethnography is a way ofpresenting data through video, YouTube videos in this case.

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News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

There is of course much more to the social media universe than just The Bobbsey Twins. 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. The data point they make available without a subscription is called “Impact.”

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What Could Kill Google and Facebook

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 18, 2012

The constant changes are a problem for brands not only due to the expense of keeping up to date, but also because the newest (Timeline) layout has reduced tab engagement.But the most appalling shortcoming of the world’s most popular social network may be how un-social it is. And listens.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, An Interview & Gift Wrap Inspiration

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Beginners guide to web data analytics – 10 steps on what to look for and what to do with that data when it comes to your site’s analytics. Comparing SEO and social media as marketing channels – what drives traffic and converts for whom. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Mashup Resources Digg Social Bookmarking

Survey: Third of Companies Use Social Media to Promote Their Business

Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 18, 2010

According to a brand new survey by CareerBuilder , one-quarter of businesses leverage social media to recruit and research possible staff. Twenty-nine percent of companies with 500 or fewer employees are utilizing social networking in some way. They’re also using social media to study companies and jobs.

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Survey Company Social Media Sample

Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

That’s not an easy question to answer without having access to each site’s analytics data and knowing their goals and objectives. But it is possible to make some basic comparisons using data from some of the free tools that are available. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

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 stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit?

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Trends How To Digg Press Release

Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Advantage: SAINTS __ 2nd Quarter: Digg Ok, which team has seen the most activity on Digg? According to Digg’s search tool 1,549 Colts articles have been submitted, with only eight being promoted to the front page and three receiving more than 500 diggs. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social media rocks because it’s one of the most amazing tools for “free&# market research. If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities

The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

So whether they see it as a necessarily evil or a great chance to reach new audiences, YouTube is in the social media mix. 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.

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Monitoring Your Company’s Brand Online with MutualMind

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

While these are useful ways to gather marketing and demographic data , you still need to know what people are saying behind closed doors. If you want to be successful with your social media campaigns, and want a solid, and innovative way of doing so, then MutualMind is a must have for almost any business, research center, and marketing firm.

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AOL Newsroom: A Model for the Future or Shades of 2001?

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. But there is no reason not to use tools and data to help make smart business – and editorial – decisions.

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Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey

Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to searchmonkey

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

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

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release

Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch He Don't Like Search So Much

Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Video Avatar Press Release Survey

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

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! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll

NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Press Release Digg Survey

6 Tools That Help Bloggers Manage and Monitor Their Online Reputation

Kikolani

APRIL 11, 2012

To use Me On The Web, just log into your Google dashboard and click “Set up search alerts for your data” – it’s as easy as that! Another brilliant tool to track your name across the web is Social Mention. 4 Free Tools for Researching Guest Blogging and Advertising Opportunities. SocialMention.

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Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles Do People Search for “Breaking News”? So the highlights help to offset pages with more witty, print-style headlines.

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Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I do feel compelled to mention that NPR would be #2 on your list in terms of fans, however (disclosure: I work there as an audience research analyst). Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Interesting numbers.

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Sites News Engagement Facebook

My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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SEO News Social Media Syndication

How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

In addition to Twitter, there are a slew of other social networks which enable users to post status updates, links, and information daily. All of this data that is posted is changing everyday – so most of today’s updates won’t be relevant tomorrow. A real time search engine should not be used for the majority of your searches.

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Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

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! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise

Hitwise News Report Press Release

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

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! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise

Hitwise News Report Press Release

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication

Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Twitter Press Release Syndication Blogroll

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

I don’t have any data on what kind of traffic the Tumblr site is getting, but either it is fairly low or visitors simply aren’t starting discussions there. 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

Rich Snippets: Increase Google Visibility for Reviews through.

Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Initially Google is supporting data on reviews and people. You can follow Google’s guidelines for marking up structured data to learn how to do it, including the specific properties for reviews. 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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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Press Release Survey SEO

Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg

News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

How to Choose a Social Media Listening Platform for B2B Marketing

Is Facebook Suffocating the Rest of Social Media?

Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and.

The 5 Types of Social Media Content You Need to Create

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

YouTube Tuesday: Digital Ethnography

News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

What Could Kill Google and Facebook

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, An Interview & Gift Wrap Inspiration

Survey: Third of Companies Use Social Media to Promote Their Business

Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Monitoring Your Company’s Brand Online with MutualMind

AOL Newsroom: A Model for the Future or Shades of 2001?

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to searchmonkey

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

Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch He Don't Like Search So Much

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

6 Tools That Help Bloggers Manage and Monitor Their Online Reputation

Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media

How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

Rich Snippets: Increase Google Visibility for Reviews through.

Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

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