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How Much Google News Traffic Do Publishers Get? Here’s Data on 80 News Sites.

Adam Sherk

Google News has been in the news itself lately, from European efforts to impose taxes to questions about its value and even suggestions for giving it a full redesign. This is not intended to be a comprehensive list or a definitive ranking. But just how much traffic is it currently driving to publishers?

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NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement

Adam Sherk

Ok fans could care less about that, but for myself and some sports and social media marketers out there it’s an interesting question. In my post on the most popular NBA teams on Twitter and Facebook (and the more recent one on MLB teams ) I looked strictly at the following each team has built up. Thanks for sharing that insight.

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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Paywalls, Media Coverage and User Access: What's a PR Pro to Do?

Adam Sherk

Here’s another question: Would you foot the bill to give users free access to coverage of your company or clients? But that would cause all kinds of problems, not the least of which the publications’ editorial integrity being called into question. I definitely agree with your tree falling in the forest comparison.

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

That’s not an easy question to answer without having access to each site’s analytics data and knowing their goals and objectives. So there may definitely be some other new media sites with engagement scores that are competitive with this group, or even higher. So which news sites are getting the most out of their social media efforts?

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Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

Adam Sherk

Only the news organizations themselves can fully answer that question; their own analytics data combined with internal estimates of the value of fans and various actions will paint the clearest picture. That’s hard to quantify or measure but it’s definitely of value. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

Adam Sherk

In the Q&A in Google’s announcement, one question in particular caught my eye: Q: I’m offering my content / product descriptions for syndication. is one of the most common consulting questions we get. Do my publishers need to use rel=&# canonical&# ? A: We leave this up to you and your publishers.