Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 23, 2010

For years, even though Google eventually turned off the link query at their search engine and made it available to site owners only , and Bing.com eventually turned it off also, Yahoo! And including -site:domain.com you could exclude certain sites (like the domain linking to itself). But just recently, Yahoo!

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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

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately. The short answer? Not so many.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

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. The Yahoo attribution links do not point directly to the original article URLs.

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Harp Interactive

APRIL 6, 2010

Simply put, Social Website Analyzer is a one-click snapshot of the state of your website’s or brand’s social media presence across the top 20 social media sites. Video Channels YouTube and Metacafe. These stats can serve as meaningful benchmarks as you launch and continue to build and measure your social media presence and impact.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react. Completely.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 7, 2009

There is a new study out that shows that people who visit Digg and Facebook are more loyal readers than on other web sites. Twitter, in fact, was shown to have visitors that are not as loyal as other web sites. Digg came in second place with slightly over 16%.&#. Amongst the search engines, Yahoo! Digg 16.09%.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up by Tamar Weinberg on December 17, 2007 Share When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. I am enjoying Stumble lately, though.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Top 200 Social Media Sites by Niche by cinta5 on October 6, 2008 Tyler over at SMMGuru offered up the top 198 social media sites. Diigo Foxmarks Furl Lycos iQ Ma.gnolia Mobilicio.us Diigo Foxmarks Furl Lycos iQ Ma.gnolia Mobilicio.us

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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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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 5, 2007

51 am Quick post – Cool sites (Wis.dm) Jump to Comments Got a question ? Check out wis dot dm “We already have Yahoo/Linkedin Answers. Do we need another site ? probably yes, as it does seem to provide value.&# , instantaneous reply as the site loaded. August 6, 2007.5:51

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yMarketingMatters

OCTOBER 4, 2013

billion people using the site each month, 665 million active users each day, and generates up to 645 million local business page views per week, Facebook has proved that its popularity amongst users is here to stay. These search ranking benefits makes Google+ an important social media site to consider for your business. Summary.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Some web hosting companies have now taken it to a new low: they are monetizing (making money) from your web site without your knowledge. And most web site owners don’t even know that this is happening to them. It could be happening to you, on your web site, and you don’t even know it. Search Marketing.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Google Sites led the explicit core search market in November with 66.2 It actually looks like Google’s sites are going up in market share. In comparison, in August 2010, I reported that Google Sites led the explicit core search market in August with 65.4 Google Sites led the U.S. Sites with 16.4 Sites with 3.4

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 6, 2011

Honestly, I have not seen so many social media experts flock to a social media web site since all of my social media and search engine marketing buddies flocked to Twitter. So, I started my quest to find out exactly if Quora.com is the next social media web site to go mainstream. Not much else to let you know what the site is about.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 22, 2010

According to comScore, “November marked the official start of the holiday shopping season, sending Americans swarming retail and coupon sites to take advantage of early deals and promotions. Retailers offered attractive discounts and free shipping to draw early shoppers to their sites for purchase. percent reach, Yahoo!

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Google Sites led the explicit core search market in August with 65.4 Google Sites led the U.S. percent market share, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 17.4 percentage points) and Microsoft sites with 11.1 N/A Google Sites 65.8% Microsoft Sites 11.0% Google Sites ranked first with 10.3 Sites with 3.6

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 10, 2010

billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.5 percent of the searches conducted online, followed by websites owned by Yahoo! Google Sites 65.4% 16.8% -0.2 - - - Microsoft Sites 11.3% Google Sites accounted for 9.5 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! billion), Microsoft Sites (1.7

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 3, 2010

Private email addresses of individuals who have Facebook accounts are getting indexed by the search engines, including Google , Yahoo! , In fact, Yahoo! There’s some issue with the real-time feed data that is causing Google and Yahoo! I have seen this happen before with other sites like Twitter. Post this on Diigo.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 25, 2011

Social media, online PR and user-generated content sites open up a new world of places to be “found.&#. Promote your content (though not only your content, but other content your readers/followers/fans may be interested in) on popular social bookmarking sites like Digg , delicious , Reddit and StumbleUpon.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

And throughout December we’ve gotten top 2009 searches lists from Google , Yahoo , Bing and Ask. But while you’re going through this year’s top trends, don’t forget to apply the same practice to your own sites. Which social media sites brought in the most traffic and links, and how well represented are you in each?

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

link] FriendFeed [link] LinkedIn [link] MySpace [link] Twitter [link] Digg [link] Seesmic [link] Stumbleupon [link] Ning – Create Your Own Social Network [link] Squidoo [link] Social Tools & Apps Hootsuite – Our Fav!! Buzz Index – Today?s Does anyone else share my same frustration or is it not really an issue for you?

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Microsoft Sites grabbed 9.3 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! N/A -- -- -- - Google Sites 64.7% 64.6% -0.1 - - - Yahoo! Microsoft Sites 8.9% user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five. user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 20, 2009

Google has 65 percent market share, Yahoo! According to comScore, “In June 2009, Americans conducted more than 14 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.0 Microsoft Sites grabbed 8.4 N/A -- -- -- - Google Sites 65.0% 19.6% -0.5 - - - Microsoft Sites 8.0% percent market share. AOL LLC 3.1%

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Yahoo and Google were among the most frequently mentioned websites for online news, indicating that users see them as sources for news (be it original reporting or aggregation) and not just search vehicles. Social Media 19% of the public regularly (7%) or sometimes (12%) get news or news headlines through social networking sites.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 18, 2009

percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! N/A Google Sites 64.2 Microsoft Sites** 8.2 Google Sites accounted for 9.3 billion core searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.9 billion and Microsoft Sites with 1.1 In May 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches. Ask Network 3.8

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2010

billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.7 Microsoft Sites grabbed 10.7 Google Sites 65.6% 17.3% -0.2 - - - Microsoft Sites 10.3% Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.

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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

JULY 30, 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! Great article!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Answers Yahoo!

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Examples range from Google News and Yahoo! to topic-focused niche sites such as (using social media as an example) Social Media Today and Social Media Informer. The site also makes it easy to promote your newspaper through Twitter and Facebook. Online content aggregation is as old as the Internet itself, beginning with AOL.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 2, 2009

Parents with young children can choose the “Parental Control” mode which blocks access to sites that contain pornography or other adult content. Web of Trust offers Internet users preventive protection against Web-based attacks, online scams, identify theft, and unreliable shopping sites. Interesting Facts about WOT. • Tweet This!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. Even though this may speak to underlying customer service issues that have nothing to do with social media,it is easy to assign the blame for any damage caused to the social sites that provide exposure for negative comments.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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