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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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Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

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.

Engineering

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

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.

Engineering

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release

Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

Vanessa Fox did an extensive write-up for Search Engine Land which covers the changes in detail. While it’s good news that Google is continuing to improve its ability to deal with JavaScript, this change also impacts the way that many publishers display sponsored links on their sites. JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success.

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Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the.

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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Issues Publishing URL Syndication

Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers?

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? by Adam Sherk on December 1, 2009 In November Google announced a new format for Google News Sitemaps with several changes including new tags that provide additional detail on each submitted article.

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News Publishing Google Press Release

How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Time Online: A Look at.

Saying It Social

MAY 1, 2010

Fortunately, with a little strategic planning and implementation of some very helpful tools, you can accomplish your social networking/social media marketing tasks for the day in a very short amount of time. Blogs lend so many benefits to a social media marketing program that they really can’t be overlooked.

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Do You Need A Degree In Digital Marketing And Social Media?

Twist Image

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I dropped out of university because I was (at the time) already publishing magazines. My general train of thought was that it would be easier to go back to school should my career in media not work out than to stay in school and try to manage the workload of running my own publishing company while attempting to secure a degree.

Pro PR Tips: 100 Tips from Rafe Needleman Published in a Book

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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Tips Publishing Press Release Syndication

Fetching Friday – 21 Marketing Links

Kikolani

JULY 5, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 12 Google Reader Alternatives to Consider – You still have until July 15th to download your Google Reader subscriptions and move them to an alternative RSS reader.

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Domain Name Marketing Embedding RSS

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

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! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Vocus

Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release

Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles

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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News Google Syndication Press Release

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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Study News Press Release Report

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 Press Release Microblogging Survey

Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences' Social.

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.

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Actually it would work online, if not for search engines giving users access to everything in one place and filtering out duplicate content to improve their experience. 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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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey

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.

Hitwise

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey

News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages

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.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

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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Trends Tools Embedding Digg

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable by Guest on September 10, 2010 This is a guest post from Aaron Goldman , author of Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google. came over from Google. The time has come to reinvent.

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News Press Release Survey SEO

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

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? Alicia Keys knows how to do it. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

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

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. 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

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise

Hitwise News Report Press Release

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. were most (and least) popular?

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Trends How To Digg Press Release

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

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

While the most natural opportunities for publishers will be tied to current news and information, there are also some compelling things that could be done with historical content. 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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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement by Adam Sherk on January 6, 2010 Awareness of Newsweek’s Tumblr site has been increasing of late. But it would be nice to see the Tumblr site have a more interactive feel.

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication

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. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Will it work with local news?

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Digg Marketing News Press Release

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

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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Examples News Press Release Embedding

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? But I don’t think I’d ever simply type “breaking news” into a search engine. It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? But I don’t think I’d ever simply type “breaking news” into a search engine. It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Kikolani

MAY 17, 2013

How to Generate More Leads With Your Blog: 5 Tips – Learn how businesses with top marketing blogs generate leads with social media and content marketing. Search Engines / SEO. CEO of 180Fusion Reviews Strategies of Top 10 SEO Blogs – Are you unsure of what strategies will actually help you rank in search engines?

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Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool by Adam Sherk on January 7, 2010 Hearst’s Skiff Reader is being unveiled at CES this week. It’s an interesting project and it is good to see publishers trying new things, however slow to move they may have been to-date.

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News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags by Adam Sherk on February 19, 2010 Ever notice all the tags that some blogs add to their posts? Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers?

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I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

It would also be interesting to see how Microsoft addresses the financial realities of trying to extend such an arrangement to a larger group of publishers. Believe it or not, being indexed in Google and Google News is actually good for news sites. Google-less? – If You de-Index Will They Still Come?

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Your Mom's Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around

Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around by Adam Sherk on May 29, 2009 Inside Facebook published some new statistics this week on Facebook’s US audience growth over the last 60 days. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll

Do Google's Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings?

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do Google’s Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings? 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).

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News List Google Embedding

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. Not sure what SearchMonkey is?

Yahoo

Yahoo News Syndication Press Release

Google News Optimization Tips

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.

News

News Google Tips Press Release

Fetching Friday – 20 Marketing Links & Sad Cat Diary

Kikolani

MAY 24, 2013

31 Ideas For Types Of Posts You Can Publish On Your Blog – To help you get inspired and hopefully get you new ideas here is a list of types of posts you should consider when you are creating a new post for your blog. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. Here are some things to think about.

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! in the sidebars and subpages.

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Sites News Engagement Facebook

Newsweek's Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don't Forget.

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

Facebook

Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll

Newsweek's Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don't Forget.

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

Facebook

Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll

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

Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the.

Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers?

How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Time Online: A Look at.

Do You Need A Degree In Digital Marketing And Social Media?

Pro PR Tips: 100 Tips from Rafe Needleman Published in a Book

Fetching Friday – 21 Marketing Links

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

Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences' Social.

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

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

News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

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

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

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

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

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

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

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags

I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Your Mom's Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around

Do Google's Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings?

Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to searchmonkey

Google News Optimization Tips

Fetching Friday – 20 Marketing Links & Sad Cat Diary

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Newsweek's Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don't Forget.

Newsweek's Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don't Forget.

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