Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Specific to search, you can drill down on what percentage of total traffic comes from search engines and get a breakdown by engine and vertical (i.e. The Reddit Edit. The Reddit Edit is a simple dashboard that highlights articles that are currently doing well on the Reddit homepage and some specific subreddits.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. As a side note, I also wrote five columns for Search Engine Land this year on enterprise SEO, which was a good experience. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video). 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

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. The major engines all produce some form of hot topic/trend list, and several third-party and social media sites do as well. Does this work? So how do you monitor these trends?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Things that news and content sites should look at include: What terms and content types brought in the most search engine referral traffic? What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit? What sections, special features, individual articles, etc. were most (and least) popular?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 3, 2012

See Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down ). Also keep in mind that the examined sites are all well-established brands that get considerable traffic from direct navigation, partner sites, search engines and other social media outlets, among other sources. 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic.

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