Adam Sherk

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Does Google Freshness Update Make Online Reputation Management More Difficult?

Adam Sherk

But for individuals and organizations, does the freshness update make online reputation management more difficult? A fundamental part of online reputation management (ORM) involves pushing down those negative listings and getting more positive or neutral results better entrenched on page one.

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

So I thought I’d share some of the most common causes of Panda problems for reputable publishers. Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines. And when search traffic declines substantially for several months or longer that has serious repercussions for the business.

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Startups Use Micro-PR Campaigns to Tip Momentum in Their Favor

Adam Sherk

As a result they may do too little or too much, risking momentum and their reputation right out of the gate. A micro-PR campaign allows a specific audience to be targeted, say 10-15 investors for a founder looking for capital, or a handful of talented engineers for a startup that is looking to recruit key talent.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

Google Panda and other forms of algorithmic filtering continue to impact even reputable brands with quality content. For this, it is essential to adhere to search engine requirements such as making all links to sponsor sites nofollow and preventing indexation in Google News. Panda and Other Algorithmic Changes.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

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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Search Trend Optimization for Evergreen Content

Adam Sherk

That all sounds great, but unfortunately reputable content sites are not the only ones employing these tactics. But since there is less news content around lifestyle topics and many reputable lifestyle sites do not qualify as Google News sources the bad examples tend to get prominent placement more easily. The Down Side.

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25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

Adam Sherk

Both the official announcement and Matt Cutts’ follow-up post emphasize the fact that site speed is just one of 200+ ranking factors and signals like relevance and reputation continue to carry much more weight. So how important is site speed? In addition site speed is impacting only a small number of queries at this time.

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