Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Because it gives you control over the snippet others are sharing—total control over that message, its power to drive clicks and shares, and when a post is shared without editing options (LinkedIn, for example). In WordPress, you can use a plug-in or the built-in meta fields many themes have (located under the body copy area).

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Social Media How To WordPress SEO 60

Kikolani

AUGUST 6, 2012

Really Simple Syndication. Within your WordPress backend, if you’ll go to your “Settings” tab, and scroll down to your “Writing” tab, you’ll come to your default Ping settings, from within your WordPress blog/site. From there WordPress has already included one ping aggregator.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

For news sites, the publication date and a photo can be added to Yahoo search results for articles and opinion pieces, as shown in this example: To take advantage of the enhanced news results, publishers can either use RDFa markup to embed the news data in their content, or use a NewsML feed to send the data privately to Yahoo.

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Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

I have seen plenty of blog posts and conference presentations on how to utilize Static FBML but I rarely see news sites highlighted among the examples of good usage. There are a handful of examples however that are worth pointing out. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Not so many.

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News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In other cases no headline or descriptive text is provided, as in this example from Time : On this Silicon Alley Insider article, clicking the Twitter link in the share toolbar brings up nothing but the full length URL, which is interesting because a shortened bit.ly Thanks for sharing.

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Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

I went looking for an updated story in Google News today and was able to find an example. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 101

News Google Syndication Press Release 101

Kikolani

JANUARY 8, 2010

26 incredible examples of infrared photography. 4 ways to safely syndicate content. Fine examples of viral Youtube marketing. Is Movable Type’s new dashboard too similar to WordPress ? Is Movable Type’s new dashboard too similar to WordPress ? 25 high quality premium-like WordPress themes.

Mashup 107

Mashup Resources Movable Type WordPress 107

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

Previously, sponsored links in JavaScript such as those in the example above could not be read by crawlers and thus were in compliance with Google’s guidelines. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines 100

Firebelly

AUGUST 3, 2010

Given the topic, I'm left to wonder if any response would have doused the fire? As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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Facebook Paid Search SMS Syndication 216

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

CNN.com places a “Story Highlights” section with bullet points to the right of the headline, for example : While a great feature for users, article highlights are also an effective SEO technique. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Engineering 100

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss Related posts: The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? xid=rss (or ?xid=topstories

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. 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.

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. While different from my archive idea, this is a great example of location-based opportunities for news sites. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication 111

Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

I scanned through some of the Top Stories on Google News today – the majority of articles I checked did have the exact headline in the title tag, but in some cases it had been customized, as in this NYTimes.com example: In cases where the headline and title tag didn’t match it was the headline that was used by Google News.

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News Google Syndication Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Huffington Post is a good high-profile example: Looking at recent posts they appear to have dialed tagging back a bit, but the average post still gets quite a few tags. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Sites News Press Release SEO 112

Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

by Adam Sherk on May 26, 2009 The discussion about HubSpot’s post on the syndication of social media press releases vs. traditional press releases called my attention again to PitchEngine , a platform for creating and sharing social media releases (SMRs). Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Press Release Social Media Syndication Hosting 102

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool { 3 comments… read them below or add one } Jamie Favreau July 31, 2009 at 1:29 am They sound too formal. Greg Jarboe July 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm Great example, Adam. And you are absolutely right.

Press Release 102

Press Release Video Yahoo Microsoft 102

Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Schedule blog posts with WordPress and Facebook & Twitter. IFTTT – examples. Hootsuite Syndicator. Automate Twitter tweets (schedule, timing) & to Facebook. Multi Platform updates – Hootsuite, Buffer, SproutSocial. Schedule multi platform updates. AutoSchedule (hootsuite, Buffer, sproutsocial). THEIR blog.

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List Social Media Tools Netvibes 40

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

If I’m looking for breaking news on a particular topic I’ll search with queries using that topic, for example “Air France crash” or “Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court.” Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. News , or direct navigate to a major news site.

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

If I’m looking for breaking news on a particular topic I’ll search with queries using that topic, for example “Air France crash” or “Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court.” Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. News , or direct navigate to a major news site.

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Rebekah Radice

MAY 11, 2015

Mine for example is small business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketers. In my opinion, if you’re building a business blog, WordPress (org not com) is the only way to go. For example, a blogging strategy to increase brand visibility might include: A product (i.e., Syndication. List your target market. Newsletter.

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How To Domain Name Hosting WordPress 132

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? {

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News Publishing Google Press Release 104

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

So I thought I’d take a closer look at what Fox News is doing on its Facebook Page , as well as some engagement examples. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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News Engagement Facebook Press Release 104

Firebelly

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Here’s an example:  Send your own ElfYourself eCards Elf YOURself, and Tweet them to me (now that you can!) And Elf Yourself has made uploading photos easier this year,adding an option to upload photos directly from your Facebook account. Doesn’tget any easier than that! This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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Paid Search SMS Syndication Social Bookmarking 124

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

This is a good example of how publishers are attempting to add more value to their official pages on social media sites, which is certainly needed as many of the pages are still fairly one-dimensional. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

This is a good example of how publishers are attempting to add more value to their official pages on social media sites, which is certainly needed as many of the pages are still fairly one-dimensional. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Firebelly

JUNE 24, 2010

  Ning, for example, announced last monththat it will be phasing out its free users, and Grou.ps Of course, there are a few drawbacks to consider beforeyou launch a social network around your brand. For one, an increasing number ofthese “free social network” websites have stopped being, well, free. Having trouble reading this image?

Social Networking 121

Social Networking MySpace Paid Search SMS 121

Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Here’s an example Rich Snippet from a Yelp listing for restaurant in New York that I like: To take advantage of this opportunity you need to add microformat or RDFa markup to the source code of your review pages, which is pretty straightforward. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Review Google Embedding Press Release 100

Firebelly

MAY 20, 2010

" Below is an example of a profile photo directing people to a desired tab that we created for a client during a sweepstakes they were running:   I realize it's a bit hard to read at this size, but the top half of the graphic is dedicated to their promotion and under the pinata, it says "Click the Sweepstakes tab to enter.

Facebook 123

Facebook Paid Search SMS Syndication 123

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

So I thought I’d take a look at some early examples of Facebook Open Graph integration on news sites. Not covered in my examples above is the fact that Open Graph protocol can also provide sites with additional reporting data. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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News Module Widget Facebook 149

Firebelly

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Fine tune your marketing and PR to focus in on what people are interested in Take the information to the operations side of the house - customer service, R&D - and change the things that are being discussed (make things better for example) The opportunity is for PR people to lead the way that business is done. View an alternate.

News 100

News Social Media Marketing Paid Search 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

It is also interesting that despite that low score the profile is still in the 99.4th percentile: Perhaps @ColonelTribune is more popular among industry professionals (as an example of a great Twitter persona ) than typical users and news consumers. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

For example as news was breaking on the Chile earthquake a couple weeks ago, The New York Times created a Twitter List to pull together the latest information from a variety of sources. Last week in Wichita KS I did some examples using Twitter and YouTube+twitter and showed how that worked.

Sites 143

Sites News Yahoo Engineering 143

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

For example the Charlotte Observer is likely to be given more weight on stories about North Carolina. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Google News uses “Citation Rank” to try to determine the original source (i.e.

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Firebelly

OCTOBER 15, 2009

What other examples have you found of the amazing socialimpact of social media? This occurrence is further proof that social media is hereto stay. Some people may still not understand the full impact or the best wayto use social media outlets, but it’s officially a part of our culture. As always, please share! View an alternate.

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Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

For example making a List for the entire editorial staff is a popular first step right now. I didn’t realize it was you who created @ColonelTribune, I use that often as an example of a successful persona (in fact I mentioned in this post on diversified Twitter strategies for news sites ).

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News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

In the rules of the promotion, or otherwise, you will not condition entry to the promotion upon taking any action on Facebook, for example, updating a status, posting on a profile or Page, or uploading a photo. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156