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5 Social Sites That Aren’t Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

Facebook has been struggling since its IPO in May. Facebook was not initially built to monetize; it was built to go viral. Unlike Google, I am not on Facebook to look for products, hence I’ve never clicked on a Facebook ad. Guest post by Kate Endress. I really just want to check in and connect with my friends.

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

Google Panda was designed to go after sites with a high volume of thin or low-quality content (among other things) in an effort to improve the overall strength of the search results. We work with a lot of major publishers and nearly all of them have had at least a few titles get hit by Panda in recent years.

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5 Best Practices for Streamlining Your Social Media Publishing Workflow

Oktopost

Knowing consistent social publishing is transformative for B2B enterprises doesn’t take away from the fact that, without the right strategy, it’s a real drain on time, resources, and energy. Know your audience Publishing on social media yields a huge variety of insights into post performance. The solution? Streamline that workflow.

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How to Edit Facebook Link Previews

Jon Loomer

Page managers can no longer edit organic link previews (thumbnails, headlines, and descriptions) from the page publisher. From the page publisher… Previously, you could click into the headline or description of any link you are looking to share and edit what it says. This allows me to manually override what is sent to Facebook.

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The Best Social Media Analytics Tools for Publishers

Adam Sherk

What are the best tools for publishers looking to track social media activity at the content level? I thought I’d share some of my favorites that are well suited to editorial content sites. These real-time analytics platforms are among the most popular with news and content sites. Chartbeat Publishing. Social Crawlytics.

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them.

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How to Use URL Parameters for Facebook Ads Tracking

Jon Loomer

Facebook advertisers need every method available to properly and thoroughly track the impact of their campaigns. Let’s assume we added these parameters to the URL of a Facebook ad. Those parameters will tell me the following: Source was Facebook. Site Source Name: {{site_source_name}}. Ad Set ID: {{adset.id}}.

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