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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. The examined sites can be roughly divided into five main categories: food, home, fashion & beauty, health, entertainment and news & tech.

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Survey: Pinterest a Great Source of Links for Publishers. What Types of Sites Get the Most Links?

Adam Sherk

What types of sites get the most links from Pinterest? I spend a lot of time auditing websites which means I am regularly in the Google Webmaster Tools profiles for a variety of sites. Lately I’ve been noticing some impressive Pinterest link counts in the linking domains report under “Links to Your Sites.”

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The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2010 YouTube is both a major opportunity and an interesting challenge for news sites. So I thought I’d investigate how well news sites are doing at building channel subscribers and video views.

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Look at That, a Google+ Audience That is Largely Female

Adam Sherk

The demographics of Google+ are typically described as predominantly male and young. But that is not always the case; sites that are geared towards women are drawing a Google+ audience that is largely female. For example, take a look at the +1 Audience Report from the Google Webmaster Tools profile of a major fashion site.

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Strategic brand collaborations: Finding successful partnerships

Sprout Social

Google Pixel x Druski Google Pixel, the official fan phone of the NBA and WNBA, launched a season-long campaign during the NBA opening games. The fashion brands didn’t stop there either. Why the partnership works: Designer Telfar Clemens won the Best Fashion Campaign of the Year at Essence’s 2023 Best in Black Fashion Awards.

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How Google Finds and Penalizes Advertorials

Bill Hartzer

No website owner wants to log into Google Webmaster Tools and see an unnatural link warning from Google. From what I am seeing, many of these unnatural link warnings and manual penalties from Google are a result of having participated in advertorials. Then, perhaps deal with those sites that they found.

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Old-Fashioned Organic SEO Wins the Day After Google Penguin Update

Bare Feet Studios

The latest Google search algorithm update (nicknamed Penguin) has moved strongly towards the long held principles of “organic seo.” After all, who cares about your site if no one can find it? In general, each of these major updates is to help Google answer real questions from its users. Keep reading!

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