Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

You’d be surprised at how many existing links (both internal and external) may be pointing to incorrect or discontinued URLs. A good way to investigate this is to review the Crawl Errors report in Google Webmaster Tools, which shows URLs with 404, 500 and other errors that Google encountered while crawling the site.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 16, 2010

of bloggers and other webmasters around the world use a free tool called Google Analytics to track website visitors and click-through metrics. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. If the above title drew you in, good. Keep reading.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

If you choose to use my referral URL to sign up for Buffer, I don’t get paid – I simply get extra Buffer scheduling space. You can also follow these directions for adding Buffer to your Google Reader. Then you can share posts you are reading in Google Reader to your Buffer. shortened URLs.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? by Adam Sherk on December 1, 2009 In November Google announced a new format for Google News Sitemaps with several changes including new tags that provide additional detail on each submitted article.

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Stay N' Alive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The debate lies with the fact that more and more people are starting to use Twitter, Twitter lists, Facebook, and other social means to just get the news from the streams they follow on these sites rather than typical RSS Readers like Google Reader. The link to the RSS in the profile page metadata (ie. Hope that helps!&#.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 10, 2010

I just finished reading an interesting TechCrunch article about how Google has upgrade Google Reader, making it more visual. What’s interesting to me, as a search engine optimization expert and online marketer, is not the fact that Google has upgrade Google Reader. It is, after all, pretty cool stuff.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader. I have been using various RSS readers for nearly five years now - Ive tried them all. However, none matches the power of Google Reader. Some of these may work with RSS readers from Newsgator, Bloglines and others but they are written with Google in mind.).

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When users click a retweet button, they expect to see something along the lines of: RT @[brand] [headline] [URL] That exact format does not need to be followed, but you want to minimize the work that users need to do before sending out the tweet. Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

Sign in with your Google Account! Sign in with your Google Account! Sign in with your Google Account! Sign in with your Google Account! URL: Customize. Google Reader: Getting Started. Google Docs in Plain English. From: Google. From: Google. Want to add to Favorites? Commentary.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. Do you recommend inserting the canonical URL tag on every page of a site, or only those that exhibit tracking codes?

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Kikolani

APRIL 11, 2012

As Google says: “Your online identity is determined not only by what you post, but also by what others post about you – whether it is a mention in a blog post, a photo tag or a reply to a public status update.” Then add the RSS feed to your favorite RSS reader like Google Reader. Me On The Web.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Even when the engines do a reasonable job of filtering out duplicates in their results, sites are essentially shooting themselves in the foot by splitting internal and inbound links to a particular piece of content across multiple URLs. Appending tracking codes to URLs (e.g. ?xid=rss xid=rss or ?cid=top-stories)

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Viper Chill

MARCH 21, 2013

Some of the biggest news in the blogging world over the last week was without a doubt Google’s announcement that on June 1st, they’re closing Google Reader. Paraphrasing their own words, the usage of Reader is smaller than ever, and Google want to focus on fewer products. ProBlogger: 94,647.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly Some visitors are likely clicking through to the full articles on Newsweek.com and then commenting there and/or sharing the newsweek.com URLs, which is also a good thing. To investigate further I did a quick check for Twitter activity.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

The Yahoo attribution links do not point directly to the original article URLs. Instead they point to an internal Yahoo News URL which then has a temporary 302 redirect to the original article. So it is important to have a requirement for direct links to your original URLs put into the syndication contract.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

Google, Bing and Yahoo are all experimenting with various forms of real-time results now and making deals with Twitter, Facebook and other social sites. In its “Latest results” Google blends results from Google News and Google Blog Search with updates from Twitter and Facebook Pages, offering multiple paths in for news and content sites.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Shifting from poaching content to paying for it, it really is no wonder that the AP seems so threatened by Google. Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

URL, so I tried using bit.ly search to get click data on each of those shortened URLs. URLs in Muck Rack releases. reports from its search page are not very complete or accurate (you get better data on URLs you’ve personally shortened in your history when signed into bit.ly). Of those 51 releases, 28 included a bit.ly

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Stay N' Alive

MAY 8, 2011

In the meantime, Jesse's way of finding the RSS is as good as any, and you can still subscribe to user timelines in products like Google Reader by just adding a subscription to the profile URL, eg. The link to the RSS in the profile page metadata (ie. the element in the ). (2) 2) was wholly accidental, and we'll fix that.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

Using the shortlink should ensure that if the title or URL change, your feed will still be able to find it. You can still get to it and burn it to Feedburner using the direct URL such as [link]. Once your feed is complete, you can subscribe to it in Google Reader or another feed reader to see the results.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar). How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter). I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. Enter Gmail and the Google Toolbar.

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Kikolani

MAY 28, 2013

Targeting popups at the page, post category, specific post, referral URL, and other levels. It works with Aweber , GetResponse, Mailchimp, Turbo AutoResponder, Google Feedburner, and other mailing list service providers. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter , Facebook , and Google+. Set popup to appear at ends of posts.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Related posts: New York Times Plans to Implement Permanent Redirects on IHT.com URLs Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall The Daily Show Visits The New York Times Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? Check out The New York Times page on Foursquare to see it in action.

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Kikolani

MARCH 18, 2013

Having replies to tweets in discussions automatically populate the discussion URL which keeps replies organized. Give it a try by participating in these discussions on guest blogging , Google Reader alternatives , and SEO tools. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter , Facebook , and Google+. Your Thoughts.

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Kikolani

JUNE 4, 2013

You can also use this to monitor mentions of your website by including your URL ([link] as a search item. HootSuite – Monitor all of your mentions, direct messages, keyword searches, Twitter lists, and more in column view along with items from Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, and other networks. Discover new leads. Your Thoughts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

For your blog, any URL will do, and if you are writing for a blog with multiple authors, FriendFeed parses through the authors and only features blog posts written by you. Google, Wikipedia and FriendFeed. What I do to filter ALL of the info, is subscribe to specifc FF feeds via Google Reader.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

This Inside Facebook post has the details: With the Open Graph Protocol, Any URL Can Be Treated Just Like a Facebook Page Related posts: News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

It is another to mass-aggregate content from a specific publication and then package it on a hub page, even customizing the URL and title tag for SEO: For what it is worth, Google does not seem to be assigning much value to the page.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

You may love Google Reader, but I still want my Netvibes--and Ill fight you to the death for it. TrackBack URL for this entry: [link]. Couple of days ago, I leaned over someones shoulder and had her set up google reader, load in several blogs, and use google blog search. URL: Remember personal info?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 30, 2009

their site name) on their versions In its tips for dealing with duplicate content , Google specifically refers to the attribution link but with a caveat: Syndicate carefully: If you syndicate your content on other sites, make sure they include a link back to the original article on each syndicated article.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Look for the link on your sites "Settings" page, click refresh to add you URL to the queue or "upload" if you want to roll your own. Communities - display name, site name, site ID, site URL, and tags. Yahoo Answers, Google Reader, and Seesmic added to MyBlogLog Lifestream. » Recent Readers.

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Stay N' Alive

MAY 9, 2011

Blogger is 100% free, and has close to 100% uptime thanks to Google's incredible infrastructure. Google handles all that for you and they're pros at it. Wordpress has plugins, but Google uses the standardized OpenSocial API , along with Google Gadgets , to provide an interface to Widgets and other features within the blog.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

3-Set up an iGoogle account using your professional email and subscribe to the blogs you selected in Google Reader. Caution: Limit your reader to five to start. Mandate Against Professional Blog URLs in NYC DOE. Using Google Applications in Research 7. Official Google Docs Blog. ► April. (11).

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

The metered system will pay for itself by randomly charging one user per day $10,000,000 The editorial staff figures since hardly anyone will ever see their work, they can save time by skipping every other word In 10 years Google will control every piece of information on the planet anyway, so why not make a little cash while they can?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

For example on The New York Times Company’s corporate site, press releases are hosted by Thomson Reuters on [link] URLs: Last year Todd Defren wrote that social media releases are best kept in your company newsroom for a variety of reasons. Specific to the SEO implications, I believe that is still the best approach.

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