Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2012

In the News and Information category FoxNews.com leads by a considerable margin. The site began as an opinionated liberal news commentary, but has evolved into a more general news and information site since its acquisition by AOL.” Who fared the worst? HuffingtonPost.com. ” How Do Ads Impact User Experience?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

There is also a companion press kit with much more information. Props to Jennifer Abel Kovitz and 45th Parallel Communications for putting together an engaging press release that is well suited to the material. We’ve come a long way since email press releases circa 1999. What do you think?

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Press Release Features Engagement Twitter 127

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content by Adam Sherk on July 30, 2009 Executive quotes in press releases are notorious for lacking any kind of substantial information. Greg Jarboe July 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm Great example, Adam.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

For more information check out: Introducing Rich Snippets Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets&# to Search Results UPDATE: Since the initial introduction Google has added Rich Snippets support for video and events. Initially Google is supporting data on reviews and people.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 16, 2011

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information. Related posts: Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter. PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 24, 2011

It is easy share and repurpose the information in the releases and in many cases they are strong enough to stand on their own as an ongoing resource. They offer a clean, simple format that encourages companies to be clear and succinct. That all sounds great, but do social media news releases actually generate more media coverage?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I’ve also left out the feature and pricing information as this frequently changes. In this post I’m purposely leaving out comprehensive suites like Radian6 or Lithium and focusing on solutions that are specifically (or at least mostly) geared towards Facebook analytics.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 15, 2012

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information. . –So will you publish the story today? Related posts: Social Media News Releases Get 3x More Media Coverage. Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value?

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

For more information on PRFilter see the launch press release and this video: Related posts: The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases. There was a lot of overlap in the results for “innovative,” “innovator” and “innovation.” A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

For in-depth Panda analysis I also recommend checking out Glenn Gabe , who frequently shares useful information on the subject. So I thought I’d share some of the most common causes of Panda problems for reputable publishers. Hopefully this will help others to avoid a similar fate.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 24, 2012

He also worked as part of the basketball press information team for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Related posts: Email Press Release Optimization Circa 1999.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

And if anyone has any additional information, please let me know. UPDATE: I contacted Dennis Yu , who gave me this information: Facebook requires that brands get approval in advance and spend at least $10k, which is what JVC did. So what gives? I’ll update this post if anything changes on the JVC Facebook page or I learn more.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Of the stories in Baltimore that week that contained new information, 95% came from traditional media and the majority of that from newspapers: So newspapers can pat themselves on the back for another day. You can get the details from the study itself but I wanted to point out a couple things that caught my attention.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

Not every category has the same number of titles and some sites have larger audiences than others, so to keep the information both anonymous and meaningful I’ve used a combination of total and average figures for the group as a whole and the individual categories.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Put the most important information first. Title/headline. Include the main keyword phrase in the title, close to the beginning when possible. Reduce unnecessary words to improve keyword weight. Subheading/summary (when present). Include the main keyword phrase or a common variation. First paragraph.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I appreciate your effort in posting this kind of information. Thank you for keeping us informed. We’ve seen search marketing evolve from the disruptor role to being the big dog (at least in terms of online media). Adrian Berry January 12, 2010 at 12:55 pm This is good news Jeff.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

For more background information check out Robert Scoble’s video interview with company chairman Don Graham. And seeing that Brian Solis – who isn’t an actual friend but is a respected voice in the industry – had read certain articles did encourage me to click on them.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2013

So I set out to gather some informal data. When I previously wrote about how to use the standout tag , I wished I could have provided some insights on how often “Featured” articles appear and which publications are most often cited.

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News Study Google Journal 159

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Not everyone needs all the information at every phase, but when it comes to execution make sure the right people have the proper specs and documentation. and Adam Audette’s Enterprise SEO Tools, Part 1 and Part 2. “Yada, yada, yada.” ” Elaine Benes, Seinfeld. The main point here is don’t skip over the details!

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2013

Weed out things that are not a good match editorially, and those with a different intent (such as queries that are more transactional than informational). Step 5: Eliminate keyword phrases that aren’t a good fit. This will leave you with a decent list of keyword candidates. Step 6: Cross-reference candidates with existing content and traffic.

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Research Content Hitwise Adwords 183

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

From a user perspective it makes sense to favor fresh content for this query, since it is likely that the majority of people searching for “joe paterno” or “penn state” last week were looking for information on the recent news. But for the individual or organization in question, the resulting shake-up in the SERPs can be troubling.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

It’s less important how many people click and much more important who is clicking and what they are doing with the information. Muck Rack and MicroPR are good examples of people using some creative thinking to get the right information to the right people using the online tools available.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 30, 2009

for more information. I agree that attribution links are vital, and I recommend not posting all the content Do you have any information on how to tell when an article is considered duplicate? This is in their best interest, as revealing that information would make it harder to prevent abuses.

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Syndication Press Release SEO Publishing 111

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

For the full findings on search engines and social media see section two of the Pew report. Related posts: Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Related posts: My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Perhaps some of the respondents took the question to mean third-party online press room services.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

This is great information we can use for our own client sites. There is some more information and basic case studies in this conference session summary from last week: [link] Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Blekko doesn’t provide information on how the hostrank scores are calculated but think of it roughly along the lines of Google’s PageRank or SEOMoz’s mozRank (though on a different scale). In the table below the news sites are ranked by hostrank. Hostrank Inbound links Site pages. 1 BBC News 7,660.6 5,841,700 1,642,485. 11,147,062 5,841,700.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

For more information on the product and how to apply see the Channels help page. If you have a relationship with StumbleUpon (through the Paid Discovery program or otherwise) and you haven’t set up Channels yet, reach out to them. They are worth experimenting with. Related posts: The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 8, 2012

Using the full HTML title tag (with a bunch of extra information) instead of just an optimized headline. Tweet text formatting has improved since I wrote Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons but I still regularly come across issues with: Missing URLs. Not including @[brand] or listing a third party tool instead (e.g.

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Publishing Questions Social Media Activities 215

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

For more information on using Static FBML check out: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page Facebook Static FBML FAQ / Tutorial Related posts: Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

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News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Adam Sherk December 18, 2009 at 10:56 am Thanks for the information Carl. The interaction level is from two to six likes and comments on recent posts. Thanks for putting together this comparison. We are always interested in best practices. I’ll be sure to include Forbes in the next round.

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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

The placement of keyword-focused, descriptive bullet points near the top of the page gives the engines useful information for determining the topical relevancy of the page.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

That relevancy combined with the fact that the article is likely to be shared and linked to frequently strengthens its ability to compete for search engine visibility.

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Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

JULY 15, 2013

His longer presentations must be monumental because the 30 min version was loaded with useful information. David Mihm – I’ve already called Adam Audette the king of ecommerce SEO, so I won’t now call David the king of local SEO. Allison Urban – I enjoyed Allison’s UX tips.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This information can also be used to find the areas where editorial coverage and user interests most overlap, ultimately resulting in more traffic, pageviews and time on site. Now that doesn’t mean that the tools should rule the roost, and applying these practices to the extreme of Demand Media or AOL’s SEED is a slippery slope.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

alexbeevers December 31, 2009 at 6:59 pm I agree that information like this can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media. Best to you. Adam Sherk December 29, 2009 at 11:32 am Thanks Julian, and David and Syed too!

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