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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? by Adam Sherk on October 6, 2010 It is safe to say that most news sites are now experimenting with various forms of user engagement and content promotion through social media.

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Which News Sites Have the Highest Reading Level According to Google?

Adam Sherk

So instead I pulled out the US news sites from my comparison post on news site social media engagement to come up with a sampling of newspapers, magazines, TV, wire services and Web-only news organizations. The Wall Street Journal. How do the US news sites stack up? The Christian Science Monitor. The Huffington Post.

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29% of the Top 500 Google+ Pages are News and Content Sites

Adam Sherk

11 The Wall Street Journal 50 2,661,448. 92 Yoga Journal 312 962,707. The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites. Social Media' PagesRank Reported followers. as of 12/3/13. 1 The Economist 8 4,632,772. 2 National Geographic 9 4,567,736. 3 TIME 10 4,097,452. 4 ESPN 12 4,001,707.

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The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

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Page speed is not a major ranking factor (according to Google it impacts roughly 1 in 100 searches) but it does have a direct and indirect impact not only on SEO but also on social media activity and the overall user experience. T-13 The Wall Street Journal 88. 19 The Wall Street Journal 88 84 4.8%. T-5 CBS News 90.

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25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

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Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. 80 5 aolnews.com 77 guardian.co.uk

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Google+ Engagement for News Sites: Top Performers and One-Year Growth Rates

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10 The Wall Street Journal 72.8 24 The Wall Street Journal 17,910 6,927 6,312 31,149. 19 The Wall Street Journal 58.84 33 The Wall Street Journal 4,182 31,149 645%. 1 Mashable 239.86 2 BBC News 147.34 3 The Economist 125.84 4 TIME 109.73 5 The New York Times 94.39 6 Breaking News 75.56 7 The Next Web 87.36 8 NBC News 85.25

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PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

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Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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