Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction by Adam Sherk on November 3, 2009 With all the buzz about Twitter Lists I thought I’d take a look at how some major news sites are doing so far with their own Lists. Nice roundup.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 19, 2011

But in terms of keyword targeting, how different is eHow from major news sites? To get a rough idea I used SEMRush to look at the sites that have the most keywords in common with eHow. So at a very basic level the more common keywords two sites share, the more similar they are at least in terms of keyword targeting. with eHow.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Buried News Sites on Digg by Adam Sherk on July 23, 2009 It’s no secret that mainstream news sites are experiencing increased exposure on social news sites like Digg. Using di66.net’s 403 14 dailymail.co.uk 387 15 telegraph.co.uk

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day. tweets per day.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do Google’s Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings? This gives publishers the opportunity for greater exposure to users looking for content from their specific site (and who may not be familiar with the “site:” search operator).

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But at this early stage, how strong are the marketing opportunities for news sites? At a minimum news sites should set up an official profile and experiment with “buzz this” buttons on their templates. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? Do they want to follow and interact with specific media sites? They also made 29 comments; that’s a very low number but most of the other sites have not made any.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 7, 2014

To help with that, I’ve put together a list of the best options for keyword research, competitive analysis and monitoring search and social trends. If I haven’t included something that you frequently use, let me know and I may add it to the list. Site:[domain] searches. Keyword Research. Competitive Analysis.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 17, 2014

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. Spike from NewsWhip is well-suited to news sites with good functionality for both journalists and marketers. Real-Time Analytics. Social Crawlytics.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 22, 2011

Google’s expanded sitelinks give sites greater exposure for branded searches and the ability to dominate the page one results above the fold. That means that sites should take advantage of the opportunity to increase clickthroughs to those pages by optimizing their META description tags in a slightly different way.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 8, 2012

To provide a strategic overview and set a framework for the discussion I came up with a list of questions that summarizes the types of issues we frequently encounter in helping publishers with social media. Not including @[brand] or listing a third party tool instead (e.g. and Sasha Koren from The New York Times.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2013

It can be focused on a limited number of priority topics or applied on a larger scale, essentially mapping out a site’s entire universe of coverage. To be clear the aim here is not to encourage sites to create content solely for SEO, or to take things to a content farm-like extreme. Keyword Research for Content Planning. Google Trends.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2013

For the past three months I’ve been checking Google News for articles with a “Featured” label, capturing which sites appear and confirming that they used the standout tag. This is meant to be a random sampling, not a complete list of every “Featured” article that appeared. The Results.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

I’ve put together a list of some of the main opportunities in broad categories. 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. Partner links.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? I noticed that in addition to the email list users can sign up for text and voice updates via mobile phone.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2013

I’ve put together a list of the ones that I typically use and recommend to others. But Google+ is a decent method as well, since Google Authorship participation results in people adding links to their blogs and sites they contribute to on their profile. Fortunately there are plenty of useful tools that are free or inexpensive.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 10, 2012

The list of organizations is not meant to be comprehensive; I chose a cross-section of print, broadcast and Web-only outlets. Most are from the US but there are a handful of international sites too. Normally in posts like Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Per Post Shares. Per Post Comments. Per Post Total.

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Organization News Engagement Google 218

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A tactic that some news and content sites employ is monitoring Google’s Hot Trends list in an effort to identify hot topics and then quickly produce matching content around them. Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Evergreen content tends to perform better on StumbleUpon than hard news, which is why Channels are a particularly good opportunity for breaking news sites. Mainstream news sites with the largest presence so far include ABC News , CNN and Breaking News , among others. Related posts: The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Google’s recent algorithm change that favors the most recent content for certain types of queries offers good opportunities for news and content sites. But let’s say you are an individual or company that is trying to combat negative listings that rank highly for your name. How It Works.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

For a list of trend tools see the Twitter section in Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends. Twitter tools frequently come and go, especially the free ones, so a list like this is always evolving. News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? But here is a small collection of tools that I like to use.

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Analytics Tools Klout Twitter 241

Adam Sherk

MARCH 7, 2011

There were some interesting posts over the weekend from Steve Cheney and Robert Scoble on whether utilizing Facebook Comments kills or in fact increases user authenticity within on-site commenting. It also proves helpful to sites that are battling with comment spam and low-quality or inappropriate comments.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

A limited number of listings will appear at the bottom of the main search result pages, or users can drill down to see more extensive listings: Currently a social circle is determined by the social media accounts linked from a user’s Google Profile , the feeds they subscribe to in Google Reader and their Google chat and Gmail contacts.

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

While a number of smaller markets and weaker teams are at the bottom of the list, I didn’t expect to see the Miami Heat down there. The Lakers and Magic get to enjoy the fruits of being anointed to Twitter’s ‘Suggested User List,’ and thus the skewed standings. Great work, Adam.

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Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Shortly after launch Facebook put up a list of media professionals that had already enabled the button. Forbes recently posted a list all of its journalists that users can subscribe to, so they’ve opted to go that route. Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? And more journalists are doing so each week.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Since we’re in the heart of football season, I thought I’d take a look at which NFL teams have the largest following on both sites. Twitter should consider extending its “verified accounts&# to team sites as well. These figures obviously change quickly but this current snapshot is useful for comparison.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Buddy Media doesn’t technically belong on this list because they’re now positioning themselves as a comprehensive suite. Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? EdgeRank Checker offers a good way to dig deeper into the specific actions that aid in Facebook newsfeed optimization. Buddy Media. What else are you using?

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Analytics Tools Lithium Facebook 253

Adam Sherk

JULY 8, 2011

With business profiles potentially not available to everyone until later this year will news sites keep using personal accounts, and will Google let them? In checking today several high-profile news sites still have active pages including Mashable , the Chicago Sun-Times , Breaking News , The Next Web and Search Engine Land.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2009

So the question is, how do you get on the list? I also hear that Twitter is bombarded with requests to get on the list, so they don’t like people asking anymore. 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

MARCH 19, 2013

One is that among the news magazines examined Time.com has the largest online audience by far: Despite this it didn’t make the list of top news sites by Facebook interactions, as rated by NewsWhip: So there are apparently opportunities for further growth there. Time is Doing Well Online. News Magazine Readers are Old.

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News Mobile Survey Study 128

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites. Breaking news” is featured in the title tags of sites covering sports, entertainment and a wide range of topics.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites. Breaking news” is featured in the title tags of sites covering sports, entertainment and a wide range of topics.

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed. An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites. Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Another post not listed that did pretty well was News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

And throughout December we’ve gotten top 2009 searches lists from Google , Yahoo , Bing and Ask. But while you’re going through this year’s top trends, don’t forget to apply the same practice to your own sites. Which social media sites brought in the most traffic and links, and how well represented are you in each?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Reviews in particular offer a good opportunity for publishers as many content sites produce multiple types of reviews on a regular basis. Through Rich Snippets you can draw greater attention to your listings in the search results, which helps to increase clickthroughs to your content. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 20, 2011

Users can follow the tour route on an animated map, view set lists and photos and read accounts from people who were at each show. News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages. Best of all, a live track from each date is streamed right from the tab.

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