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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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

The flip side to that is that not everything gleaned from monitoring social media activity is accurate or reliable. So it’s not surprising that 84% of the journalists indicated that news and information delivered via social media was “slightly less” or “much less” reliable/vetted than news delivered via traditional media.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow my own advice on identifying your top trends. Related posts: How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

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SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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SEO Vocus Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Related posts: Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? When it comes to interactive media buys it looks like Google and the other search engines still offer marketers the best opportunities online.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Most newspapers and magazines get a significant amount of natural search traffic from branded queries but queries that combine a specific topic plus a brand are much less common. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? As awareness of the Google change grows this may impact user behavior; time will tell.

News 113

News List Google Embedding 113

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. My post on syndication best practices covers ways to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Sites News Syndication Content 105

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

There’s some background information on the Yahoo Developer Network: SearchMonkey. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Embedding photos will be a good way for publishers to draw attention on the SERPs and increase clickthrough rates. Not sure what SearchMonkey is?

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Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Adam Sherk February 26, 2010 at 9:46 am On a different note, the irony is not lost on me that my post on retweet buttons has gotten hardly any retweets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

That’s a pretty good figure considering that direct navigation still represents the lion’s share of traffic to newspaper and magazine sites. As for social media traffic, while still quite small those figures are definitely trending up strongly for news and content sites, especially when looked at year-over-year.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google News Optimization Tips Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

News 101

News Google Syndication Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss It’s still early days for the tag, but based on results from some magazine sites we work with that have been experimenting with it, I’d say so far, so good.

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists.

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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication 111

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 181

News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Sites 238

Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites Twitter Suggested Users – Today’s Studio 54 Velvet Rope How to Identify Your Own Top Trends 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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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

As I’ve covered in past posts on monitoring hot search trends and dealing with seasonal dips in search traffic , news sites can leverage tools and data to gain powerful insights into what’s working and not working on their sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave?

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here are five ways to mitigate seasonal search traffic declines: Go after hot topics – Regularly monitor the top searches, topics and trend data published by search engines and social media sites for content ideas and opportunities. It’s not easy to chase search trends as there is a danger of always ending up one step behind.

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Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles Do People Search for “Breaking News”? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Engineering 100

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? However, according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool , some people do: Currently CNN.com and MSNBC.com are the top two listings in Google for “breaking news.” It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? However, according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool , some people do: Currently CNN.com and MSNBC.com are the top two listings in Google for “breaking news.” It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Rebekah Radice

MAY 30, 2017

Opinions, Trends, and Predictions. That means you can openly share your point of view and make your own predictions about industry trends. You can share your take on news stories, industry trends, popular opinion, or someone else’s blog posts. You can also look in other industry-related forums of syndication sites.

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Privacy Social Bookmarking Review Industry 139

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Content 112

Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Social Media 100

Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

I know a number of consumer magazines are publishing in multiple languages, usually in partnership with a local company that manages the presence. Melissa September 2, 2010 at 1:38 am Adam, Yes, I personally am not too familiar with the consumer magazine sector, but investigating further into that could indeed produce interesting results.

Sites 182

Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google onto Something?

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Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Also surprised how well some magazines did. To clarify my methodology, I chose 30+ sites with a mainstream/national news focus, making effort to include a cross-section of newspapers, magazines, TV, Web-only etc. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Thanks for your post.

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

To help answer that question I used Twitalyzer to evaluate the main Twitter profile of 30+ major news organizations including a mix of newspapers, magazines, TV and online-only outlets. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? But which news sites are making the most of their Twitter presence?

News 165

News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages 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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Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

News 101

News Google Hitwise Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 101