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The Best Tools for Keyword Research, Competitive Analysis and Trending Topics

Adam Sherk

Editorial teams and content creators are always on the lookout for useful tools for keyword research and content planning. There is a wide universe of tools out there and my intention is not to cover them all. I’ve also focused primarily on tools that are free or relatively inexpensive. Keyword Tool. Google Trends.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

Hosted and Mobile-Specific Article Formats. As a user I like the new hosted and mobile-specific article formats, be that Facebook Instant Articles , Apple News Format or Google’s AMP project. Fast and clean is a good combination, especially on mobile. Are you taking full advantage of these opportunities?

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Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Adam Sherk

Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive. UPDATES: Mobile phone donations have gone very well. The Red Cross and Google also have tools for this purpose.

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Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Adam Sherk

I noticed that in addition to the email list users can sign up for text and voice updates via mobile phone. The key takeaway: the more ways you can bring your Facebook Pages to life, the better. Perhaps for that Alicia Keys should adopt the same style as she did in her Saturday Night Live digital short: Just saying.

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25 Random Observations about #MozCon Speakers

Adam Sherk

I’ll cover them in order of appearance: Richard Baxter – Richard sure knows how to make the most out of various tools and Excel, in this case for outreach research. Dharmesh Shah – I really like how if he gets curious about something he goes and builds some kind of tool or script to find out more.

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

The NYT could also just build this functionality into their own mobile apps, but partnerships offer greater cross-promotional and audience development opportunities. I bet that nearly every location in Manhattan has been in the news at some point in the last 159 years. That’s just one idea.

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Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites

Adam Sherk

Related posts: Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Google News Optimization Tips News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites { 2 comments… read them below or add one } Jason Hyman April 13, 2010 at 12:47 pm thanks for all the great info.

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