Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? I want to stress that this issue is not unique to PitchEngine, it applies to many third-party release hosting services. However there is also a downside.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 12, 2011

Social media marketing, online PR and SEO are three tactics that are all powerful on their own, but have far more impact when used in a coordinated, synergistic manner. How can you amplify and extend new releases through social media? Optimize company news for SEO benefit? Social Media Press Releases and Blogger Outreach.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

But 57% also indicated that they plan to increase their focus on SEO: That’s good news, because even just 2-3 years ago many companies’ efforts to integrate SEO and PR activities did not extend much beyond press release optimization. Both rightly deserve credit for increasing awareness industry-wide.

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

Proactive Report

AUGUST 8, 2009

Paul Gillin makes an excellent case for the value of the press release: Yahoo changed the rules of marketing more than a decade ago when it elected to define press releases as news. Company searches in Google turn up press releases from the wire services – see this search for Reed’s Inc.

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 8, 2009

Paul Gillin makes an excellent case for the value of the press release: Yahoo changed the rules of marketing more than a decade ago when it elected to define press releases as news. Company searches in Google turn up press releases from the wire services – see this search for Reed’s Inc.

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Press Release Yahoo Syndication News 40

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In this example, a press release is distributed online, posted to the company’s Facebook and Twitter updates, and used to create a social media release (using a tool such as PitchEngine ). For SEO and traffic purposes, the press release and social media release link back to the company’s website/blog.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? That may be getting carried away but the new format does have some advantages for publishers, although they are not being fully utilized by Google News yet.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Here are my 10 top posts of the year by pageviews: The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases. 10 Practical Twitter Tips for Publishers. The press release buzzwords post is the most popular post I have ever done by any measure. So yes I’m joining the club.

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Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 13, 2019

Nonetheless, as I was identifying their needs; talking about where they are now; and what they’re goals and challenges are, one of the partners was skeptical about search engine optimization (SEO). The nice thing about SEO, blogging and social media marketing, is that the results are cumulative and compounding.

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Engineering Social Media Hubspot Marketing 137

Writtent Blog

MAY 26, 2014

SEO and blogging form the backbone of content marketing, something that every serious business and marketer should be doing today to grow their online presence. Every post you publish is another indexed page – another cue to search engines that your site is active and eager to be found. Have you heard the term? Learn it well.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pro PR Tips: 100 PR Tips from Rafe Needleman Published as a Book by Adam Sherk on August 11, 2009 Yesterday I received a copy of Rafe Needleman ’s Pro PR Tips in the mail from ITDatabase. Tip #14: Dirty Secret Every now and then, press releases work.

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Josh S Peters

JANUARY 4, 2013

One of the new features (and an encouragement to get at least 1 post per week done) is to publish a Search and Social weekly that rounds up the best / most important articles I’ve read the past week on search / SEO and social media. Google Cutts: Links From Press Releases Won’t Help.

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Press Release Social Media SEO Report 180

Adam Sherk

JUNE 1, 2011

Twice in the past year I’ve covered the most overused PR buzzwords and marketing speak and press release buzzword abuse. Now admittedly the best antidote for marketing speak in press releases is to explain things simply in clear, direct terms and let the media professionals take it from there.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 8, 2014

TopSEOs.com, a site that listed the “top SEO firms” in a list (for a fee) has been banned in Google. Companies looking to hire an SEO firm would look at the list, thinking that those ranked number one on the list were truly the TOP SEOs in the industry. And, in my opinion, deceptive. Penalized or Banned in Google?

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Google Press Release Domain Name Conference 165

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success? Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. Related posts: My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers.

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports 119

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

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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Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

While it’s good news that Google is continuing to improve its ability to deal with JavaScript, this change also impacts the way that many publishers display sponsored links on their sites. I can’t imagine they would, especially when virtually no one outside of the developer and SEO communities is even aware that this change has taken place.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media by Adam Sherk on January 4, 2010 I was going to post this last week but then opted wisely for letting myself enjoy a holiday break. Here’s wishing everyone an interesting and productive 2010.

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SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

Yahoo is probably using the temporary redirects for tracking, but this practice is interfering with the SEO value of the links. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? The various methods are often related more to technical setup or tracking than any kind of SEO tactic by the syndication partners.

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Syndication Yahoo SEO News 100

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. What you should be doing is avoiding duplicate content altogether.

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 11, 2011

» 10 SEO Tactics That No Longer Work (If They Ever Did) Confused about SEO? Did you just buy a nifty SEO book, or download one for free, that promises to tell you everything there is to know about SEO? If your SEO guru or free e-book download is telling you to do these 10 things, fire him or throw the book away.

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SEO Widget NoFollow Case Study 93

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

According to research from BuzzFeed , “Search traffic to publishers has taken a dive in the last eight months, with traffic from Google dropping more than 30%…While Google makes up the bulk of search traffic to publishers, traffic from all search engines has dropped by 20% in the same period.”

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Directory SEO B2B Real Estate 196

Harp Interactive

JANUARY 6, 2010

Press releases. For a comprehensive list of tools that will help you monitor your online reputation and keep you posted on all the conversations taking place in the social media universe stay tuned for part two of this blog post that will publish next week. Blogs (WordPress, Blogger, Twitter etc). Video Sites (Youtube).

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Brands Brand Monitoring Reputation Press Release 307

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

“I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&# The Idea: “Co-op SEO&# The terminology came from one of our developers (Thanks, Dave ), but the model has been in place since our inception. That’s what we’ve dubbed, “Co-op SEO.&# How Does This Help You? Spread the net.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. The title should be “extremely indicative of the story at hand.”

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I guess you have to admire the automated attempt to transition from enterprise social media strategies to buying NFL replica jerseys: And at least the advertisement was well targeted to me since I’m interested in press release optimization and I’m a fan of PRWeb. My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com by Adam Sherk on August 14, 2009 Recently I wrote about the importance of including meaningful content in videos embedded in press releases.

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Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2013

Mining keyword research, analytics and competitive data to identify new evergreen content opportunities does not always get the attention it deserves from busy editorial teams, despite this being an area with considerable upside for publishers. Press Release Optimization Checklist and Tips.

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Research Content Hitwise Adwords 183

Keyhole.co

MARCH 6, 2024

Often, the most effective way of doing this is by publishing press releases. But before you submit a press release, think carefully about the message you want to communicate. Many marketers rely on guest posting to improve their SEO rankings and get more customers with varying success.

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Sentiment Analysis Marketing Press Release 52

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Press releases – Write and publish a press release online every time your company does something remarkable.

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ProBlogger

JULY 30, 2014

Everybody knows that the world of SEO is changing. Aggregating content from over 25,000 publishers worldwide, the service uses Google’s algorithms to search for and promote the top news stories of the moment. Just republishing press releases isn’t going to get you anywhere. Getting on Google News. Other considerations.

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News SEO Google Press Release 52

SocMed Sean

JUNE 23, 2017

Using anchor texts such as “Click Here” or “Download our app” won’t help you get any high organic SEO, marketing results in SERPs. ASO, much like SEO, helps your app to be found inside an app store where thousands of mobile apps are already fighting with each other for user attention.

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Organization Mobile Apple SEO 182

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

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. Your list gives Letterman a run any day.

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Press Release Digg News SEO 126

Kikolani

MAY 3, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. But the press release can still be a valuable online marketing tool. The Resources Mashup. Featured Post. Of course, there are many more awesome blogs out there.

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Mashup Resources Products Press Release 130

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research 140

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately.

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