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

OCTOBER 23, 2009

In publishing that typically means additional page views and time on site, RSS and e-mail newsletter subscriptions, user account and on-site community sign-ups, etc. According to a Hitwise US News & Media Report back in 2007, on average search engine referrals represent about 23% of traffic to print media sites.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

A side note to Condé Nast Digital’s PR team: I’d put your online press releases on regular Web pages. People will be less likely to link to the.pdf versions in your online press room. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Best of luck to both GQ.com and DETAILS.com.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

This is not surprising based on the reactions that Fox News reporting tends to generate from both sides of the political fence. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. A couple of notes: The Guardian’s page has only 4 updates total, so their averages are based on a smaller selection.

Sites 238

Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

But since the 21,839 subscribers reported in YouTube’s search results make it a top 5 news channel I included it in the table. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. that does include some news videos. There is also a BBC World News America channel but its most recent video is from 2008.

Sites 182

Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. If news organizations can’t stay in business, they won’t be playing any role at all. Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value?

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. I’ve been through the book and it’s a good read; for more information check out GoogleyLessons.com. – Adam The traditional news business, as we have known it, is dead.

News 121

News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Once the new Digg moves out of alpha and has some time to gain traction we’ll get a better sense of how interested users are in drilling down on specific sources, topics and locations.

Digg 166

Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Build for the future – Slow seasons are a good time to make improvements to site architecture, update page templates and engage in various forms of testing on the site. Improve the site as a whole so when things pick up again you’ll be stronger than ever.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Unfortunately there are increasing reports of donation fraud online, so major news organizations are playing a vital role in directing people to credible, legitimate groups. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

News 129

News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Socialmedia.biz

JULY 23, 2017

Smarp can also automatically pull content from your social media pages and RSS feeds, so that every new post on your blog will automatically aggregate to your Smarp feed of suggested shares. You can also boost engagement and get plenty of feedback from employees by using surveys and quizzes. Image source: [link].

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Analytics Metrics Feed 60

Socialmedia.biz

JULY 23, 2017

Smarp can also automatically pull content from your social media pages and RSS feeds, so that every new post on your blog will automatically aggregate to your Smarp feed of suggested shares. You can also boost engagement and get plenty of feedback from employees by using surveys and quizzes. Image source: [link].

LinkedIn 76

LinkedIn Analytics Metrics Social Networking 76

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To reporters’ sources? If we’re truly in an era of open-source journalism, I say reporters share their access (sort of) to sources via Twitter lists. This isn’t to say the sources will RESPOND, but it’s an interesting way of opening one’s reporter notebook to a willing audience.

News 136

News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Not covered in my examples above is the fact that Open Graph protocol can also provide sites with additional reporting data. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Site speed is now a ranking factor so this impacts SEO as well as usability.

News 149

News Module Widget Facebook 149

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Here is a screenshot of the signup tab from their page, in case it gets taken down: With valuable prizes like TVs, camcorders and stereo equipment the “Like it to Win it” promotion is definitely working. As of today it has 36,782 fans.

RFI 156

RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise 100

Hitwise Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The 2009 Arketi Web Watch Media Survey has some interesting statistics about how BtoB journalists find stories. At 92% press releases are the number one source for BtoB journalists. Having your news in a feed (RSS) can boost the search visibility of your news content remarkably. 95% use search when starting a story.

Press Release 45

Press Release Statistics RSS Survey 45

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Here is the reported data on 30 media profiles, ranked by number of followers (as of today): Profile Followers Following Diggs by Publisher Comments by Publisher 1 The New York Times 10,225 4 65 1 2 The Wall Street Journal 9,546 15 281 1 3 BBC News 9,222 0 5,423 0 4 Time 7,842 964 6,289 29 5 Telegraph.co.uk

Digg 134

Digg Sites News Activities 134

Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

There has been speculation about the efficacy of putting news content into RSS feeds for some time. As early as 2005 Charlene Li, then at Forrester Research, said “if you do nothing else, put your press releases in RSS feeds.&#. Other research shows that 98% of journalists start a story by doing a Google search.

Feed 40

Feed Feedly Google Press Release 40

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

Survey 193

Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

How did you resolve the various reporting/privacy requirements of hosting comments on a.gov server? When we stood-up our TSA blog in January 2008, there was no guidance on what the reporting/privacy requirements were for government blogs. How did you determine whether to host the blog on a.gov or a.com server?

Blogger 81

Blogger Gov 2.0 Policies Survey 81

Convince & Convert

APRIL 12, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. They conduct an annual survey called the Call Center Satisfaction Index , which is terribly unsexy. In short, they surveyed all these people, consumers, and found that before they called a call center, 27% tried to resolve their primary issue elsewhere before picking up the phone and dialing. Listen Now.

Hotels 118

Hotels Instagram Authentication Social Media 118

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Who would readers rather interact with about a particular story – someone from marketing or the reporter who wrote the article? In an era where “journalist job security” is becoming an oxymoron, having a strong social media presence makes reporters less expendable and more marketable should they need to find new work.

Social Media 146

Social Media Press Release SEO News 146

Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. One killer tactic to boost your Facebook Ad performance – discover the responder demographics report. Interesting survey results. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing. Link Building.

Mashup 121

Mashup Resources Engineering Communities 121

Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. Releasing at the end of this month we actually have a Conversation Index , which is our quarterly report. I report to Lisa Pearson who’s VP of Brand and Communications. Jay: Is that judged by surveys or social mentions, or how do you gauge that awareness level? Listen Now. Ian: Sure.

Bazaarvoice 114

Bazaarvoice Metrics Influencer Data 114

Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. Releasing at the end of this month we actually have a Conversation Index , which is our quarterly report. I report to Lisa Pearson who’s VP of Brand and Communications. Jay: Is that judged by surveys or social mentions, or how do you gauge that awareness level? Listen Now. Ian: Sure.

Bazaarvoice 114

Bazaarvoice Metrics Influencer Data 114

Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. It’s from a major national random representative survey of Americans 12 plus. This is our 20th such survey, and we’ve been tracking a lot of these things for six years now. As opposed to social media essentially just being a tiny little press release machine. Listen Now.

Insurance 115

Insurance Journal Research Hashtag 115

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

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Applications 100

Applications Software Diagrams Real Estate 100

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 8, 2011

Almost every PR pro over a certain age remembers press kits–actual physical folders stuffed with a company’s recent press releases, management bios, a corporate fact sheet, a few case studies, and maybe an article reprint or two. RSS feeds for press releases and blog posts.

Press Release 200

Press Release scribd Vimeo How To 200

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Under his orders Time willfully distorted what the reporters in the field reported. In other reporting they were also self directed. News & World Report) for many years. Luce was the son of protestant missionaries in China, he had a weird chip on his shoulder and was a rah rah supporter of our anti communist fight.

Press Release 131

Press Release Issues News Wikipedia 131