article thumbnail

Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for.

Adam Sherk

However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.

article thumbnail

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

Hitwise 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

Hitwise 100
article thumbnail

SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links

Adam Sherk

Sponsored content in various forms is growing in popularity as publishers seek additional sources of revenue. Done well it can be a good fit for both publishers and advertisers, and dare I say even add value for users. How do publishers ensure that sponsored content complies with Google’s guidelines?

article thumbnail

A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Sometimes referred to as the PESO model (I avoid using this name because it puts paid first when it should be a lower priority.), It includes partnerships, alliances, syndicates and more. Owned Media is self-published content. this is the integraged digital media framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge.

Marketing 199
article thumbnail

5 Strategies To Drive Traffic With Buyer Intent [Content Creation Template]

OnlineRockersHub Marketing Blog

Syndicate and promote. The skyscraper technique means making your content better in every aspect so you will be looking at subtitles, word count, referring domains, number of images, videos or any additional media that could be used for better user experience. Syndicate and promote. Evaluate your current assets.

article thumbnail

Google News Not Always So Great at Favoring Original Sources

Adam Sherk

News publishers are all too familiar with the fact that Google News doesn’t always do such a great job of favoring original sources in its story clusters. It is not usual to see a syndicated, aggregated or simply re-covered version of an article gain prominent visibility over the original.

News 121