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How Much Google News Traffic Do Publishers Get? Here’s Data on 80 News Sites.

Adam Sherk

But just how much traffic is it currently driving to publishers? In working with a wide range of news and content sites, I know that becoming an approved source and maximizing Google News visibility (through avoiding news crawl errors and editorial optimization) continue to be important priorities. Jan-Nov 2014) Percentage of.

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

Google Panda was designed to go after sites with a high volume of thin or low-quality content (among other things) in an effort to improve the overall strength of the search results. We work with a lot of major publishers and nearly all of them have had at least a few titles get hit by Panda in recent years.

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5 Best Practices for Streamlining Your Social Media Publishing Workflow

Oktopost

Knowing consistent social publishing is transformative for B2B enterprises doesn’t take away from the fact that, without the right strategy, it’s a real drain on time, resources, and energy. Know your audience Publishing on social media yields a huge variety of insights into post performance. The solution? Streamline that workflow.

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How to Leverage Social Media Publishing for Lead Generation

Oktopost

Yep, that’s right, every tweet about American Idol, every mirror selfie, every Boomerang of a Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino, and every think-piece published to LinkedIn is part of the big, shining ball of social media around which everything else revolves. Your marketing team is in charge of your social media publishing strategy.

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The Best Social Media Analytics Tools for Publishers

Adam Sherk

What are the best tools for publishers looking to track social media activity at the content level? I thought I’d share some of my favorites that are well suited to editorial content sites. These real-time analytics platforms are among the most popular with news and content sites. Chartbeat Publishing. Social Crawlytics.

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Survey: Pinterest a Great Source of Links for Publishers. What Types of Sites Get the Most Links?

Adam Sherk

As Pinterest continues to grow in popularity and usage it is becoming not only an important source of traffic and engagement for publishers but also a good source of links. What types of sites get the most links from Pinterest? To make the survey more meaningful I divided the 60 sites into eight categories. Health 46,516 1,593.

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Link Building Tactics for Publishers

Adam Sherk

When it comes to link building publishers have a significant advantage because editorial content, be it hard news or evergreen content, lends itself naturally to linking and sharing. So what link building tactics are most effective for publishers? I’ve put together a list of some of the main opportunities in broad categories.