Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Perhaps some of the respondents took the question to mean third-party online press room services. I was surprised to see only 36% of respondents are using online press rooms, since that should be a fundamental part of any corporate website. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Some news sites are supplementing content links with direct questions and comments to users, but this does not appear to be happening in any significant volume. Most news sites have an official Facebook Page now, with the typical approach being to add a daily stream of links to new content while promoting site features, apps, feeds, etc.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Here’s another question: Would you foot the bill to give users free access to coverage of your company or clients? But that would cause all kinds of problems, not the least of which the publications’ editorial integrity being called into question. So it’s hard to imagine mainstream media relations falling too far out of the PR toolkit.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 27, 2012

One good source is @YahooSearchData on Twitter. How to questions are buzzing during grilling season on @ Yahoo , “how to grill corn on the cob”, “how to grill salmon” “how to grill chicken”. So what’s a lifestyle site covering things like food, fashion or home to do? I’d given Yahoo! — Yahoo! — Yahoo!

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? by Adam Sherk on April 8, 2010 The cease and desist letter and the ensuing war of words between The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman and Newser’s Michael Wolff is getting a lot of industry attention this week.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Here are my top 10 posts of 2012 by pageviews: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. These roundups may be overdone, but I enjoy putting them together because it is interesting to look back and see what made an impression. 5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

That’s not an easy question to answer without having access to each site’s analytics data and knowing their goals and objectives. So which news sites are getting the most out of their social media efforts? But it is possible to make some basic comparisons using data from some of the free tools that are available.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

So if you link to your Twitter account on your Google profile the people you’re following on Twitter become part of your social circle. But in case in takes off, the questions businesses should be asking themselves now are: Are we in our target audiences’ social circles? If not how do we get there?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

If we want the most up to date News, then Digg or even Twitter provide immediate News. I wish them the best of luck, and look forward to seeing how things unfold. UPDATE: For those interested in more actual information, NYTco. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

In cross checking against the news sites in my posts on Twitter impact and Facebook Page valuation I also did not see Digg profiles for Newsweek, ABC News, AP, NPR, PBS, The Financial Times or The Guardian. Feel free to ask me any questions, I’m subscribing to follow up comments via email.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Until recently the best solution offered up was to append tracking codes with a hash mark (#) instead of a question mark (?), On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss xid=rss (or ?xid=topstories xid=topstories or

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

The question, then, is whether newspaper publishers will do any better at monetizing mobile advertising than they have online. Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 30, 2009

Adam Sherk August 31, 2009 at 10:41 am Good questions Alex. &# On a related note, if an article or press release is supposed to be posted on several locations, what’s are some rules of thumb for rewriting the text in such a way to avoid it from being considered duplicate content? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 17, 2010

Only the news organizations themselves can fully answer that question; their own analytics data combined with internal estimates of the value of fans and various actions will paint the clearest picture. But how much are these pages really worth to them, and which news sites are getting the most value for their efforts?

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

A couple weeks ago Tom Foremski and Todd Defren looked at the question of whether or not PR firms could or should use their ability to drive exposure and traffic through social media as a carrot in media pitches. A similar question could be asked of news organizations. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In the Q&A in Google’s announcement, one question in particular caught my eye: Q: I’m offering my content / product descriptions for syndication. is one of the most common consulting questions we get. Do my publishers need to use rel=&# canonical&# ? A: We leave this up to you and your publishers.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

And we just need to…it’s not a question of old media vs. new media or anything like that. . “They say, ah yes but because when somebody searches for something and a page comes up for a newspaper it’s registered as a unique visitor and you sell your own advertising along side that. So Avatar good, Google bad.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 21, 2012

That’s a common question these days as publishers try to make the most of search and social for audience development. Bing has stronger relationships with Facebook and Twitter so it is in a better position to utilize their data. It is intended to be a general overview for publishers. Hopefully you’ll find it useful.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 29, 2010

Related posts: A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Now the question is, can someone make a sentence out of some of those, but I see David has beat me to it. That one was overused like crazy in the 1990’s.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

David Heim September 23, 2010 at 12:10 pm re Mitch Shannon’s question: I believe that either Herb Lubalin or Ed Benguiat was the art director for fact: magazine. Don’t know if they’ve mended their ways, haven’t read Time (or Newsweek or U.S. News & World Report) for many years.

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