Adam Sherk

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Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down

Adam Sherk

The rise of Reddit and the steady decline of Digg have been well documented. Just recently Reddit announced that its traffic has more than doubled in less than a year (to 2.07 Anecdotally we’ve all seen Reddit gain in prominence at a time when Digg has struggled to maintain its relevancy. million visits in 2009 to 22.7

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The Best Tools for Keyword Research, Competitive Analysis and Trending Topics

Adam Sherk

The Reddit Edit. The Reddit Edit is a simple dashboard that highlights articles that are currently doing well on the Reddit homepage and some specific subreddits. So it is a good source of both ideas and basic competitive analysis. You can filter by location and specific topical categories.

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My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video). 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success?

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. If anyone has any experiences or data they’d be willing to share, it would be great to hear from you in the comments or please reach out to me personally. Related posts: Pinterest Traffic to Magazine Sites Up 141% But Figures Still Modest. What Types of Sites Get the Most Links?

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit? What types of stories got the most retweets? What generated the most “likes” and comments on your Facebook Page? There is a lot more that you can look at, but hopefully these 10 will get you pointed in the right direction.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

Search Engines Google Trends: Hot Trends Google Insights for Search: “Rising searches” for last 7 days Yahoo Buzz Index Bing xRank Ask.com IQ Blog Search Google Blog Search: Hot Queries (right sidebar) Technorati Popular MyBlogLog Hot Topics IceRocket: Popular (left sidebar) BlogPulse Featured Trends Twitter Twitter Search: Trending Topics TweetMixx: (..)

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Pinterest Traffic to Magazine Sites Up 141% But Figures Still Modest

Adam Sherk

See Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down ). Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. So even for lifestyle sites with content that is a natural fit for Pinterest the actual number of visits is still modest. But traffic is continuing to rise (with a much better trend line than poor Digg.

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