Adam Sherk

JUNE 1, 2011

To show the book in action while proving the point that portions of press releases do sometimes get picked up in media and blog coverage I’ll quote directly from the release that Associate Publisher Brenda Knight sent to me: “ Better than Great is the must-have reference for anyone seeking to rise above tired superlatives when the quality of (..)

Press Release 190

Press Release Marketing Sports SEO 190

Adam Sherk

APRIL 3, 2013

To clarify, the second warning refers to advertorials or articles created entirely by or for a sponsor, along the lines of what BuzzFeed does or the Washington Post article referenced in Search Engine Land’s coverage of the announcement.

Guidelines 260

Guidelines SEO NoFollow Module 260

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example: Kibosh is an old Gaelic word referring to the Irish funeral practice of putting a black cap on the deceased. .&# Each word gets about a half-page entry digging into the history and usage of the term along with some companion words. So to “put the kibosh&# on something is to declare it as good as dead.

Press Release 146

Press Release News Publishing Study 146

Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2013

Step 6: Cross-reference candidates with existing content and traffic. Weed out things that are not a good match editorially, and those with a different intent (such as queries that are more transactional than informational). This will leave you with a decent list of keyword candidates.

Research 183

Research Content Hitwise Adwords 183

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

However that clearly was not working in this case.

News 121

News Google Syndication Aggregator 121

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? i think aol is sending a pretty clear message that their new ceo is saying that google still wants tons and tons of content for the foreseeable future.

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

JUNE 30, 2009

their site name) on their versions In its tips for dealing with duplicate content , Google specifically refers to the attribution link but with a caveat: Syndicate carefully: If you syndicate your content on other sites, make sure they include a link back to the original article on each syndicated article.

Syndication 111

Syndication Press Release SEO Publishing 111

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

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

OCTOBER 23, 2009

And while the figures for specific social media sites vary from site to site, total social media referral traffic is up considerably in 2009 to-date.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

The data point they make available without a subscription is called “Impact.”

News 165

News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

Reference to other social media measures of influence here by NewsKnife [link] Thanks for this post again. I think they’re afraid of Google/YouTube doing an end run on viewers/audience somehow. Same thinking that plagued the music industry 10 years ago. Adapt, change and speed ahead or die.

Sites 182

Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Hitwise 100

Hitwise Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

APRIL 3, 2012

In Q4 2011 Pinterest was a top 10 referring domain for 4 out of 25 sites. Breaking in among their top referring domains is not any easy task. In Q1 2012 it was 5%. After a few top performers Pinterest represents 1-2% of monthly traffic for a handful of sites but for most it is less than 1%. In Q1 2012 this rose to 9 out of 25.

Sites 157

Sites Digg Reddit Fashion 157

Adam Sherk

MAY 1, 2012

Total number of referring keywords – this is less insightful than it used to be due to the Google secure search “keyword not provided” issue, but it is still worth capturing this data. SEOmoz covered this a while back in a post on indexation for SEO and I thought it was a good idea.

Metrics 164

Metrics SEO Publishing Analytics 164

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Natural search engine referrals ranged from about 10% to over 40% and Google.com was the #1 or #2 referring domain for nearly every site. Partnerships with other large content sites and cross-network promotions were another major driver. So despite all the attention that social media deservedly gets, search is still its daddy.

Survey 193

Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

by Adam Sherk on December 16, 2009 Yesterday Google announced that it is now supporting the rel=&# canonical&# link element (sometimes referred to as the canonical URL tag) across different domains. Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

Syndication 103

Syndication Publishing URL Yahoo 103

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

They refer to domain authority as “our best prediction about how content would perform in search engine rankings on one site vs. another” and claim an accuracy range of about 70%. Using SEOmoz’s new Open Site Explorer I did a head-to-head comparison of 20+ news sites to see which had the most domain authority.

Sites 118

Sites News Syndication Digg 118

Adam Sherk

JUNE 29, 2010

But is it accurate to refer to them as “buzzwords?&# Oh, I feel so unclean… Frank p.s. But 6K is a lot of mentions and I figured how many things can really be “smart&# Gina – since it is healthcare oriented I didn’t add “community wellness&# but for your reference there were 89 mentions.

Press Release 279

Press Release Marketing Class List 279