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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

The major engines all produce some form of hot topic/trend list, and several third-party and social media sites do as well. You can also use keyword and reputation monitoring tools, real-time search tools and popular/meme lists for articles, tweets, social media submissions, etc.

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Search Trend Optimization for Evergreen Content

Adam Sherk

Here’s another example: this past weekend both Google Trends and Social Mention were showing multiple trending phrases around “pumpkin carving patterns&# and “jack-o-lantern templates&# : It doesn’t take trend tools to realize that pumpkin carving searches rise sharply around Halloween. The Down Side.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

But it is a place to start, and when combined with other evaluation and monitoring tools like WebPagetest , Pingdom Tools and Rigor it can help you to develop a plan. Google Panda and other forms of algorithmic filtering continue to impact even reputable brands with quality content. Panda and Other Algorithmic Changes.

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25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. So how important is site speed?

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The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season

Adam Sherk

The usual caveats: Social media isn’t a popularity contest and reach does not equal influence, engagement or action These figures will quickly be out-of-date (they probably were before I could hit the “publish” button) But those things aside, it is interesting to take a snapshot at various times for the purposes of comparison.

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What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Once he died in 1967, the magazine began to rebuild its reputation. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?