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

Adam Sherk

Editorial teams and content creators are always on the lookout for useful tools for keyword research and content planning. There is a wide universe of tools out there and my intention is not to cover them all. I’ve also focused primarily on tools that are free or relatively inexpensive. Keyword Tool. Ubersuggest.

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The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2010 YouTube is both a major opportunity and an interesting challenge for news sites. So I wonder if BBC has stopped maintaining its news channels on YouTube.

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Take Advantage of Additional Google News Opportunities for Publishers

Adam Sherk

6) YouTube videos – Video content from YouTube is also featured within Google News. Videos embedded in articles can be crawled but setting up a YouTube channel and notifying Google News increases the likelihood of your videos being pulled in. Recommended Tool: Yoast News SEO 2.0.

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

But it is possible to make some basic comparisons using data from some of the free tools that are available. Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too.

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Do Google's Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings?

Adam Sherk

But CNN did get two embedded video listings on the page, beating out YouTube: Finally, for the query “mosque near ground zero ABC” NPR and AP got the Google News listings, not ABC. It does happen some of the time, but this looks like a coincidence based on algorithmic relevance as opposed to being by design.

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Google News Optimization Tips

Adam Sherk

To get your videos into Google News you need to create a YouTube channel. Other video hosters may be included in the future, but for now YouTube is the only way in. This confirms a recent discussion in a Google help thread (See Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles for more information).

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Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live?

Adam Sherk

PitchEngine is a good tool that provides a useful service, and it’s reasonably priced (in fact it’s free if you only keep your SMRs on their site for 30 days). The contest was hosted on YouTube, and therefore the videos lived on YouTube.