Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? by Adam Sherk on October 6, 2010 It is safe to say that most news sites are now experimenting with various forms of user engagement and content promotion through social media. on their site).

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AUGUST 31, 2010

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. The Most Buried News Sites on Digg News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them.

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APRIL 13, 2010

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 which news sites fared best?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately. The short answer? Not so many.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites by Adam Sherk on March 16, 2010 The major search engines are making real-time search a priority, resulting in good visibility opportunities for news sites especially for breaking news.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites by Adam Sherk on October 8, 2009 Although search engines keep improving on their ability to deal with duplicate content, this continues to be one of the main SEO issues facing news and content sites.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags by Adam Sherk on February 19, 2010 Ever notice all the tags that some blogs add to their posts? Adding a few meaningful tags is fine, but news sites in particular have a habit of taking this practice much too far.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. 2,461,060 2 @cnnbrk 77.3%

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JULY 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Buried News Sites on Digg by Adam Sherk on July 23, 2009 It’s no secret that mainstream news sites are experiencing increased exposure on social news sites like Digg. Using di66.net’s 403 14 dailymail.co.uk 387 15 telegraph.co.uk

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But at this early stage, how strong are the marketing opportunities for news sites? At a minimum news sites should set up an official profile and experiment with “buzz this” buttons on their templates. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? by Adam Sherk on August 4, 2010 The new Digg has gotten a lot of attention for the opportunities it creates for publishers (see ReadWriteWeb and BlueGlass for details).

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day. tweets per day.

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Firebelly

JULY 27, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week | Main | 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week » July 27, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer The Social Network , aka "The Facebook Movie," hits theaters October 1st. Just my thoughts! View an alternate.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Here are 5 articles to help you understand social searchs relevancy to your business. As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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Myrland Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2010

6) &# More than 150 milliuon ppl interact with Facebook on external sites every month.&# 11) @briansolis is talking about the fallacy of Social Syndication…posting across platforms. 11) @briansolis is talking about the fallacy of Social Syndication…posting across platforms. 9) “@Starbucks has 13.2

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Firebelly

JULY 9, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Fridays Fun Online Finds | Main | Coleman Campsite: The Original Social Networking Site » July 09, 2010 5 Fun Twitter Quizzes Its Friday and todays fun finds are 5 Twitter quizzes that are sure to entertain you, enlighten you, and help you unwind after a busy work week.

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Firebelly

JULY 23, 2010

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons by Adam Sherk on February 25, 2010 In working on my presentation for the Twitter Marketing Tactics session at SMX West next week I’ve been looking at the various types of share and retweet buttons used on news sites.

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Firebelly

JUNE 10, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral!   The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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Firebelly

JUNE 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Media Weekly: 5 Stories You Need to Read | Main | Jakes Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas » June 22, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: What The HELL Is Social Media? A great video that in 2 minutes shares 10 key reasons why brands should be aware of social media. View an alternate.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 14, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 1) | Main | Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/11-1/15 » January 14, 2010 4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media Originally posted on January 16, 2009. Details have been updated for 2010. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

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. To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? Thanks for the write up.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 6, 2010

» August 06, 2010 Fridays 5 Fun Social Media Finds The Internet is an amazing place. Click around a bit to figure this site out. Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare | Main | Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) View an alternate.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

by Adam Sherk on August 24, 2010 As first covered by Malcolm Coles and later confirmed by Google , for search queries that include a specific domain Google is now showing a larger number of results from that site on page one. But do the expanded results apply to the embedded news and video listings in the SERPs?

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Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 2) | Main | Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation » January 22, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media by Adam Sherk on January 4, 2010 I was going to post this last week but then opted wisely for letting myself enjoy a holiday break. Here’s wishing everyone an interesting and productive 2010.

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Firebelly

JULY 30, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer | Main | Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare » July 30, 2010 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week Below are the top 3 stories that rocked the social media world this week. Having trouble reading this image?

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Firebelly

AUGUST 3, 2010

Posted by: JamesBurnes | August 04, 2010 at 11:43 AM James thank you so much for your comment. Posted by: Chadrichards | August 11, 2010 at 03:41 PM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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Firebelly

MAY 27, 2010

Main | Jakes Take: Comcast Cares & You Can Too » May 27, 2010 BP Facebook Sentiment I spent some time evaluating sentiment towards BP on Facebook based on the number of 'pro' and 'con' pages. Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: Im A Social Media Guru! View an alternate.

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Firebelly

JULY 1, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Happy Social Media Day - June 30th | Main | Fridays Fun Online Finds » July 01, 2010 Jakes Take: TV On The Internet It’s no secret – the Internet and social media sites are agreat way to target a large, and typically younger, audience. Having trouble reading this image?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

But while you’re going through this year’s top trends, don’t forget to apply the same practice to your own sites. Things that news and content sites should look at include: What terms and content types brought in the most search engine referral traffic? Regards Vanessa zoe January 7, 2010 at 5:02 am The post is very helpful.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 11, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Fridays 5 Fun Social Media Finds | Main | 5 Helpful Social Media Must Reads » August 11, 2010 Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) Corporate Blogging for Dummies , co-authored by Firebelly Vice President Chantelle Flannery is now available for purchase!

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Firebelly

JUNE 8, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter | Main | United Way of Central Indiana Recognized for their Social Media Efforts » June 08, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral! Brian, the " social media guru " is back. Having trouble reading this image?

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