Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines by Adam Sherk on July 28, 2009 Yesterday Steve Rubel pointed out how the article highlights on sites like CNN.com and iMedia Connection are a good time saver for him.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

In my post on news sites on the new Digg I noted that NBC has created a series of city-specific profiles to target local markets. Lauren: The ten profiles are a joint effort between myself and the social media lead in each of the 10 markets. Has there been interest/demand for market-specific content? NBC is trying to find out.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles | Main | 5 Helpful Social Search Articles » September 02, 2010 Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits Brainstorming and Social Media Optimization Summits run simultaneously in Dallas, TX from September 15-17.

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Firebelly

JULY 16, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Coleman Campsite: The Original Social Networking Site | Main | How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media » July 16, 2010 What the F**k is Social Media NOW? Fridays fun find is an excellent presentation on Slideshare called What the F**k is Social Media NOW?

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Twist Image

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Through studying Web analytics and niche topics that are getting search engine traffic online, Demand Media uses the information to create content (mostly text articles and videos). The closing price on its first day of trading brought Demand Media a market cap of close to $1.9 It seems like a genius business model, doesn't it?

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Pam Moore

AUGUST 17, 2020

LinkedIn is the #1 driver of highly qualified leads for our Digital Media and Branding Training and Consulting Agency, Marketing Nutz. How to engage in human ways by sharing relevant content and ensuring an authentic presentation of yourself and your brand. The Top 10 Things You Must Know About Your Customer (ebook / marketing guide).

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As content marketers, we’re occasionally stuck with “stale” content. But stale content presents an interesting dimension; it isn’t necessarily “bad” content. You’re essentially stuck with a piece (or several pieces) of less-than-optimal content that aren’t good enough to support your content marketing strategy.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As content marketers, we’re occasionally stuck with “stale” content. But stale content presents an interesting dimension; it isn’t necessarily “bad” content. You’re essentially stuck with a piece (or several pieces) of less-than-optimal content that aren’t good enough to support your content marketing strategy.

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Firebelly

MARCH 3, 2010

Below is the edited slide deck from my presentation. Facebook For Business View more presentations from Firebelly Marketing. Slideshow URL: [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. I heard from more than one person that this was a presentation worth going to. View an alternate.

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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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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

An article can be linked from as many sections and locations on the site as desired, but it should only exist on one unique, permanent URL. Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. The canonical URL tag is a good way to mitigate this issue.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

In addition, don’t hyperlink the headline on the article page – after all, your reader is already there! In addition, don’t hyperlink the headline on the article page – after all, your reader is already there! Using the exact article title in the anchor text of links doesn’t always happen either.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Perhaps the other sites have fresher related articles, but between free agent news and a “30 for 30” documentary debuting today ESPN does have current content for the query. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

by Adam Sherk on December 1, 2009 In November Google announced a new format for Google News Sitemaps with several changes including new tags that provide additional detail on each submitted article. The fourth new tag is the tag, which allows publishers to specify the title of each article.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

To see what type of attribution Newser is providing, I picked a random article from the sources grid on their home page today: Oprah Ditches Daytime for New Evening Show. In spot checking articles I didn’t come across any that didn’t have at least the one attribution link in the sidebar. Thanks for the write up.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

For news sites, the publication date and a photo can be added to Yahoo search results for articles and opinion pieces, as shown in this example: To take advantage of the enhanced news results, publishers can either use RDFa markup to embed the news data in their content, or use a NewsML feed to send the data privately to Yahoo.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

by Adam Sherk on February 23, 2010 There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek on how AOL is utilizing software and analytics data in an effort to match content with user interests and monetize it more successfully. Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave? Is this a good thing? Done right, I say absolutely.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

I have seen plenty of blog posts and conference presentations on how to utilize Static FBML but I rarely see news sites highlighted among the examples of good usage. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. and found that the majority are making little or no use of Static FBML.

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Firebelly

MARCH 11, 2010

As part of the presentation, he presented the concept ofpersonal branding, and finding a path in life that works with your values, interests,and lifestyle. Students that participated actively were invited to have lunchwith Professor Brian Benedict and Duncan at Firebelly client (of course) YATSon Massachusetts Ave. View an alternate.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Article Ranking Factors within a Story Cluster While there are a wide range of ranking factors these four were highlighted: Fresh and New – Priority is given to articles that are recent, substantial, original and focused on the topic. a lot of subsequent articles linking to a particular source or referencing it within editorial text).

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Rebekah Radice

MAY 30, 2017

Maybe you have a general idea of what to write about, and just don’t know how to present the information in the best way possible. Lists are a great way to present information in a bite-sized and easy to understand way. Ideas for recap articles: Recap a conference. Lots of click-throughs are a sign that you presented it well.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Presently, Dan is a Social Media Specialist at EMC Corporation, which is one of the leading technology companies in the world. His Personal Branding Blog is consistently ranked in the top 70 marketing blogs in the world by AdAge, and has achieved syndication from Forbes, Reuters and Hoovers. He is the author of “Me 2.0:

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

They have also added the Like button to their post template: At least to-date a prominent Share button is still present too. The Like button does appear on their article template: But at least on my computer it was a little slow to load, and once loaded it added some extra white space before the start of the editorial text.

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Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2013

Twitter has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement to create the “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating” for the US market. Under this agreement, Nielsen and Twitter will deliver a syndicated-standard metric around the reach of the TV conversation on Twitter, slated for commercial availability at the start of the fall 2013 TV season.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Metro will provide Foursquare with location-specific editorial content such as reviews, tips and articles on points of interest. With content in the NYT Article Archive dating back to 1851, there is a world of fascinating stories that could be shared. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

To take the comparison a step further, I also ran Page Speed on the top 10 sites’ lead article. Article Source Page Speed Score (article) 1 Yahoo! News moved it to the top of the group for articles and knocked Guardian.co.uk Both news.yahoo.com and its lead article at the moment got scores of 83.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss Related posts: The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? xid=rss (or ?xid=topstories

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

I’d seen some of the tips previously via Twitter and on the Pro PR Tips blog , but the book presents them in a nice, clean format that makes for a good read. Tip #21: Guest List People I want to hear a pitch from, in descending order: CEO, CTO, VP Product Development, Janitor, Brand Marketing Manager. Everyone deserves a second chance.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Some visitors are likely clicking through to the full articles on Newsweek.com and then commenting there and/or sharing the newsweek.com URLs, which is also a good thing. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

It can be done by redirecting the sponsored links to an intermediate page that is blocked via robots.txt, or by applying the nofollow attribute to the JavaScript links (see the Vanessa Fox writeup as well as the second half of this article in SEL for more detail). Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Data like this is interesting to check out, and it can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media. What sections, special features, individual articles, etc. were most (and least) popular? Happy New Year.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But at this early stage, how strong are the marketing opportunities for news sites? Sharing and discussing content is a key component of Google Buzz, so it’s a natural fit for article promotion and audience development. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. How “popularity” is determined is not specifically defined, but it is likely a simple metric like page views. One aspect that CNN might want to rethink is the inclusion of “Total Comments” for each news item.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Related posts: A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Great article! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They tell you "see how it unfolds on YouTube," but when I did a YouTube search for toyota sienna minivan commercial (and variations of that) I was presented with a lot of Sienna minivan commercials - none of them were what I was looking for, however. I eventually found an entire channel dedicated to them at youtube.com/Sienna.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read | Main | Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs » February 02, 2010 Social Media & The Super Bowl Companies love to entertain us with their 30 second spots during the Super Bowl. Having trouble reading this image?

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Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

The client is thrilled, you’ve won the praise and envy of your colleagues, all is well…except that online the article is behind a paywall so hardly anyone will ever see it. There is a lot of discussion these days about paywalls, metered models, paytags for individual articles and the like.

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