Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Initially Google is supporting data on reviews and people. You can follow Google’s guidelines for marking up structured data to learn how to do it, including the specific properties for reviews. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Review 100

Review Google Embedding Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Vocus 166

Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

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. Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc.

Trends 167

Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

The easiest thing to compare is reach based on Twitter followers and I’ve included that data below. The data point they make available without a subscription is called “Impact.” Please accept the usual caveats about the accuracy of the data, methodology of the tool, etc. 2,461,060 2 @cnnbrk 77.3% 3,139,883 3 @TIME 76.9%

News 165

News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 27, 2013

Rather than basing the price of a link on an outdated metric like Google PageRank and maybe even overall link data such as SEOMoz’s MozRank or Majestic SEO’s ACRank , with AuthorLinks, the emphasis is based on how popular an author or web site owner is socially. AuthorLinks Pricing.

Klout 150

Klout Buy Google Guidelines 150

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Press Release 138

Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

I don’t have any data on what kind of traffic the Tumblr site is getting, but either it is fairly low or visitors simply aren’t starting discussions there. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Tumblr 131

Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

That’s not an easy question to answer without having access to each site’s analytics data and knowing their goals and objectives. But it is possible to make some basic comparisons using data from some of the free tools that are available. So which news sites are getting the most out of their social media efforts?

Sites 176

Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

Laura Hale May 4, 2010 at 10:01 pm Interesting data. But interesting read and I really appreciate how you laid out how you got this data and why you did the data collection method you chose. Great take on NBA/social media. Chicago Bulls were about where I’d expect them.

Team 165

Team Engagement Facebook Press Release 165

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Content 116

Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Twitter 145

Twitter Press Release Syndication Blogroll 145

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Study 147

Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

There is a lot more data in the Cision study , so I recommend downloading it to get the whole story. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! So I guess the takeaway there is go after the new folks.

Social Media 122

Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Related posts: News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

Digg 166

Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Press Release 101

Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! – If You de-Index Will They Still Come? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

News 101

News Google Hitwise Press Release 101

Saying It Social

MARCH 25, 2010

Next I log into my Google Analytics account to get the latest data for my clients. Basically this will render Google Analytics data useless. Well, apparently, (and unfortunately in my opinion) that part of my routine may be about to change. What does that mean for us Google Analytics junkies?? What are your feelings?

Analytics 124

Analytics Google StumbleUpon Digg 124

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

There are several tabs within PostRank, each designed to give you a unique view of the data. Below this data, are the actual tweets about the post and who tweeted them. The Trends Page What I like: Again, quick, at-a-glance data shows which posts are most popular. Love how easy it is to read and interpret.

Postrank 134

Postrank Analytics Tools Klout 134

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

News 181

News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here are five ways to mitigate seasonal search traffic declines: Go after hot topics – Regularly monitor the top searches, topics and trend data published by search engines and social media sites for content ideas and opportunities. It’s not easy to chase search trends as there is a danger of always ending up one step behind.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Conclusions It is important to note that everyone’s Google results are a bit different based on what data center they are hitting, when they do the search, the degree of personalization, etc. In fact even running the same queries 30 minutes later gave me different results in some cases than what is pictured above.

News 113

News List Google Embedding 113

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Sites 238

Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

search to get click data on each of those shortened URLs. reports from its search page are not very complete or accurate (you get better data on URLs you’ve personally shortened in your history when signed into bit.ly). Of those 51 releases, 28 included a bit.ly URL, so I tried using bit.ly URLs in Muck Rack releases.

Press Release 145

Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Social Media 100

Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Content 112

Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Examples 102

Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Capturing data on only “official” accounts and pages was actually somewhat difficult (I welcome corrections if I’ve missed any). Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Team 209

Team Twitter Facebook Sports 209

Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Video 111

Video Avatar Press Release Survey 111

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Engineering 100

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

I looked at referral data for 2008, 2009 and 2010 to-date and for comparison also included Facebook and Digg. 10 newspaper and magazines sites is not a sufficient sample so take this survey for what it is, but the data does provide a rough idea of what major publishers are experiencing. I’d like to get more data on that.

Survey 193

Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

SEO 101

SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This is data driven and not an “arbitrary decision.” Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! For example the Charlotte Observer is likely to be given more weight on stories about North Carolina.

News 158

News Google Tips Press Release 158