Adam Sherk
JULY 9, 2009
In looking at syndicated content on Yahoo News, most of the syndicated articles do not include attribution links (each news source likely has to request or provide them), but among those that do exist there is a problem. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?
Adam Sherk
JUNE 30, 2009
However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.
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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.
Adam Sherk
DECEMBER 2, 2009
Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010.
Adam Sherk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
Some news sites are supplementing content links with direct questions and comments to users, but this does not appear to be happening in any significant volume. To judge user engagement and activity, I also calculated the average number of “likes” and comments that the last 10 updates/links to each page received. NPR 489,413 513.5
Adam Sherk
OCTOBER 8, 2009
Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. My post on syndication best practices covers ways to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content. From a SEO perspective, the best approach is to avoid this practice altogether.
Adam Sherk
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Adam Sherk February 26, 2010 at 9:46 am On a different note, the irony is not lost on me that my post on retweet buttons has gotten hardly any retweets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Thanks for sharing.
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