Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

But I wouldn’t have expected Digg to be a strong second, since the social news site is known for sending large spikes of visitors that quickly scan the page and then move on. For many news sites (especially poorly optimized ones) search engine referrals are still considerably below 20% of total traffic.

Hitwise 124

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? The price point opens at $2.95

Communities 108

Communities Social Media Journal Diagrams 108

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Blogging helps you build community (especially via comments), establish thought leadership, bring links to your website (both internally, perhaps to products or to other articles on your blog, and externally, when people like what you say and opt to link to you), and get you some nice traffic. Give to your community. Customer Service.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

The bottom line: If your content is good enough to stand on its own, it will be Retweeted. Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships.

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Content is NOT Always King and SEO is not always bad : Wil Reynolds explains that search engines can’t choose the best content and those pages with great content may not rank so high. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. You May Already be Pro!

SEO 162

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162