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Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

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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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research

Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

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.

Engineering

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

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Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release

10 Steps to Creating Reader-Oriented Blog Content

Kikolani

JANUARY 9, 2013

You can get to know your readers by creating surveys and polls designed to gather data. Set up RSS feeds for Google Search Results for terms that are relevant. You can also set up Google News RSS feeds in the same way. 4) Use Good Search Engine Optimization Practices. 1) Know Your Reader. Be creative. 2) Know Your Niche.

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Content Adwords RSS Survey

Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First, a study of 33 million unique users from Chitika’s network in September showed that visitors coming from Facebook and Digg were more loyal than those coming from the three major search engines and Twitter. For many news sites (especially poorly optimized ones) search engine referrals are still considerably below 20% of total traffic.

Hitwise

Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey

Fetching Friday – 21 Marketing Links

Kikolani

JULY 5, 2013

Please take a moment to fill out this survey. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. How Much Bloggers Charge to Publish Sponsored Content – Most bloggers surveyed (60%) charge fees to work with brands or publish sponsored content.

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Domain Name Marketing Embedding RSS

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Related posts: Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Study News Press Release Report

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

When it comes to interactive media buys it looks like Google and the other search engines still offer marketers the best opportunities online. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

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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Sites News Syndication Content

Content Curation Tools: A Curated List of Content Curation Tools

Razor Social

AUGUST 10, 2017

The following chart is taken from a survey conducted by Curata (content curation and content marketing platform), showing how businesses share curated content with their customers and prospects. As you can see, only 5% of those surveyed said that they never share curated content. Feedly is an excellent tool for aggregating RSS feeds.

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Curation Curata Storify Tools

News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Unfortunately The Huffington Post’s success with search engine visibility has created a “HuffPo effect” in which other news organizations try to copy their blog formula. But search engines don’t need 10+ different paths to the same content, and over-linking to a vast number of tag pages makes poor use of a site’s of internal link structure.

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Sites News Press Release SEO

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Actually it would work online, if not for search engines giving users access to everything in one place and filtering out duplicate content to improve their experience. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. That works great in print and broadcast but not so much online.

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

WP Engine – Get $25 off of each month for the first 2 months of WordPress hosting service with the coupon code blackcyber. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Search Engines / SEO. Blogging / Content.

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Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

Hitwise

Hitwise News Report Press Release

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

Hitwise

Hitwise News Report Press Release

Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences' Social.

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

For news and content sites the task is fairly straightforward as lots of users are already subscribed to their RSS feeds, Twitter accounts, Facebook Pages, etc. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. If not how do we get there? Related posts: Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle?

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity. The major engines all produce some form of hot topic/trend list, and several third-party and social media sites do as well. Does this work? So how do you monitor these trends?

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Things that news and content sites should look at include: What terms and content types brought in the most search engine referral traffic? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What were your top referrers/trends in Web search, news search, image search, blog search and video search?

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Trends How To Digg Press Release

Who Profits From Social Media?

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 20, 2011

Conduct a little survey and choose the sites that have the most potential for helping you grow your business where you want it to grow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 So what is meant by social media? You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Social Media Small Business Case Study Press Release

Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Previously the only way to get the more comprehensive version into Google News was to republish the article on a new URL, which was not the best experience for either on-site or search engine users. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Google Syndication Press Release

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

In terms of search engine visibility, as of today the Tumblr site is #9 in my Google results for “Newsweek” so it’s working its way up. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. But it would be nice to see the Tumblr site have a more interactive feel.

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication

About.Me: A Good Starting Place On The Web? | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2011

But I recently took a quick survey of About.Me I wouldn’t expect a great deal of search engine traffic from About.Me.Me domain names don’t typically do well in the search engines. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 I’ve always been a proponent of your own domain name.

Small Business

Small Business Domain Name Case Study Press Release

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

But I don’t think I’d ever simply type “breaking news” into a search engine. It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

But I don’t think I’d ever simply type “breaking news” into a search engine. It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

That relevancy combined with the fact that the article is likely to be shared and linked to frequently strengthens its ability to compete for search engine visibility. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. So far Google seems to agree. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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So just how much do social media consultants get paid? | Freelance.

Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

“No one we surveyed named an hourly consulting rate below $150 per hour. Social media (or in many cases Search Engine Optimization) consulting is probably making a fair number of people six figures. 300 per hour was the most common rate named. What are these people doing? A lot of this work is about communication skills.&#

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Consultant Social Media Foursquare RSS

A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Releases are posted on their press release page (and in its RSS feed) and tweeted via @muckrack , which currently has 5k+ followers. Based on their press release page and RSS feed, since the service launched in late July they’ve distributed 51 press releases, a small number being their own.

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Press Release

Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll

Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites

Adam Sherk

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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News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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News Sites Yahoo Facebook

NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

CNN.com is soliciting user feedback by including a prominent survey link at the top of the page: It will be interesting to see how NewsPulse changes user behavior on the site over time. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Press Release Digg Survey

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. 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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Sites News Engagement Facebook

I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. – If You de-Index Will They Still Come? Google-less? Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough?

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News Google Hitwise Press Release

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the.

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

xid=rss (or ?xid=topstories Fortunately the major engines came to the rescue in February with the Canonical URL tag , which allows sites to identify which URL is the canonical or primary version of a page. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. xid=topstories or ?cid=partner

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

News

News Press Release Survey SEO

31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Social and Alternative Search Engines. A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. Granted, the web is littered with “Google killer&# alternative search engines, but Blekko , created by Rich Skrenta and Mike Markson, is really cool.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos

Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Related posts: 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. CNN has launched Looking for Loved Ones in Haiti to help people trying to connect with missing family and friends.

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News Sites Digg Press Release

Google Spreadsheets Update: Blessing in Disguise for Marketers…

The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

While scanning through the feeds in my ‘RSS Feed Reader’ , I discovered an interesting update in Google Spreadsheets. The Problem There are various form builders and online-survey tools out there but the ‘marketers’ face tough time to convince the respondents in filling up those web-based survey-forms.

Google

Google Web 2.0 Startup Survey

The Daily Show Visits The New York Times

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. 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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Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare

Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Sites News Postrank Engagement

Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Press Release

Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad

25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Adam Sherk April 14, 2010 at 10:13 am Mike, you’re right that Yahoo News is more of a content site than a news search engine, and since I’d included Aol News that was an omission. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. I just ran its numbers.

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Sites News Yahoo Journal

Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines

Trending Sources

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

10 Steps to Creating Reader-Oriented Blog Content

Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Fetching Friday – 21 Marketing Links

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

Content Curation Tools: A Curated List of Content Curation Tools

News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences' Social.

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Who Profits From Social Media?

Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

About.Me: A Good Starting Place On The Web? | Small Business Mavericks

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

So just how much do social media consultants get paid? | Freelance.

A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites

News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages

NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the.

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Google Spreadsheets Update: Blessing in Disguise for Marketers…

The Daily Show Visits The New York Times

Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

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