The Realtime Report

JULY 5, 2012

Time magazine has become one of the most popular news brands on Google+, with over 1.2 According to Sharick, knowing your audience is key; she advises anyone managing a news site to keep asking questions and figure out what the audience finds most interesting. “We are posting content that we know resonates with the readers.

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The Social Media Incubator

MARCH 5, 2014

Flipboard has announced they have acquired Zite and will be working with their team, as well as CNN, to create an “unparalleled personal magazine” for all readers. Zite Co-Founder Mike Klaas said , “Together, we’re going to build the most wonderful place to read news that has ever existed.”

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

Which news sites get the most engagement on their Google+ pages? It’s been a year since I took an early look at engagement rates for news organizations on Google+ , so I thought I’d revisit the topic and do a fresh comparison. 2 BBC News 147.34 5 The New York Times 94.39 6 Breaking News 75.56

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Twist Image

MAY 15, 2012

When was the last time you discussed Time Magazine around the dinner table? It all started when one friend leaned into the table and spoke (in an almost embarrassed whisper), "Did any of you see the cover of Time Magazine ? The real question is this: why did Time Magazine run with that cover story? breastfeeding?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Whenever I do a presentation on Google+ for publishers I mention that quite a few news and content brands are among the most followed pages. Today I thought I’d check to see just how many news and content sites are among the top 500 pages on Google+. The Most Followed News and Content Sites on Google+. Top 100: 28% (28).

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

What are news organizations doing to increase user activity and engagement on their Facebook pages? Here are five good ideas for news media Facebook pages: 1) Use Geotargeting. Print publishers, particularly magazines, have a powerful draw that they can use to their advantage: people love to see their name in print.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

While on The Huffington Post yesterday I couldn’t help but notice the large number of tags they’d added to a couple posts on the Kim Kardashian photo in W Magazine, and the terms being targeted. Related posts: Blog Tag Optimization Tips for News Sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2010 YouTube is both a major opportunity and an interesting challenge for news sites. So I thought I’d investigate how well news sites are doing at building channel subscribers and video views.

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The Social Media Incubator

AUGUST 21, 2013

Many of us don’t have the time to comb through every site we get our news from. We’ve picked our top three news reader apps! Flipboard is described as a “personal magazine” for users to catch up on the news they care about. Pulse allows you to organize your news outlets according to category.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

This is where we go for breaking news and to connect with journalists, policymakers and politicians. After several years of decline, the 2020 pandemic has more Canadians checking out the news from mainstream media outlets. In fact, we’re spending about a half an hour more each day consuming news content.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I saw Malcolm Coles’ post on Google’s reading level scores for UK newspapers and thought it would be fun to do the same thing for US news sites. Last week Google released a new search filter that allows users to refine search results by reading level. So what reading level does Google assign to major news sites in the US?

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Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the news feed algorithm will be changing in a way that impacts brands and publishers. He made it crystal clear that we all will see less brand content in our news feed. 10 Power Tips to Create Facebook Content That Owns the News Feed Like a Boss. Facebook 2018 is all About Engagement.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 10, 2012

News organizations (along with businesses of all kinds) have been able to create official Google+ pages for a couple months now so I thought I’d check in and see how their pages are doing. Normally in posts like Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Breaking News 19.34 NBC News 28.47 BBC News 21.06

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? by Adam Sherk on October 6, 2010 It is safe to say that most news sites are now experimenting with various forms of user engagement and content promotion through social media. on their site).

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them. ABC News 7,482 8.4

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Adam Sherk

MAY 30, 2012

In preparing for the Pinterest portion I took a look at the pinning activity of local TV news teams. There are some good examples out there however such as Fox 8 News in Cleveland, KARK 4 News in Little Rock, Seattle’s KING 5 and WHSV 3 in Harrisonburg, VA. Related posts: NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 24, 2012

So I thought I’d check in on the PageSpeed scores for a selection of major news sites. For this year’s comparison I started with the group of sites I looked at last year (see Google Page Speed Ratings One Year Later ) and added in the majority of sites from News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. Three digit URLs are not required if you submit an XML news sitemap.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. So how well do major news sites perform in these areas?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. 2,461,060 2 @cnnbrk 77.3% and 78.5%.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JUNE 3, 2022

At Harvey Mudd College, she is part of a small but mighty communications team that produces everything from web content to alumni magazines to academic department newsletters to social media and more. Sarah Barnes has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor for print and digital communications.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately. The short answer? Not so many.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 21, 2010

This new site will be designed to appeal to the highly valuable 25-49 year-old audience, and enable the Msnbc Digital Network to offer consumers another compelling site in its collection of innovative and powerful news brands. Wonderwall features a horizontal scroll, mimicking a traditional magazine. Time will tell.

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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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News by Adam Sherk on January 28, 2010 Now that the first wave in the Apple iPad crazy-a-thon has past, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of what people are saying about the iPad from the perspective of the news media.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites: Tame Your Blog Tags by Adam Sherk on February 19, 2010 Ever notice all the tags that some blogs add to their posts? Adding a few meaningful tags is fine, but news sites in particular have a habit of taking this practice much too far.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

This is where we go for breaking news and to connect with journalists, businesses and politicians. After several years of decline, the 2020 pandemic has more Canadians checking out the news from mainstream media outlets. In fact, we’re spending about a half an hour more each day consuming news content.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Socialized

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

A few weeks ago, before New Years, Time magazine announced that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was its 2010 Person of the Year. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was a runner-up in the magazine's ratings. Many thought the recognition was a year or two behind the curve. Too bad Time went with.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable by Guest on September 10, 2010 This is a guest post from Aaron Goldman , author of Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google. – Adam The traditional news business, as we have known it, is dead. Look at AOL.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Blekko officially launching this week the new search engine is getting a lot of attention particularly in the search marketing community because of SEO data it provides. But I was curious to compare the data provided for major news sites. In the table below the news sites are ranked by hostrank. 1 BBC News 7,660.6

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Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Buried News Sites on Digg by Adam Sherk on July 23, 2009 It’s no secret that mainstream news sites are experiencing increased exposure on social news sites like Digg. Related posts: News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

This is encouraging news for publishers as previously once an article was indexed in Google News no changes or updates to it would be registered. So if an article was accidently published with a typo in the headline and then corrected, Google News would still display the erroneous headline.

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Stay N' Alive

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

There is one thing Facebook is overlooking right now, and with what I have seen in the news industry, I think Facebook may be blind-sighted at what I think is going to happen. The answer lies in the local news orgs. The truth is, the current state of local news is in trouble. People are seeking their news online.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites.

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