What Social Media Buttons/Links When & Where?

[RoyMcClean]

Our web development team members are having a debate on when and where to add various social media buttons / links. The crux of the debate is when does adding various calls to social media services become detrimental to page load time.

We have really been focusing recently on optimizing page load speed using YSlow and Google Page Speed tools to tweak templates and pages as much as possible.

Our webmaster argues that we should be selective on what pages we add Google+, Facebook LIKE, Twitter/Follow buttons. e.g. just 'important' pages such as the home page. Here is a forum link that speaks of this... http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4358033.htm

Bottom line? What are your thoughts on when and where to place various social media buttons and links for Google+, Facebook LIKE and Twitter/Follow.

Thanks,
Roy McClean

P.S. We have pretty much agreed to use AddThis button set on our clients' blog pages that includes FB LIKE and SEND, Google+, Twitter and the AddThis general share buttons.

[BTeubner]

Hey Roy,

It's an interesting debate. On one hand, every page can be a landing page so you want to maximize opportunities. On the other, how much is too much. I guess you could put it all over and measure it's usage and make a decision based on that?