Addthis widget tracking success

[seoninja20]

Hi All,

How do I know if people are using an addthis widget setup on product pages. The widget seems to be in an annoying location for me personally and I want to move it or replace it with just a few social media buttons.

• How do I track its effectiveness?

• Would you use Addthis widget or manual buttons on ecommerce?

Thanks in advance!

[Andy.Drinkwater]

I dont use Addthis, but do you not have an admin area to track clicks?

Try and always keep Social up high where possible, unless it isn't feasible

[EGOL]

How do I track its effectiveness?

AddThis has analytics for your account.  You can go in there and see what is getting shared, what service it is shared by and a lot more.  If you change location of the widget you can see if it changed the number of actions that you are getting.

You can even see how many people click on the shares via facebook.  If it gets more than 100% rate they call it "viral".

Would you use Addthis widget or manual buttons on ecommerce?

We have add this on every page of every important site that we own - retail and information. We have it at two locations on every page of our information site.  The big buttons in the header and smaller buttons within content.

[RyanKent]

How do I track AddThis effectiveness?

AddThis offers analytics on their website. They will also email reports to you as per a schedule you establish on their site.

The widget seems to be in an annoying location for me personally and I want to move it or replace it with just a few social media buttons.

You should have complete control over the location the widget appears along with the size and composition of the widget.

My default preference is to offer the following buttons: facebook, twitter, google +1, preference 1, bookmark, mail, addthis. To clarify, these are all provided from the addthis widget. You can add or remove any button as desired. The most popular buttons you want to appear while the less popular buttons would require the user to hover over or click on the addthis button to access over 300 other social sharing tools.

Would you use Addthis widget or manual buttons on ecommerce?

Yes. Social sharing can give a significant lift to SEO and sales.

[seoninja20]

You guys are great, Thanks. I'm amazed by your response times and even AddThis came back to me by email in under a minute.