Google Social Sharing Analytics

Social Sharing Analytics

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Social Sharing AnalyticsWebmasters have access to social sharing data via Google’s socialplug–in tracking capabilities for Facebook, Twitter, and Google +1.What are social plug–ins?Social plug–ins are tools that allow users to share your website’scontent via social platforms.What activities are tracked in Google Analytics Social Reports?• Google +1• “Tweets” (Twitter)• “Likes”, “Unlikes”, “Shares” (Facebook)

Social Sharing Analytics Measuring social interactions: Social interaction is when a visitor to your website likes your page on Facebook, or clicks the Twitter button or Google’s +1, or even a share on LinkedIn. If your using the +1 button, Google Analytics provides integrated reporting right out of the box. So if you have set up both Google +1 and the latest version of Google Analytics on the same page, all +1 social interactions will be automatically reported, no extra setting up necessary. Reporting for other networks like Facebook or Twitter, is a little more work and you’ll need to integrate Google Analytics with each network button.

Social Sharing AnalyticsThe first thing you need to know is that the socialreports run off goals within Google Analytics.If you already have goals set up, your reports (foundby clicking Standard Reports > Traffic Sources >Social > Overview) should already be showing yousome data, however if your only seeing $0 values, youneed to create some goals.We won’t go to in depth on how to create goals hereas we covered that in our Google Analytics tutorial soif you haven’t checked that out we suggest you do so.

Social Sharing Analytics Next you’ll need to use the social tracking code or you’ll just see lots of Google+ events. Supernova Tip: This isn’t data that I would review daily. Maybe bi-weekly or monthly. Unless you needed it sooner.

Social Sharing AnalyticsTo send social interaction data to Google Analyticswe call the _trackSocial() method wherever we haveadded the share button/social plugin:Read our blog: Using Google Analyticsto Monitor Your Social Media Traffic

Social Sharing AnalyticsWe won’t go into fine details here because it is a lot of codeand JavaScript and if you are not all that familiar with thecoding aspect of your site, it will look like another languageall together (in fact, it is!)• See the Facebook Developer Docs on loading the like Button.• See the Twitter Developers Docs on loading the Tweet Button• See the LinkedIn Plugin Developer to get a Share Button• Visit Google’s Social Analytics page for a closer look at the code involved in tracking you social media buttons.• Another great resource can be found on the Lunametrics Blog

Social Sharing Analytics With social media being used every minute of the day and driving traffic to your site, it is an invaluable metric that should be tracked and reviewed. With this, you can determine what impact these buttons have on your site and your business.

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About Nancy Bain Nancy is a business owner, educator, and business strategist with more than 20 years experience. When she is not advising and teaching people about social media, Nancy spends a lot of her own time using social media. Find Nancy online: Google+ : Nancy Bain Like Supernova Media on Follow Nancy on Twitter Facebook Visit her Website Find her on LinkedIn Follow her Blog And visit her YouTube Channel

Google Social Sharing Analytics

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