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And, they are doing quite well too - http://siteanalytics.compete.com/sharethis.com/?metric=uv
One of them got me to the front page of digg.
That's enough evidence for me. It's about maximizing space. AddThis is the best in that respect.
I don't know how effective it is. But, do you all know that there is actually a startup behind this "share this" button? http://sharethis.com/ And, they are doing quite well too - http://siteanalytics.compete.com/sharethis.com/?metric=uv
All this is speculation, we need data. Someone needs to write a script for Share This which records every time someone clicks on it and then compare those numbers to the amount of actual traffic, to find out what percentage of visitors click that button. Volunteers?
Past year: 1.5 million visits, 4.7 million pageviews, and 108 "saves" via AddThis.
In the past month, 40% of saves were for Facebook, 40% for Google Bookmarks, and 20% for browser bookmarks.
As I user I do use these buttons, when I am not on my personal machines. If I am on one of my own machines, I use the wonderful Firefox plugin Shareaholic http://www.shareaholic.com/ to easily share links. As a developer would I use these buttons? Yes. Why use these buttons when it is possible for users to manually share links using X service? Because these buttons reduce the cognitive load of sharing that link. Maki…
like another user mentioned, shareaholic looks pretty interesting. however, i think browser plugins are too high friction for an average user to install. has anyone implemented something similar as a bookmarklet?
I like that, I'm stealing it. :)
Did Ghandi use Share This buttons? Does it matter?
People who use those products already have bookmarklets or extensions or toolbars or whtever already installed.
It's more of a subtle way for publishers to tell their audiences to share with other people.
I don't believe the buttons offer ANY advantage because the people most likely to use them are the same crowd of enthusiasts that already have the bookmarklets in their "bookmark toolbar" that offer the exact same functionality.
As I user I do use these buttons, when I am not on my personal machines. If I am on one of my own machines, I use the wonderful Firefox plugin Shareaholic http://www.shareaholic.com/ to easily share links. As a developer would I use these buttons? Yes. Why use these buttons when it is possible for users to manually share links using X service? Because these buttons reduce the cognitive load of sharing that link. Maki…
like another user mentioned, shareaholic looks pretty interesting. however, i think browser plugins are too high friction for an average user to install. has anyone implemented something similar as a bookmarklet?