Update: Hey folks, this page has been getting a lot of traffic (thanks in no small part to SmashingMagazine) and so I thought I would just throw an update here saying that the old Social Media Metrics plugin is discontinued. But all is not lost! You can find all the same functionality in the Better Google Analytics Firefox Extension.
We received a ton of great feedback from the social media and link bait community so I thought we should take this tool to the next level. Not only will it pull the social media metrics right into Google Analytics Content Detail reports automatically, but the icons are interactive. As an example: if you had zero diggs you could click the digg icon and it will automatically take you to the digg submission page.
New metrics pulled into GA include: (more to come soon)
Digg
Sphinn
Mixx
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Del.icio.us
Case-sensitive to the url.
Yahoo inLinks
Case-sensitive to the url.
I expect this script will save you a ton of time. Look forward to your feedback.
Here is a partial screen shot of the script in action:
Note: if you notice a bug, or have an idea on how we can improve this, then please let us know in the comments section below.
Notice:
If the link circled in orange, in the screen shot above, is not correct, then the resulting social media metric data will be incorrect. For anyone that uses the same analytics account for multiple subdomains, for example, this plugin will not retrieve accurate metrics for the page.
Instructions on installing the script:
Step 0: (Only applies to those who were previously Adding Digg Count to GA) If you were using the older version of this script, it will need to be removed. To remove it, right-click on the towards the bottom right of your Firefox browser, and go to “Manage User Scripts…” Find “Add Digg Count to Google Analytics” and click “Uninstall”
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