New Social Media Toys: Twitter's Follow Button & Google's +1 Button
  • Jess@RemixTheVideoJess@RemixTheVideo
    As you might have heard, Twitter and Google recently rolled out their Follow Button and +1 Button, respectively.  One of my favorite things having started a music blog is the implementation of new social media features and seeing them in action.  With that said, I recently added them both to http://www.remixthevideo.com.  

    I believe the Follow Button from Twitter will dramatically increase my number of followers.  Before my recent redesign, I didn't even have a link to our Twitter page, so we have a lot of room to grow and this will surely speed things up.  The Follow Button is similar to Facebook's Like Box in a way that people can Follow you without ever leaving your website.  You can easily get those impulsive follows, which is the main reason I have both featured on my website.

    The Google +1 featured on my site is more of an experiment.  I think it has great potential to increase a site's SEO.  If people begin using it in large numbers, it would dramatically change the concept of SEO.

    Anyways, what are your thoughts on these two new features?

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  • jason@indieshufflejason@indieshuffle
    Let's not forget Tumblr's share button!
  • Jess@RemixTheVideoJess@RemixTheVideo
    Yep! I added that with the redesign.  I was thinking adding Tumblr share button would help since the demographic who uses RTV is likely to have a Tumblr.  I know it has been used but it is hard to tell if there has been a share or not.. They definitely could make it better.
  • tianatiana
    If Google's +1 button affected SEO, that could be exploited so bad.
  • jason@indieshufflejason@indieshuffle
    It does affect SEO. The +1 button impacts search results in that if your friends have +1'ed something, they're going to tailor your search results so that you see those posts. That way you can blame your friend if a post sucks :-)

    I'm a little biased given that I work at Google -- so optimistic that it'll have a good impact. I tried installing it on my site last night, but it didn't work well with the Ajaxed URLs :-(
  • tianatiana
    I'll just wait til Shareaholic adds it to their supported thingies then I'll try it out
  • Jess@RemixTheVideoJess@RemixTheVideo
    Tiana, I would recommend ditching shareaholic.  I promise that you will see much better sharing across the board using the official buttons and implementing them manually.

    For example, to tweet something from your site using Sharaholic, I need connect to Twitter first before even pressing Tweet.  If you remove as many steps as possible for your users to share and they will share more.
  • tianatiana
    for the twitter thing, you only have to sign in once and it doesnt ask you again. I don't mind it, it works for me so far :), I find that people use the buttons on a regular basis so it doenst bother me so far :)
  • TsuruTsuru
    If someone likes your shit, they'll share it. If they can't be bothered to click something twice, fuck 'em! 
  • tianatiana
    ya exactly haha
  • Jess@RemixTheVideoJess@RemixTheVideo
    Some people can't figure how to add an mp3 to their itunes... that's all I'm saying.  Best make it as easy as possible for them.
  • TsuruTsuru
    itunes can suck a limp dick.

    Besides, facebook is king. url + status = shared.  And for the copy/paste-challenged, the share buttons work swell. 

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