If you run a blog or website of any kind, chances are you’re always trying to encourage more people to talk about and share your pages and posts through a variety of channels, including social media and e-mail.
For many sites, adding social sharing buttons is a simple and effective way to quickly boost pageviews and sharing stats. Unfortunately, it can also be a way to clutter up your pages, confuse your users, and cause massive bugs and layout issues.
Here’s a quick guide to best practices for adding social sharing buttons to your site or blog.
1. Use a Catchall Service
One way of getting a streamlined row of similarly styled buttons on your pages is using a catchall service like ShareThis or AddToAny. These services will generate a tidy interface — just a few lines of code — for you to place on your site.
The downside is that these buttons may not have the big, call-to-action impact of a Twitter or Facebook stand-alone button. And they may not give you a count of the number of shares. The upside is that you can’t really screw them up too much. If your site is prone to clutter, this might be a good idea for you. Most of these services will also give you a decent dashboard for analytics.
Here are a few services to try out.
- Add to Any features the most streamlined sharing button we’ve seen. This service’s stats can be rolled into Google Analytics.
- Add This is a popular sharing platform with a huge list of services readers and users can share through. The interface isn’t unpleasant (as many catchall interfaces are), and it can be customized to feature small or larg e buttons for popular...
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