SocialToo to Offer Analytics for Facebook & Other Profiles
Today, SocialToo has launched a new way to track Facebook profile traffic.
In light of Facebook's recently announced vanity URL availability, founder Jesse Stay writes, "We're extending our existing Facebook profile redirect URLs, which redirect yourusername.socialtoo.com to your Facebook profile, and adding an additional layer of analytics to the whole process. So tonight, you'll be able to get a Facebook vanity URL and get the SEO benefits, but the URL you'll want to hand out to all your friends will be your SocialToo vanity URL because we'll provide statistics around those clicking on the URL, the browsers they're using, where they're located, and where they're clicking from." And yes, there's an app for that.
Stay said SocialToo will soon be providing a related API for Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed clients to integrate, retrieve, and provide further statistics for each user's Facebook profile. Future releases will also include the ability to track which specific Twitter, FriendFeed, and Facebook users are clicking on a user's SocialToo URL.
Here are some examples of the types of data users will be able to see:
To get the analytics-powered profile, all a user needs to do is register an account, click on the link to get a special code from Facebook, provide the code (along with a SocialToo username and password), and submit that information. No Twitter username is necessary, although providing Twitter information will give users additional features for Twitter. When the user logs in, he will see the new "SocialStats" tab with statistics for their URL.
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a fancy tool for people with millions of followers :-)
Social Media Marketing Analytics. How sweet the sound! I can't wait to play with this once fB opens up personalized URIs! :)
This service seems like it could surface some interesting statistics. Too bad their registration page is confusing and seems completely broken at the moment. I get the following error every time I hit submit:
Username, [username] already exists. Please try another username.
No matter what username I try, the same thing occurs. I've even appended crazy numbers to no avail. Having things so broken when you get some attention is unlucky. Perhaps I'll try again later.
Jared, that probably means your registration was successful. I just fixed a bug with that which should keep it from happening but you should be able to log in now. Send me an e-mail to contact@socialtoo.com if you still have issues.
The greatest benefit of Facebook is that it has many groups on the site that you can join. So if you are interested in Chicago Cubs you can research Chicago Cubs in the groups section and you will be able to find friends on there that like the Cubs. This is just one example, I know that you can join groups of your favorite football team, television show, or whatever you want for the most part! If you can't find a group for your interest, you can simply create one!
James
fbuser.com wants offer similar service