Track social shares of my webpage

[AymanH]

Hello !

I've just implemented new images on my website and I would like to know what is the best tool to track them on social media (how many are tweeted, shared on facebook, etc.).

The best would be a tool telling me that this photo was shared X times on faebook, Y times on twitter, etc;

What is the best tools for you ?

Tks a lot !

[AymanH]

Tks you Peter. I properly installed it, but after reading the last post I thought there were some stuff to fix.

Best regards

[crackingmedia]

Hi, depending on which CMS you are using there may be a plugin you can use to add the Google Analytics tracking code to your website.

Which CMS do you have?

With regard to the tracking code, if you haven't done so already you will need to create a Google Analytics account for your website domain. In the process you will be given a portion of code to include in your web pages. However, if you can use a plugin with your CMS all you need to get is the unique tracking ID for your website from your Google Analytics account. This will come in the format:

UA-xxxxxx-xx

where the Xs will be numbers.

I hope that helps,
Peter

[AymanH]

Hello

That's a very good way of doing it. As I'm not a technical expert it looks a bit difficult.

Do you know any easier way to integrate it into CMS ?

[browneco]

I have found the best way track Facebook and Twitter is through Google Analytics. Google Analytics automatically tracks Google Plus on initial setup, but for Facebook and twitter it requires additional code within the share buttons. You can find the documentation to setting this up at Google Developers Social Interactions - Web Tracking. Let me know if you have any additional questions or need any help with implementation.

[crackingmedia]

Hi, if you are not already a subscriber there are social tracking tools within Moz's new Moz Analytics in which you can for example track your site's "Most Engaging Posts".

Peter