ShareThis: Facebook sharing is winning
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Here comes even more data showing that Facebook’s redesign is working. ShareThis — which makes a widget for sharing news stories via social networks, social news sites, and even good, old-fashioned email — just revealed that among ShareThis users, Facebook sharing is on the rise while virtually every other channel is down.
Sharing via email still dominated in January, accounting for 57.1 percent of stories on ShareThis. But that’s down 6.9 percent since August, while Facebook… Continue Reading
Share this post on ShareThis raising $15 million
You usually see this logo (left) at the bottom of our posts since we use ShareThis to let readers share a story with their friends or co-workers. But it’s up top today because the San Francisco-based company has raised $15 million.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson led the round to support the promotion of the media-sharing service. The company has created a sharing button that can be easily embedded into web pages. A user clicks on the button,… Continue Reading