Hello Amy,
I think you are right that they have started to appear on practically
every site these days. But does it make sense? I think what is
important here is to map or put the relevant icons on the types of
sites that are existing. By this I mean, for example: on networking
sites only networki
Hi there Amy,
There is an initiative to merge these icons into a single standard
icon (like RSS and OPML) that acts as a single display point for a
bunch of bookmarking providers, that essentially provide the same
functional benefit.
View this link for more info:
http://shareicons.com/
How this
I can't personally speak to any research that shows usage rates of
specific links, but I do believe social links can be very effective.
As more users adopt aspects of the social net into their lives,
"email this item of interest to a friend" becomes less valuable
then "broadcast this item of inte
Hello all,
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts (or even better, research) about the
use of those little social bookmarking/sharing icons that are now so
ubiquitous. Are people using them? Do *you* use them? Are they appropriate for
all types of sites? They seem best suited to news sites an
