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    Pinterest Analytics: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / March 16, 2013

    social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news.

    To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

    What's New This Week?

    Pinterest Launches Free Web Analytics:  Pinterest Web Analytics “give site owners insights into how people are interacting with pins that originate from their websites.”

    pinterest analytics
    "If you have a verified website, you'll get information about how many people have pinned from your site, how many people have seen these pins and how many people visited your site from Pinterest."

    Facebook Updates Timeline: This new Timeline update provides “better ways for apps to appear on Timeline, improved controls for users and streamlined tools for setting up Open Graph.”

    new facebook timeline
    The latest Timeline update is gradually rolling out with these new features.

    Discussion From Our Networking Clubs: Thousands of social media marketers and small business owners are asking questions and helping others in our free Networking Clubs. Here are a few interesting discussions worth highlighting:

    • Have you been doing Facebook advertising lately?
    • How do you handle negative comments?
    • Google Reader is shutting down July 1. What's your favorite alternative?

    Google Closes Google Reader on July 1: If you currently use Google Reader, check out these other RSS subscription services. “Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months.”

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    Google Reader users get this message now when signing in.

    Twitter Supports Line Breaks in Tweets: Twitter.com and the official Twitter app now allow you to spread out your message across with different lines of text, within the 140-character limit.

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    FIND YOUR NEXT FAVORITE TOOL

    LINEBREAKS#newattwitter

    — Twitter for News (@TwitterForNews) March 13, 2013

    Vimeo Introduces On Demand Functionality:  Vimeo On Demand is “a totally open platform that enables you to sell your work directly to your audience.” This service is for Vimeo PRO members and there's a 90/10 revenue split, customizable design and lots of flexibility and control.

    Twitter Revamps Ad Center: This update “improves campaign reporting, provides more visibility into campaign performance, analytics and spend and also makes it easier to manage campaigns in real time.”

    twitter ads center
    This update focuses on improving campaign analytics.

    Here are some interesting updates to follow:

    More Languages Are Available in Your Twitter Archive: Check out the new languages available for Twitter archives.

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    Your Twitter Archive is now available in: Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish and Spanish.

    — Twitter (@twitter) March 11, 2013

    FTC Says to Use ‘Ad:' In Sponsored Tweets: And check out the updated FTC Guidelines.

    Here's an interesting social media tool to note:

    Mention: A tool to “create alerts for your brand, your industry, your company, your name or your competitors and be informed in real time about any mentions on the web and social web.”

    mention
    The Mention app allows you to monitor and be updated in real time about any mentions over the web and social web.

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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