{"id":5024,"date":"2023-02-02T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:42:20","slug":"chrome-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/blog\/chrome-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"BuzzSumo’s Bigger And Better Chrome Extension: Analyze As You Browse, Read, Google, Tweet\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Friday, 20<\/span>th<\/span> November 2015, Twitter will be<\/span> retiring the share count figure on their buttons<\/span><\/a> along with the associated API used to retrieve it. This means after Friday it will not be easy to see the number of times an article has been shared on Twitter. We know many of our users value this count, so we have been working on a new way of calculating and providing the number of Twitter shares.<\/span><\/p>\n

Introducing the BuzzSumo Chrome Extension<\/h3>\n

We suspect many people will not be aware of the change and come Monday there may be many asking \u201cwhere do I find my Twitter share count?\u201d or \u201chow can I see how many people shared my post on Twitter?\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to assist we have developed a BuzzSumo Chrome extension<\/a> that people can install which will show the share data, including the number of Twitter sharers, for any web page. You can download and install the extension here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are Twitter Shares Important?<\/h3>\n

We believe that Twitter shares, like other social shares, are important. If a thousand people have shared an article it indicates that the article has more value and relevance than an article that has been shared by say just five people.<\/span><\/p>\n

We accept that Twitter share counts can be inflated by bots and by multiple sharing. There is also no guarantee that someone sharing a post has actually read it. That said we still believe there is value in having Twitter share counts as they are one indicator of social proof and value. They can be combined with other data to provide a more comprehensive view but social shares are an important element within any assessment. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is a view shared by Facebook. The Facebook <\/span>News Feed uses likes and shares as part of their algorithm to determine relevant content.<\/span> According to Will Cathcart<\/span><\/a>, Facebook News Feed Director, the \u2018most powerful determinants of whether a post is shown in the feed\u2019 include:<\/span><\/p>\n