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SociafyQ Forums: Recent Posts http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ SociafyQ Forums: Recent Posts en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:14:27 +0000 therendStudio on "Printing Charts" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=14#post-34 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:18:31 +0000 therendStudio 34@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ The data pages have now printer friendly styling. Thanks to Nicole Garland for bringing that issue up. However not all browsers are capable of printing the flash chart. Here's some results of testing different browsers: IE 8 - OK (be sure to restrict printing to 1 page as the second one is redundant) IE 7 - OK Google Chrome (4.1 on Windows, 5.0 on Linux) - OK SRWare Iron 4.0 on Linux - OK Safari 4.0 on Windows - Failed Opera (10.54 on Windows, 10.10 on Linux) - Failed Firefox (3.5.3 on Windows, 3.6.3 on Linux) - Failed therendStudio on "Facebook?" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=13#post-33 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:32:46 +0000 therendStudio 33@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ It's due to the (next in the row) change in facebook formats. Fan pages of the new format should be fixed now but if the change is not global - others might break... Also just about to deal with the new Cause page format... gwpinetree on "Facebook?" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=13#post-32 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:15:16 +0000 gwpinetree 32@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ I haven't seen any Facebook data since April 20. Anyone else having this issue? Greg therendStudio on "Embedding information help" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=10#post-27 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:11:14 +0000 therendStudio 27@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi, occforg. It was a key validation bug affecting users with higher ids. It should be fixed now. Thanks for reporting the issue. Daniel occforg on "Embedding information help" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=10#post-25 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:14:12 +0000 occforg 25@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ I'm attempting to embed the statistics for my trackers on my site but I get an error stating: Invalid authorization key. I'm using the embed code from the tracker page and pasting it into an HTML page. Any help is appreciated. dhcrusoe on "Widget troubles" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=9#post-24 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:57:25 +0000 dhcrusoe 24@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Greetings, Thanks for your note. We do know about the issues with the Netvibes widget, although they have proved difficult to peg down, and we don't have a solid timeframe on a fix. Specifically, we know that in some cases: A) The widgets do not work on iGoogle B) The widgets are rejecting the authorization code C) The widgets do not work behind some firewalls Cases when the widgets do work: A) Relatively unrestricted firewalls B) Apple Dashboard C) Netvibes platform We'll continue to look into the issue and post any updated information here. Thanks again for your error report, --Dave occforg on "Widget troubles" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=9#post-23 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:13:25 +0000 occforg 23@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ When I tried to create a Netvibes widget with my info, I get an error that my authorization code seems to be invalid. I have a free SociafyQ account. jblackburn on "Wordpress blog RSS" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=7#post-22 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:25:50 +0000 jblackburn 22@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Excellent. Thanks for the fix and info. Regards, Jim therendStudio on "My tracker fails with "Remote http request failed" HTTP RESPONSE CODE : xxx" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=8#post-21 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:37:16 +0000 therendStudio 21@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ <blockquote> ERROR TYPE: Remote http request failed _____________________________ HTTP RESPONSE CODE : 30* REQUEST URL : ******************** _____________________________ POSSIBLE REASON : (****) The page has moved ................... =>Update the tracker url ! </blockquote> You can get the above error while: a) creating a new tracker b) having an existing tracker issue the error during it's regular updates For these error codes 301 303 it means that the default url of the target has changed from what you've known last and the server now redirects the request to a new location. You should follow it and enter ([update] the tracker with) the landing url (as summarized in the POSSIBLE REASON section). therendStudio on "Wordpress blog RSS" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=7#post-20 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:22:40 +0000 therendStudio 20@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ For more info on the issue in general: <a href="http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=8" rel="nofollow">http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=8</a> therendStudio on "Wordpress blog RSS" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=7#post-19 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:17:41 +0000 therendStudio 19@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi, Jim. I'm terribly sorry for the delay but I've had some mishaps lately with my Windows system and (still) switching to linux the last week and haven't checked my rss reader for a while. Generally for such troubles you should have used the contact form. It's more probable that your request will reach someone and get response withing couple of hours (with the solution). So the problem with your urls is that at some point got redirected to <a href="http://www.instantimprints.com/blog/feed/" rel="nofollow">http://www.instantimprints.com/blog/feed/</a> and the new url must be entered into the tracker (automatic redirection off currently for testing purposes). You could have fixed that with the [update] link (I've done that for you already). <blockquote><channel> :: <item> elements must have <pubDate> sub-element." </blockquote> > That's outdated from when the feeder didn't support the atom format. I'll remove that as soon as I have the chance. <blockquote>For more informatin about how Blog Feeds can be used effectively, see: </blockquote> > That's just a beta stage wishlist feature :) yet. Regards Daniel jblackburn on "Wordpress blog RSS" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=7#post-18 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:55:24 +0000 jblackburn 18@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi - Having trouble adding our Wordpress (not hosted) blog RSS feed. URL being used is <a href="http://www.instantimprints.com/blog/?feed=rss2" rel="nofollow">http://www.instantimprints.com/blog/?feed=rss2</a> No data is displayed. Not sure about this statement you have on the add box: * <channel> :: <item> elements must have <pubDate> sub-element... BTW, there's also (in the add box) this statement, but it's cut off right after "see:" - For more informatin about how Blog Feeds can be used effectively, see: Jim therendStudio on "Problem adding some Facebook Pages" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=6#post-17 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:04:54 +0000 therendStudio 17@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi, andy. For a url to work it must: 1. Not redirect when you enter it in the browser (see what error codes you get entering it in the tracker) 2. Be a fan page and not a personal profile page If you still have problems with any urls send them along Regards Daniel andy on "Problem adding some Facebook Pages" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=6#post-15 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:17:34 +0000 andy 15@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ I am having problems while adding Facebook Fan Pages. The tracker doesn't seem to recognize the new vanity URLs and some other fan pages URL structure. Please email me if you want me to send examples. therendStudio on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-14 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:48:46 +0000 therendStudio 14@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Since even 1-3 are anyway combinations of retweets and stats already collected from another tracker I was thinking of adding formula (or even custom) stat entries. Those will show in the stats dropdown but will not need a separate entry in the db, instead will be calculated from other stats in some way. Thus any number of additional stats can be added to a tracker showing various tendencies. But perhaps all those should better be left for the still to be developed chart sheet pages... dhcrusoe on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-13 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:01:25 +0000 dhcrusoe 13@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Those sound tremendous: #'s 1-3 are key; it's the combinations that I shy from. There are quite a few sites that develop some kind of hybrid number that ends up being somewhat meaningless; the clean distillations (#1-3) are far more powerful. therendStudio on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-12 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:25:57 +0000 therendStudio 12@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ <blockquote>and it would also be useful to see if all the RTs are coming from the same few individuals or whether the "reach" is increasing over time </blockquote> Great tip! * I suppose eventually (when the scheme be somewhat clarified) the retweets will be a separate tracker type showing something like: <ol> <li>Absolute count of own retweets </li> <li>Percentage of retweets to one's updates </li> <li>Percentage of retweeters to one's followers * </li> <li>A mysterious combination formula between own retweets, the unique retweeters and the followers count to give some more organic clue of the outreach. </li> <li>... </li> </ol> Will need a comprehensive discussion on this one though... rjleaman on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-11 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:42:54 +0000 rjleaman 11@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ For what it's worth, I think the most useful stat regarding RTs is how many times an update that orginated with me has been repeated (retweeted) by others. It's a rough indicator of what followers are finding most interesting - but very rough indeed, as you've noticed. The example "nsmcnahb: RT @builderonline @DeirdreReid: Great advice - 5 Tips to Revive a Fading Facebook Group (by @rjleaman) - <a href="http://bit.ly/PuKGI" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/PuKGI</a>" is a good one to show the inherent difficulty with this metric. (Did I originally tweet that link to my post, and then it was picked up and paraphrased by others? Or did the tweet originate with @DeirdreReid? I can't even remember, but it could have been either way.) I'm inclined to agree with Dave that "The more relevant number is how MANY retweets an individual person has; an increase in that number would be a great thing; and better, the number of individuals who are retweeting one's tweets -- yes?" It would still be only partly accurate, because of the nature of language and RTs, but volume of RTs would be a useful tracker and it would also be useful to see if all the RTs are coming from the same few individuals or whether the "reach" is increasing over time. Hope that makes sense! therendStudio on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-10 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:42:40 +0000 therendStudio 10@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ 1. The retweet ranking on that site seems to be targeting (as is the definition of <code>retweet</code> the way I understand it) the particular user retweets rather than keywords so that one estimates his own success. 2. A problem with <a href="http://www.retweetrank.com" rel="nofollow">www.retweetrank.com</a> itself I just spotted is it doesn't even accurately count actual retweets. For eg. "nsmcnahb: RT @builderonline @DeirdreReid: Great advice - 5 Tips to Revive a Fading Facebook Group (by @rjleaman) - <a href="http://bit.ly/PuKGI" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/PuKGI</a>" is not actually a retweet to @rjleaman but rather to @builderonline & @DeirdreReid 3. And yes as Dave noted while the retweet rank can show you your success compared to others it doesn't provide a clue as to what your own effectivity (and progress) is. So I suggest: The retweet rank on SQ to be calculates as 100 * tweeter updates / retweet rank Thus value of 100 on the chars meaning 100 % of your updates have been retweeted once A value of 1000 meaning averagely 10 followers have retweeted every your update. Not sure if the actual follower count shouldn't be involved in the calculation though... Perhaps it should be left for manual calculation through the excel feeds ? Daniel dhcrusoe on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-9 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:35:30 +0000 dhcrusoe 9@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hey there, Retweet ranking is, in the end, not as useful as we thought it might be. The basic idea (as far as I can glean) was to rank the most popular retweet keywords/pages, so one could get a sense for how much a brand was (or wasn't) retweeted in comparison to others. The problem is, the raw number of tweeters is constantly changing - so the rank is constantly in flux, making the ranking far less important. The more relevant number is how MANY retweets an individual person has; an increase in that number would be a great thing; and better, the number of individuals who are retweeting one's tweets -- yes? --Dave therendStudio on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-8 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:54:42 +0000 therendStudio 8@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi ;) Sorry for the response delay but the forum is not yet configured to send alerts as necessary. About retweet: Your retweet rank for example is <a href="http://www.retweetrank.com/rjleaman" rel="nofollow">http://www.retweetrank.com/rjleaman</a> (I'm not sure what it means though :) In future there will be other and more useful twitter statistics fetched through its api. rjleaman on "Twitter Retweet Rank" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=5#post-7 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:36:59 +0000 rjleaman 7@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Can you explain what goes into the Twitter Retweet Rank? I get it that "lower is better" but can't seem to figure out how it's calculated just by looking at the stats - which would be helpful in deciding how to interpret changes in that measurement. dhcrusoe on "Welcome to SociafyQ" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=2#post-6 Wed, 06 May 2009 20:07:47 +0000 dhcrusoe 6@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Update: All data trackers, for all users, now update once per 24 hours. dhcrusoe on "Welcome to SociafyQ" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=2#post-5 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:28:19 +0000 dhcrusoe 5@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Update: Desktop Widgets & XML will be released this week. dhcrusoe on "Calculating ROI for Social Technologies - Methods?" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-4 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:27:15 +0000 dhcrusoe 4@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi all, What are your methods for calculating ROI on social technology investments? Do you count friends? members? What have you tried, and what has worked / not worked? Cheers, and hoping to hear more, --Dave dhcrusoe on "A brief introduction" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=3#post-3 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:25:43 +0000 dhcrusoe 3@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hey all, Thanks for taking the time to stop by SociafyQ! By way of introduction, I'm Dave, one of the tech-people behind the technology. When I'm not tinkering with various <a href="http://www.boolify.org">educational</a> and <a href="http://www.codekindness.org">social-serving</a> technologies, or building new ones, I work with a leading nonprofit in the education reform space, <a href="http://www.citizenschools.org">Citizen Schools</a>, and a leading consulting firm in the social space, Weber Media Partners. Outside of education and social technology, I'm a caver (formerly of the UT Grotto, and now of the Boston Grotto) and outdoor tinkerer (gardening, hiking and other stuff). So, that's a bit about me - above all, very approachable should you have suggestions or improvements to the site, want to talk social strategy, or better still, about the newest, deepest cavern found (most recently, in Thailand). Cheers, --Dave admin on "Welcome to SociafyQ" http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/topic.php?id=2#post-2 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:19:15 +0000 admin 2@http://www.sociafyq.com/forum/ Hi there, Welcome to SociafyQ, a web service that will empower you to track and analyze your social outreach campaign data. We're in the midst of constructing the site and, as a result, changes are being rapidly made. As beta testing progresses, please feel free to post questions and/or report bugs - your thoughts are very helpful! Thanks so much, -Dave & the others at SfQ.