The Value of Share Buttons
The user doesn’t come out of nowhere. We don’t land on your page and then head happily to those social networks to promote you, just because you have a button on your site. We find content through Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest etc., not the other way around.
– Oliver Reichenstein, Sweep the Sleaze
Oliver makes a lot of great points in his post.
I’ve often wondered whether the sharing buttons were worth having on my site. I keep reading about how effective they are on other sites, but I think Oliver is right when he says they are a desperate attempt at gaining traffic.
Heeding his words, I have removed the share buttons at the bottom of the post.
via Shawn Blanc
