Facebook Test Makes Comments on Page Posts More Like Web Plug-in (Inside Facebook)
Facebook has given us an update on its latest test for page post comments: in addition to a new option to reply to specific comments, the entire thread will be sorted by an algorithm to put the most engaging comments higher. Page administrators are also able to reply directly to comments via a “reply” option.
Find out how to use Google Tools to manage social media content and campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, an interactive online event starting June 6. Monica Morse (left), head of social & SMB solutions at Google, will familiarize you with a wide range of Google tools such as trends, Google+ and Hangouts. Learn more about our our twelve event speakers and register here. 
Nielsen and NM Incite have acquired social TV analytics startup SocialGuide for an undisclosed amount of money, the companies announced today. The deal will bring the standard Nielsen ratings that much closer to being able to quantify what television viewers are saying on the second screen.
Earlier this year, social TV content and data solutions company SocialGuide launched SocialGuide Intelligence, a social TV data analytics engagement platform that helps provide networks with the big picture about how fans are engaging with their content. This week they’ve taken things to the next level, launching a new tool called “On Now” that actually enables users to view Twitter activity live, as it’s happening.
Social TV has been blowing up over the past couple of years, but there has been no really great way for networks to monitor the social media buzz surrounding their networks, series, and episodes…until now.
The end of 2011 is fast approaching and SocialGuide, the social entertainment guide that monitors real-time buzz about TV and movies, is celebrating the coming of the new year with an infographic roundup of the most social TV shows, movies, networks and sporting events of 2011. Did your favorite TV shows and movies make the cut?
Last weekend Paranormal Activity 3 broke box office records when they closed the largest grossing weekend of all time for horror movies, and the biggest October opening ever, at a whopping $54 million. How did they do it? It looks like social media, and more specifically Twitter, played an important role in building major buzz that led to this horror flick’s record-breaking weekend.
Did you watch the MTV Video Music Awards over the weekend? If so, did you tweet about them or post your thoughts about the awards show on Facebook? If you did, you aren’t alone. Over 1.2 million comments were shared by over 559,000 people, making the VMAs the most social TV program of all time!
Earlier this week we posted about the most social TV shows, letting you know that Family Guy, Basketball Wives and SpongeBob SquarePants were among the most social shows on television. Last night all that changed with the season 4 premiere of Jersey Shore.
Today SocialGuide, the first real-time social TV guide, launched The Social 100, a ranking of the most social TV programs and networks. Who do you think topped the list?
There’s no question about it—the future of TV is social. And SocialGuide is upping the social ante with the launch of their social guide and TV companion app for iPhone and Android.
