Infographic: Which Social Media Sites Are the Most Engaging?

Google Plus Communities Analytics: Social Media Communities

When you choose in which community to participate or compare your own community with competitive ones you usually look at the number of followers. The more, the better. But on practice, it’s not always the case. What really matters is how active they are. Nobody likes deadly silent unresponsive communities.

30-Days Worth of Advice to Improve Your Social Media Presence

If you’re looking for ways to boost your social media stats, the best way to do it is to keep experimenting and trying new things. I’ve collected 30 small and simple experiments and growth hacks you can try this month to see what works for you. They’re all low-cost and easy to implement, but even the smallest tweaks can lead to great improvements.

Rolling Out Pinterest Analytics for Everyone

Big news, everyone! We are making a lot of changes this month. In 30 days from now:

• We are moving to new Pinterest api.
• Pinterest will be available for everyone, for all plans.
• Google+ communities and Vine analytics will be discontinued.
• Premium plans will be discontinued (plans that include Pinterest/Vine/Google+ communities).

Static Files as a Database

For a long time, we have been living in a world where we use default approaches without fully thinking about their purpose. Take WordPress as an example: it's a powerful application, but it requires MySQL as its database, and to make it fast, you often need Memcache to cache MySQL queries and reduce database load. Alongside, there's the WYSIWYG editor, which, in theory, allows users to edit HTML easily, but in practice often generates unreadable, bloated code.