Understand Your Networks Using ThinkUp
I use ThinkUp as a way to archive some of my social network data and get insight on what’s going on. It comes with plugins to pull data from Google+, Facebook, and Twitter accounts into a MySql database. Once it is in the database the app slices and dices the data for you or you can analyze it however you want.
My own personal networks aren’t comprehensive thinkup.jasonrowe.com but ThinkUp still comes in handy when I can’t find an old post from Twitter. It also gives you Klout like information on follower counts and interactions. A fun area to look at is the follower categories which are: Most Popular, Dead Beats, and Chatter Box.
Another feature is you can pull in data from Facebook pages you have liked. You don’t need to have access to the account to pull in the data since it is already public. For example, I started tracking the MarketWatch Facebook page. Now from the ThinkUp interface I can see what stories have the most social engagement.
Huh? Maybe Apple stock is going to get a little cheaper in the next couple of days. :)
Here is an example of one of the nice stats you can get from the ThinkUp web app.
MarketWatch Facebook Likes
With little effort you get a quick way to connect and pull in social network data. Adding more Facebook pages is as easy as liking the page and then clicking the ThinkUp button shown below.
