Comments on: Grouptivity Takes on ShareThis and AddThis

By: lately

lately — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:59:24 +0000

Why don’t many bloggers share examples of where they are using the products they recommend?

Sometimes I wonder too if there isn’t some sort of partnership between the blogger and the product they are recommending.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:27:41 +0000

Diigo offers sharing email sharing / integration quite well. Sometimes people mistaken Diigo for being just another social bookmarking service. It’s more than that. I found its rich functionality are great for sharing and collaboration (private, public or group).

By: Socializer

Socializer — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:11:30 +0000

It would be good to see detailed comparison of Social Sharing services.

By: brokenshard

brokenshard — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:51:58 +0000

You need to check out http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com

not only it supports bookmarking, it also has Email, IM, Blog, CMS and Social connectors!

By: Ankesh Kumar

Ankesh Kumar — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:10:10 +0000

Mike, this is not another bookmarking tool. It’s a replacement of the current tool.

Why is this different?

80% of the internet population use email to share content. i.e. “email a friend” It’s the elephant in the room.

Name me one service apart from grouptivity that allows you to bookmark an email?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:15:31 +0000

Sorry but bloggers do not need another bookmarking tool on their site, and this one accomplishes nothing more. By the way they will have to “beat” AddToAny too, which I am surprised you did not mention: addtoany.com – I use their (also very popular) Share/Save button on my blog.

By: Kunal

Kunal — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:18:58 +0000

Interesting, and thanks!

By: Naren

Naren — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:04:07 +0000

This is a much needed service. Sharing has to be as easy as email.

By: Greta

Greta — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:09:13 +0000

I have to disagree with Peter – I found the interface super easy to use, and I love being able to search my bookmarks by keyword. Plus it’s fun to see what my friends are reading.

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By: Ankesh Kumar

Ankesh Kumar — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:26:54 +0000

Peter, I appreciate the feedback, UI is something we are constantly working on and with sincere efforts we will get there.
We do bring a lot more to the table than either of the other competitors in the sense there is no formal relationship,between them and the publishers, it’s cut and past HTML code to switch services.
Our objective is to monetize content sharing for the publisher which implies a more tighter relationship.

By: Peter C

Peter C — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:58:29 +0000

I just signed up for Grouptivity and find the UI and experience very challenging. Not sure I see many people adopting to this. It’s hard to argue that ShareThis and AddThis are going to be knocked off the top 2 spots – their user experience is right on.

By: Ankesh Kumar

Ankesh Kumar — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:50:45 +0000

Aliza, Thanks for the article. We have a big announcement next week, I look forward to sharing that with you and your readers.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:15:57 +0000

This post is right on. I’ve been using Grouptivity for a few months now and love that it lets me save my articles for later reading, so i dont clutter up my bookmarks.
One thing this article missed out on is that grouptivty also lets you see what your friends are sharing in the same place. Keep it up!

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:47:56 +0000

I like the fact that they are trying something new… “email a friend” is pre web 1.0. It’s time for something different wheatear it’s this or something else.