EdgeKick
Data
social media analytics
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple interface compared to paid social analytics tools
From 2 comments
We've used a whole heap of tools to try to track brand pages and it's always a pain the arse. No one has a clean interface like this and guys like SocialBakers charge like a…
nedwin on HNlove @ first sight :) btw how did you generate those nice charts?
Pratheeswaran on HN
Objections
Claimed real-time is really polling every 10 minutes
From 2 comments
updated every 10 minutes != Real-time
halayli on HNGreat work, but how is this real-time?
amirmansour on HN
Main graph shows nearly identical shape for every page
From 1 comment
Seems pretty cool, but the main graph at the top doesn't seem like a very helpful way to visualize data. It seems safe to assume that the vast majority of Facebook pages gain…
the_bear on HN
Frequently fails to find valid Facebook pages
From 2 comments
I can't see the analytics of my fan page. The error I'm getting is: "We cannot find a Facebook page with this link.".
slig on HNnot working, i keep getting "We cannot find a Facebook page with this link." if i add an "s" to http, i get "Sorry, we are over capicity. Please try again later." Any ideas? slug…
morturus on HN
Only tracks a small set of top pages, no historical data for many
From 1 comment
Awesome work, but i guess you are tracking only few top pages. Cannot find back in time analytics even for pages with a couple of million likes.
kaka189 on HN
Requests
Compare multiple pages and overlay charts from different brands
From 2 comments
Quick bugfix: It only seems to work if you include the "www." in the URL of the page. Why not just ask for the page-slug instead of the full URL? EDIT: I can see this being…
brntn on HNIt would be cool if this could overlay charts from different brands.
jessexoc on HN
Show percentage of fans talking about the page instead of raw likes
From 1 comment
I see what you mean. Something like % fans talking about the page would be more useful.
akane on HN
Accept page slug or non-www URLs
From 2 comments
Quick bugfix: It only seems to work if you include the "www." in the URL of the page. Why not just ask for the page-slug instead of the full URL? EDIT: I can see this being…
brntn on HNThat's a fair call, though it's pretty easy to check if "facebook" is in the submitted string and then check if it's a page slug if it's not.
brntn on HN
Questions
How does it work after a URL is entered, is it scraping continuously?
From 1 comment
so what exactly does it do after i enter a URL? is it continuously scraping and gathering data to populate the graph? if that's the case, thanks cause this is a good tool to spy…
kyriakos on HN
How is the data stored and which database is used?
From 1 comment
I'm curious as well...and while I'm at it do you store the analytics in a db?
jamongkad on HN
Alternatives named
Facebook Insights
From 2 comments
Quick bugfix: It only seems to work if you include the "www." in the URL of the page. Why not just ask for the page-slug instead of the full URL? EDIT: I can see this being…
brntn on HNWhat exactly are you offering here -- a scraping and archival service? I'm presuming you're claiming "real-time" because Facebook page insights are already real-time [1], and you…
pork on HN
SocialBakers
From 1 comment
We've used a whole heap of tools to try to track brand pages and it's always a pain the arse. No one has a clean interface like this and guys like SocialBakers charge like a…
nedwin on HN