Socialbakers Launches Global CheerMeter for U.S. Presidential Elections -Tracks Real-Time Twitter Buzz for Obama and Romney

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the United States Presidential election approaches, Socialbakers, the leading social media analytics experts, has developed a custom CheerMeter tool, which provides a real-time view of Twitter buzz surrounding both President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. Not all tweets are positive, however, and a mention in the Twittersphere is as likely to be criticism as praise.

The U.S. election CheerMeter showcases multiple metrics including the number of Tweeted mentions per hour that both Obama and Romney receive. This information is reflected in Socialbakers' own speedometers, which graphically present how mentions of each candidate are trending (both positive and negative). Additional data shows the number of mentions per day and the percentage change in this amount from the previous day's tally. Trend information in an intertwined graph format is also shown from the previous several days.

The site also features integrated live feeds from both Twitter and Instagram, which dynamically pull in content related to either candidate every couple of seconds. Visitors to the site can therefore see both aggregated trend information and granular Tweets and photo posts.

"We've evolved our CheerMeter to shed some light onto the volumes of social media buzz about the two primary Presidential candidates and the upcoming election," said Socialbakers CEO Jan Rezab.  "The graphs of the CheerMeter page showcase our ability to illustrate trends in real-time, providing visitors and pundits with the latest information on how speeches, news items, or policy remarks are received by social media commenters. By also integrating Twitter and Instagram feeds, we give our visitors insights into the political views of the average person, which we hope encourages healthy and respectful debate between both sides."

To see who Twitter's users are cheering for this election, visit http://www.socialbakers.com/elections/cheermeter/

About Socialbakers

Socialbakers.com is the fastest growing social media analytics platform in the world and since its launch in March 2010 has become the most widely visited site for Facebook statistics and brand metrics; the company is now the most cited source for Facebook global data, with over five million social pages being tracked. Socialbakers specializes in statistics for Facebook globally, Facebook pages, Facebook applications, developers on the Facebook platform, as well as Facebook advertising prices, as well as for LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+ and Twitter users. Additionally, Socialbakers provides advanced monitoring technologies, including Socialbakers Page Analytics, which is now used by many leading brands to measure their Facebook presence. With its easy-to-use analytics, audits and benchmarks, Socialbakers is the only solution that allows brands to measure, compare, and contrast the success of their social media engagement and that of the competition. For more information, visit www.socialbakers.com

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