FiledBy Announces Twitter Integration, New Functionality

March 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Nashville, Tenn., March 30, 2010 – FiledBy (www.filedby.com), the leading online directory of authors and contributors, today announced the launch of various new features and functionality available on author websites as well as across the FiledBy site.

Twitter posts can now easily be streamed directly to FiledBy author sites, providing a seamless integration of the two platforms. Available with a Premium membership, FiledBy authors can configure this new functionality through their account administration page in just a few simple steps.

A new Reader Traffic Badge has been added for all Premium level websites.  This feature, which calculates unique page views to an author’s site, is the first in a series of forthcoming analytics that will be implemented in the coming months. The analytics are designed to give authors a more in-depth perspective of web traffic, incoming referrals, buy clicks and on-site navigation.

Google Preview has now been implemented across the site.  This feature provides readers with a viewable sample of a book’s content as provided by the author or publisher to Google and is auto-generated across millions of book pages within the FiledBy platform.   As new books are added to the Google program, the links are automatically generated by FiledBy.

FiledBy’s Search Tool has been enhanced with an auto-complete feature, providing an easier, more intuitive search when looking for authors and books. Calculated using on-site traffic analytics and previous search data, the new auto-complete functionality has greatly reduced the number of incomplete searches.

FiledBy has also launched new educational and instructional tools designed to help authors build and optimize their FiledBy sites while also expanding their overall web presence. The tools include on-site literature and a Getting Started tutorial video available within an author's account management page. FiledBy has also provided authors with case studies and a step-by-step guide for further site customization.

FiledBy now hosts personalized websites for over 7,000 authors, co-authors and other contributors.  In addition to providing websites for authors, FiledBy offers several Author and Book Marketing Services, including Video Production, Social Website Setup and Domain Name Registration (http://www.filedby.com/service/membership/).

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FiledBy is the most comprehensive online directory of book authors on the Internet. Every published author, co-author or other listed contributor to a book (illustrators, photographers, narrators, editors and translators) in every subject category has a free listing/website which they can claim and customize. FiledBy provides web tools, marketing services and community building solutions for authors, new writers and others to connect directly with readers. A single search engine provides access to information on over 3 million authors and contributors and 8 million books. For more information visit: www.filedby.com.