Patent ID: 8688515

Claim:
A method for third party tracking of information relating to social network interaction, comprising the steps of: registering, via a hardware computing device, at least one ambassador of a third party, wherein the at least one ambassador is a user of a first social network and of a second social network, wherein the first social network is different from the second social network, wherein the first social network and the second social network each comprise a plurality of connections defining relationships between a particular user and a subset of other users; receiving, via the hardware computing device, an authorization from the at least one ambassador to distribute content over the first social network and the second social network via the at least one ambassador, wherein the content is associated with the third party; distributing, via the hardware computing device, a personalized link to the content to the first social network and the second social network, wherein the personalized link uniquely identifies the ambassador as the distributor of the personalized link and also identifies the first social network or the second social network over which the personalized link is distributed; and receiving, via the hardware computing device, information regarding views of the content by a plurality of users of the first social network or the second social network, wherein the plurality of users are connections of the ambassador in the first social network or the second social network.