There could be several reasons, but my research suggests that the practice of using social-sharing buttons blows up in your face more often than not. It may hav

There could be several reasons, but my research suggests that the practice of using social-sharing buttons blows up in your face more often than not. It may have been partly because of the location of the sharing buttons (this apparently is the number one issue). It could also be a matter of timing: I would have to get front-page here again with social sharing so I have proper data to work with. I did have significant traffic from another site I won't name here and that didn't generate any social sharing. I honestly think people will share only if they want to. I've recently been paying more attention to the counters on other websites, and it is quite surprising anyone would publicly advertise such low numbers. I guess you'll now have some gAnalytics to look at and you'll get a more clear picture of where your traffic comes from.