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Do social media links such as Facebook links, Twitter links, help SEO?
Question: Thanks! Do links from social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, etc.) count?
Answer: As I indicated in the class, we aren’t completely sure. Google and Bing haven’t announced that they pay attention to Social Media links such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Delicious, and other sites. But it stands to reason since Google is indexing this content, that probably they DO matter, and DO improve your SEO.
So I would definitely make Social Media part of my SEO strategy and include attempts at building social media links as part of my link building. Just recognize that high PageRank sites in your keyword community – a.k.a. – traditional ink targets – are probably MORE POWERFUL than social media links, so for link building make them a higher priority.
About Jason McDonald, Ph.D
Got a question? Click this link to email Jason or call 888-993-1122. Dr. Jason McDonald is founder and Senior SEO / Social Media Director of the JM Internet Group. He teaches the SEO training classes for the group, and therefore provides most of the SEO tips for this blog. His goal with this blog is to provide an easy 'one-stop shop' for the busy marketer looking for tips, tricks, and secrets on how to get to the top of Google and Bing for free using proven SEO tactics. When not dreaming up SEO tips, Dr. McDonald lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, two dogs, a cat, four iguanas and twelve children (just kidding). Really you read down to the bio on this guy? Enjoy the blog.
