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Never Underestimate The Importance Of Social Signals For Search Engine Optimization

By Bilal Amed


Social media is usually overlooked by SEO professionals. However, it is possible to get your site to rank higher in search results thanks to your activity on social media. Search engines are always looking for innovative ways to index and rank websites and it seems that social media is now taken into consideration. An SEO experiment was conducted to determine how social signs impact rankings. A website that gained a hundred of followers on Google + saw its ranking increase by a little over 14%. Receiving 300 Google + votes caused a site's ranking to increase by almost 10%.



Other social media platforms have an impact on ranking. A site was mentioned in 500 tweets and its ranking went up by almost 3%. Receiving 70 shares on Facebook and 50 likes caused a site's ranking to go up by almost 7%. These numbers can seem negligible, but social signs could actually have a significant impact on the ranking of your site over the long term. You will probably get more shares, likes or followers over the time and your ranking will slowly but surely go up as you develop your presence on social media.

Integrating social media into your SEO campaign is an excellent decision since search engines might make social signs an even more important element of the algorithms they use to rank websites. Besides, there are plenty of other advantages to developing a strong presence on social media, such as promoting your products or services and giving customers the opportunity to interact with your brand.

2. Most people online today are more likely to trust a website that is personally recommended by their friends and family rather than by a search engine. Most websites with a strong social presence are easier to share and more accessible, so they get recommended often. A search engine can also help the site by analyzing these shares as recommendations, which will boost the sites credibility and rankings.

3. Another main reason is that websites with a strong social presence will have a better conversion rate and brand loyalty than sites that don%u2019t. A better conversion rate translates to more sales and referrals, perhaps even by word of mouth, a greater brand awareness, positive reviews and inbound links.

Other social networks do not seem to have a significant impact on SEO ranking but you might get good results if a good number of your clients use another social media platform. The most important is to develop a strong presence on social media, which can be difficult if your target audience does not use Facebook or Twitter.




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