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Is twitter good for SEO?

by AndrewAdamSmith
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I have heard that Google counts links from social sites like twitter. When I tweet about a page on my site and link to it can it increase my rankings in the searchengines like Google>Does anyone have experience with this?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by AndrewAdamSmith View Post

    I have heard that Google counts links from social sites like twitter. When I tweet about a page on my site and link to it can it increase my rankings in the searchengines like Google>Does anyone have experience with this?
    You've heard wrong.

    Nobody is ranking pages with tweets.
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  • Profile picture of the author nizamkhan
    You can refer to this resource:

    10 Tips to Improve Your SEO Using Twitter

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    • Profile picture of the author ChapLeo
      It's a factor from over 400 factors that Google uses to rank a website. Can a tweet by itself increase the ranking of your page? No. In combination with other SEO methods? Yes.
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  • Profile picture of the author sojibrahman
    Twitter and other social network signal can improve your SERP's in Google. But it's wrong that only twitter can make your website rich. Social signal's are powerful but core is On Page/Off Page Optimization.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Using twitter to improve SEO, if anyone actually said that without laughing,
      is similar to using your pillow to improve SEO.

      I can't sleep well, I can't work on my site.
      I buy mypillow, for the best night's sleep in the whole wide world.
      I can now work on my site, build links, etc.

      So, use a pillow and it will improve your SEO.

      Trust me, I love twitter. But people mix up SEO and social stuff like
      that all the time.

      Either you are talking real SEO, or you're not. Real SEO has zip to do
      with twitter.

      Anyone who says it does, must also agree that getting a new pillow will
      also help.

      No wise man has the power to reason away what a fool believes.

      Originally Posted by ChapLeo View Post

      It's a factor from over 400 factors that Google uses to rank a website. Can a tweet by itself increase the ranking of your page? No. In combination with other SEO methods? Yes.
      It is not on any list of ranking factors. You are a clear example of the blind leading the blind.

      Wake up people. Or just get offline now. I mean, why bother?

      Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author FrontLineMentor
    The link on twitter is no follow but it still bring some weight and affect the seo..
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  • Profile picture of the author mkgg
    Nope.....don't waste your time on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author cookiesfromhome
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    I don't think so,because twitter is a social media site and user don't interact with only SEO posts and all.
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  • Profile picture of the author AndresNWD
    I don't know if twitter is a ranking factor though there's correlation between number of tweets and rankings. Correlation is not causation, of course, and Matt Cutts said it's not a ranking factor several times. I still don't know, I tend to read about "ranking factors" as isolated variables and I think if social networks were a ranking factor, they still would be associated to other variables to guarantee social interaction is not manipulated.
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  • Profile picture of the author sharplessons
    well social sites will help you to get traffic, if you will get dofollow links from them is a best thing you can do.. but as per my knowledge you will get nofollow link to your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author fpforum
    Twitter automatically shortens URLs when they are tweeted..so about the only text link you can get from twitter is by setting the Website in your profile. No need to create multiple profiles for that so you can really only get about 1 link from twitter, lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author katty5005
    I wouldn't say that twitter is bad for seo though it maynot be as good as you think. It is also a largest social media site now so it may also help a bit.
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  • Profile picture of the author bertieallsorts
    Twitter gives you nothing in terms of ranking, the best thing to go after on twitter is the traffic, i usualy send a few tweets a week and get a an astrnomical amount of visits from twitter alone, but it does nothing rank-wise
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  • Profile picture of the author Saiful
    Twitter brings some traffics to your site... Nothing to say about SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author arindamroy
    When you use Twitter singularly chances are that you are not going to get anything out of it. But when you use with other forms of marketing (Facebook, article marketing, SBM etc) you are going to get something valuable out of it. However, Twitter can be used to make a particular news item extremely popular or viral. Also, you can follow other websites and see how they use Twitter to their advantage.
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  • Profile picture of the author AravGupta
    Twitter is good for SEO as well as branding, if you notice just last week google has decided to include tweets upto 140 characters ranking in the serps. I am yet to see any tweet ranking but it will be interesting to see if anyone finds out any such tweet that is ranking on serp.
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    • Profile picture of the author habibkhan01
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      You could not get backlinks by tweets but you can create profile backlinks from twitter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Brown
    Social media sites such as Twitter is good for traffic and not for SEO as it is a nofollow site. So if you've heard that Google counts the links from these social media sites then you've heard wrong.
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    WOW...

    Threads like these remind me how little people really understand about SEO these days.
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  • Profile picture of the author alexiastukes
    yes
    but you have hardwork
    its depends on
    1. Use Your Real Name Wisely
    2. Make Your Username Count
    3. Focus on Your Bio Next
    4. Link, Link and Link Some More
    5. Get Followers, Build Recognition
    6. Stay Focused With Your Tweets
    7. Don’t Forget Your URL
    enjoy
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      There has not been an agreement Since July 4th 2011 between Google and Twitter, that would allow Google to scan twitter and all of its posts / tweets. If Google is not scanning it... they are not using it as a matrix for rank. Tweets and retweets simply do NOT exist in Google land.
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  • Profile picture of the author kushalshah
    Matt Cutts have clearly said that Google's algorithm doesn't take social signals into consideration when it comes to rankings. Not only Twitter but none of the social networking platforms will help a website from SEO prospective. It can help you drive traffic though.
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  • Profile picture of the author dervaish
    Twitter is a social network website and it use no follow tag in links, so you can only get visitors from the twitter, if you have good followers else your ranking will not be improve.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nicole Sakoman
    Originally Posted by AndrewAdamSmith View Post

    I have heard that Google counts links from social sites like twitter. When I tweet about a page on my site and link to it can it increase my rankings in the searchengines like Google>Does anyone have experience with this?
    you can`t rely your whole SEO on just one thing... least on social media. This should be just an addition to your diversity of links... and that`s how this can benefit to you. Remember always google likes diversity of links!

    Nicole

    edit: do not trust Matt Cutts too much, it is proven in SEO world he spreads sometimes bad information on purpose to see a reaction and catch the black hatters.
    Every SEO effort is taking a google profit. If there would be no SEO, all would go to adwords and PPC
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    • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
      Originally Posted by Nicole Sakoman View Post

      you can`t rely your whole SEO on just one thing... least on social media. This should be just an addition to your diversity of links... and that`s how this can benefit to you. Remember always google likes diversity of links!

      Nicole

      edit: do not trust Matt Cutts too much, it is proven in SEO world he spreads sometimes bad information on purpose to see a reaction and catch the black hatters.
      Every SEO effort is taking a google profit. If there would be no SEO, all would go to adwords and PPC
      Ugh, I don't know how the regulars in this subforum can stand seeing this garbage on a daily basis.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Nicole Sakoman View Post

      edit: do not trust Matt Cutts too much, it is proven in SEO world he spreads sometimes bad information on purpose to see a reaction and catch the black hatters.
      Every SEO effort is taking a google profit. If there would be no SEO, all would go to adwords and PPC
      Um, no.

      If everyone went to AdWords, nobody would use Google anymore because it would all be paid listings.
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  • Profile picture of the author alycium
    "do not trust Matt Cutts " I trust him lol

    And no I do not believe Twitter is good for SEO. It is however good for traffic and engage your audience to bring them back for more.
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  • Profile picture of the author bongleblue
    Your getting a backlink in your Twitter profile to your website which is more important than backlinks in your tweets. More importantly take advantage of all Google's main services such as Youtube and blogger.com. Start a community in Google+ communities. Getting backlink from paid directories or link server farms is not a good practice or for that matter guest blogging if it's not revelant to your your website. Also trading links with other websites not revelant to your website will harm you also. If you own several domains on the same domain server, then trading links between them will raise a flag with Google.

    Take the safe road and build your SEO campaign on social media sites, social bookmarking, local directories and blog sites. You can't rely on just one social media site for quality backlinks, you will need ALOT of backlinks from MANY social media sites. But off page SEO won't make you a success...you need on page SEO as well...watch this video for on page SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesperez
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    This is not correct. Twitter links are nofollow links. Its not dofollow...
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