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Tweeting URLs, Count as high quality backlinks?

by PLRwithAlex
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I noticed a social bookmarking service provider is posting URLs as tweets on Twitter accounts. Does anyone know or have an opinion on the quality of those backlinks? I would think they are low quality since they will cycle off quickly.

Any thoughts?

Alex
#backlinks #count #high #quality #tweeting #urls
  • Profile picture of the author OpenBookSupport
    Twitter is no-follow :p
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  • Profile picture of the author PLRwithAlex
    That brings up the follow / no follow discussion of backlinks.....
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  • Profile picture of the author John Alves
    Originally Posted by PLRwithAlex View Post

    I noticed a social bookmarking service provider is posting URLs as tweets on Twitter accounts. Does anyone know or have an opinion on the quality of those backlinks? I would think they are low quality since they will cycle off quickly.

    Any thoughts?

    Alex
    They're no follow so they don't help with rankings. The links are not bad if they help with traffic. That's the only reason why twitter can be profitable. The links have to be seen by people though.

    If you set up a twitter account and build a huge list of targeted followers, you will be able to recommend products and make money. That's if they trust you and what you provide.

    Services like the one mentioned above usually don't work out too well. The reason is because the viewers are not targeted, and you don't know if they are actually seeing the links. If a service is posting tweets that are not targeted, it is not going to help you make money or get traffic. Plus, they do drop off quickly like you said, so the amount of time the tweet is actually there will be short lived.
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    They are no follow yet they frequently show up in backlinks on Google webmaster tools so its a fast way to get a URL indexed.
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    • Profile picture of the author simaurile
      Originally Posted by HorseStall View Post

      They are no follow yet they frequently show up in backlinks on Google webmaster tools so its a fast way to get a URL indexed.
      Yeah,HorseStall is right!

      It doesn't help in increasing your backlinks and stuff,but it can get your site indexed quickly!

      It won't work if you've shortened it,only the full URL will do!


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  • Profile picture of the author deloriagod
    Twitter links are nofollow but I've found with a good number of followers you can definitely increase traffic to your site. Just don't spam your link as often as possible like some people. You end up losing followers.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarkAse
    Last.fm uses Twitter as one of the sources. I think it makes sense to have at least 2 Twitter accounts, one to actually talk with people and another to spam links out to get them indexed (like all those profile links we all build)
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  • Profile picture of the author mejohn
    Though Twitter is technically no follow, I currently have Twitter backlinks showing in Webmaster Tools. That tells me they count for something.......
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Callen
    Yep, and I know tweetmeme will drop a social bookmark-type link page for the first time someone clicks the "tweet me" button on the page/site.

    Google's stance on these links is here: How Google Rates Links from Facebook and Twitter | WebProNews
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  • Profile picture of the author Fenster
    Keep in mind that 'nofollow' doesn't truly mean no follow. It means don't pass any link credit, so nofollowed links are still followed (as others mention here)
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    • Profile picture of the author SledgeHammer
      Originally Posted by Fenster View Post

      Keep in mind that 'nofollow' doesn't truly mean no follow. It means don't pass any link credit, so nofollowed links are still followed (as others mention here)
      If no link juice is given then it would not add to the PR count for an already indexed page/site.
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