Facebook shares or likes, which is good for SEO?

by android45

Posted: 13 years ago 28 replies

Hi,
I would like to know search engines are giving much importance to Facebook shares or likes?

Thanks,

#facebook #good #likes #seo #shares

mdzarate 12 years ago

shares for sure, likes are good, shares are better
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TopKat22 12 years ago

Any social network activity, comments, shares that show people are interested in what you have going on it good. Twitter re-tweets, etc.
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prcys Banned 12 years ago

As by share , one share the whole information and this can be more beneficial to spread the information at more and more places. And likes just we get liked by many. So by this point of view share is the best.
But as FB announced for restoring the old stuff and for that FB has decided to redesigned the news feed by which one can view the content by sorting as per the most recent or as per by most liked content. So now by this point of view likes be more important.
So as per the time it will change so every one tries for the all things.
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samual james 12 years ago

According to me google give more importance to facebook like as compare to share. Both are providing similar facility if you like some one's link then it will display it in your friends profile.
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skooja 12 years ago

I guess shares fetch you more traffic compared to likes
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C Rebecca 12 years ago

Shares and likes are kind of signals of popularity of your pages... And Google does count social media reputation while ranking a webpage in search results.

Along with ranking, it helps in convincing your visitor to read your content... If your page has 100 'likes' then it surely alerts the visitor about the good quality of your content.
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spymobiles 12 years ago

Like means you just like that and share means you upload all the information again on your behalf, so defiantly share have more importance.
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brianlmaule 12 years ago

both are equally good for Seo
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dofollow 12 years ago

Any Facebook that has an activity with a link in it is great be it a share or a like.I don't think that during my work I prefer one over the other, they both look the same in terms of link.
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ninar 12 years ago

I think Sharing is much better as a SEO move. The second is Twitters RTs.
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Shilpa 12 years ago

I guess shares get more importance than likes. But both are equally good!!
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vindog 12 years ago

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Ryan0111 12 years ago

Facebook shares are better than facebook likes..
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danlew 12 years ago

Sharing something on Facebook is a lot better than getting Facebook likes. For sure, you will get a lot of natural traffic there (possibly comments too).
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Targeted Traffic 12 years ago

I'd go for FB shares. Facebook shares, at least as related to Google searches, act as a sort of "super-metric", encompassing a variety of different factors.Earning Facebook shares (probably) will not directly boost your Google rankings but it may have positive effects that indirectly promote links, tweets and other signals Google may use.
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powerofschool 12 years ago

Even though both fb shares and likes are important .
Shares have more popularity. When any one share your Topic with them.
It will be expanded on there wall and can be visible to all his/her friends very clearly.
If you got the like , that will be visible very lighter.
And ofcourse both are good for Seo.
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Price98 12 years ago

Both are very effective but I think like is most preferable than share. Facebook is very popular site so both are effective for SMO.
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jeffsmith1 Banned 12 years ago

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- stephaneM20 12 years ago
  
  While you share a post in Facebook it indicates you found it useful for others also. So share is better than like.
  
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strategic seo services 12 years ago

Both are good, as they bring more traffic to your site.
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lamatic Banned 12 years ago

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- MoSound Productions 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lamatic
  
  For sure facebook share. Likes are only for visibility.
  
  Why wouldn't they count likes? I think these are also important.
  
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rahulkashyap 12 years ago

social network activity, comments, shares and Twitter re-tweets, etc.
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SalAG 12 years ago

Both are important but sharing has wider scope. It lets more people like your page.
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kundanseo 12 years ago

In my view, facebook shares is better than likes. But both are important.
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mejohn 12 years ago

Shares are definitely more important. It gives your page exposure, which will naturally increase the likes, thus building more organic traffic to your page.
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indybail 12 years ago

You want shares for the links and accompanying traffic.
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AnmolJ 12 years ago

I Think Both Of Them Matters Equally !!
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patco 12 years ago

Of course the share. But I think you should understand that Facebook (just like twitter!) will help you drive more visitors to your website, it will NOT help you a lot for your ranking
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slazer90 12 years ago

They are good in their separate ways. But as for SEO the shares are probably best. Having a lot of likes is great for traffic and exposure when you pot updates on your page.
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