15 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
15 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Google+, Facebook, Twitter, do they actually help you rank?

by kimhopkins
13 replies
We're thinking about using social networking for our clients, but does social networking actually help your sites rank better?
#facebook #google #rank #twitter
  • Profile picture of the author Doug Pretorius
    Probably. But you shouldn't focus on that. Use social media as it's own source of traffic, not as a way to boost search traffic.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8060157].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author RosuC
    You should be present on all of them but is not helping so much. Use the normal way of promoting through media websites (blogs, articles and others), until now that's the way of increasing traffic and to grow on the searching engines.
    Also, you do have to prepare your SEO campaign using some of the tools that you can find also in this forum
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8060197].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Smith18
    Social media, you cannot just rely on it that it will improve your ranking, instead of that you can pay something for SEO, it will surely help you to improve your ranking. As there is 99% assurance that it will work.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8061746].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ashokaa
    These are social networking sites, today this is very effective method to increase traffic for your website, this may help you to increase your business. And our motive is to increase business at all. So I think this is works.
    Signature
    Gears Manufacturers | Private Detectives in Delhi |
    Cement Plants Manufacturers |
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8061931].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Cobaki
    Social media sites are only among your options of boosting your rank. You should not put all your effort here because it's not worth it. You should focus on the more important things like improving the quality of your website, make sure it's importance does not decrease. Keep on updating original and useful info. Get important links that are relevant to your purpose. Participate in forums, write guest posts, and all those stuff.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8061941].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author MarketingMonk
    social media can boosts traffic but you also need to do SEO in order to boost search traffic
    Signature
    KINDLE the Fire to Make Your Books Sales Go Bonkers! Get Your Books On Kindle Bestseller List NOW!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8063235].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ivanklasic
    SEO isn't about focusing on one aspect to get top rankings but I think social media still helps especially Google+. They are trying to make it better than other social media platforms. Most of my blog posts that gets a good number of plus ones tend to rank better.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8063743].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ramcon
    It will be a big help. Social networking really creates traffic because there are lots of users. But you should not give your full attention to this, you can have other techniques that will help your sites rank.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8064703].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Cobaki
    Focus first on improving the quality of your website. Make sure you are direct with what you can offer to the needs of your targeted market. Then increase your website's exposure using social media sites and other sources. Your risk with these sites is your ads might be directed to the wrong people. If you target strictly business-related, you also have better chances at Google+.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8064782].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author clg21
    Hello,

    Yup, it is best for you to use social media such as facebook, twitter, and instagram and even tumblr for your business. It is good because you can advertise and let them know what your products are. It is also a great idea since social medias have a very big market.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8065593].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Cobaki
    If you are an online store that needs to advertise your products more, Pinterest and Instagram are great choices for people interested in your niche to discover your products.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8065870].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author icemonkey9
    I recently talked to a couple of "gurus" that were actually referred to me by Neil Patel (he's a famous SEO mastermind) and they are saying all the data over the last 6-9 months THEY compiled says that there's definitely a shift to "social authority" which affects rankings.

    Their 2 cents but interesting stuff.
    Signature
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8066478].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author infoway
    Originally Posted by kimhopkins View Post

    We're thinking about using social networking for our clients, but does social networking actually help your sites rank better?
    Actually it helped me to increase my websites traffic to huge extent. Am not sure about increase in page rank but they helped me to established an online presence for my business, getting 55% more profit in my existing business.
    Signature
    Web Development Company | Web Development Portfolio | Web Design Products
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8069977].message }}

Trending Topics