Is Facebook best for SEO ?

[skycity]

Hi all ..Is Facebook best for SEO ? :|

 

[Oakley7]

Hi all ..Is Facebook best for SEO ?

Presumably you mean will having a link to my site on Facebook help the SEO of my website.

Short answer is probably yes, but there is much more to optimising your website for SEO purposes than just getting a link to it from well known websites.

If you get a link from a high ranking site then you still need to have a well built quality site that is relevant to the subject matter. If not then Google won't be impressed, in fact if the relationship is debatable then it could even count against you and have an adverse effect.

 

[ITsoldUK]

Hi all ..Is Facebook best for SEO ? :|

No.

FB is best for exchanging drivel and embarrassing photos of yourself.

 

[Chase]

No.

FB is best for exchanging drivel and embarrassing photos of yourself.

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[Oakley7]

FB is best for exchanging drivel and embarrassing photos of yourself.

lol

Facebook is a company going south which won't be here in 5 yrs time....

 

[Big Pete]

No.

FB is best for exchanging drivel and embarrassing photos of yourself.

spot on ..

 

[Celina876]

Facebook is basically use for Social Media Optimization (SMO). Facebook is best for smo we can share,like etc. on it...

 

[Baz Watkins]

FB is great if your into swapping pictures of cats and dogs with funny writing or want to be bombarded with self help, believe in yourself posters.

For everything else there's Barclaycard...

 

[cheap]

Facebook Who

 

[profitmagnet]

You can get some good traffic from facebook but seo wise it's not much of help though. But as others specified it's more of smo.

 

[InternetMarketingPlatinum]

No it's very weak for SEO in fact.

 

[webgeek]

If you believe the research saying social signals (mostly Facebook shares) accounts for 20% of search algorithm, then yes it's massive.

If you don't believe it, or frequently consume whatever Rand says without giving it a critical eye, then it's a coincidence and not linked to rankings at all.

 

[Tunnel Vision]

In terms of SEO facebook is useless as the link you will be providing will be "nofollow" meaning it counts for near to nothing to Google crawlers. If you are looking to place backlinks you should go about doing so in blog articles and also some forums.

In terms of social marketing, I would highly recommend utilizing Facebook as you are advertising your business to millions of potential customers for free! (Or PPC however this costs money.) Hope I answered your question thoroughly.

 

[InternetMarketingPlatinum]

In terms of SEO facebook is useless as the link you will be providing will be "nofollow" meaning it counts for near to nothing to Google crawlers. If you are looking to place backlinks you should go about doing so in blog articles and also some forums.

In terms of social marketing, I would highly recommend utilizing Facebook as you are advertising your business to millions of potential customers for free! (Or PPC however this costs money.) Hope I answered your question thoroughly.

Not really for free is it, time isn't free.

 

[Tunnel Vision]

Not really for free is it, time isn't free.

Okay mate, no need to be pedantic now.

 

[InternetMarketingPlatinum]

Okay mate, no need to be pedantic now.

I wasn't, it's something that people often don't consider. You make a good point by separating SEO and Social Media Marketing which people don't often do either.

 

[Tunnel Vision]

I wasn't, it's something that people often don't consider. You make a good point by separating SEO and Social Media Marketing which people don't often do either.

Well then I guess you have a good point, for many time is scarce which is where you decide whether you want to dish out the money to get your SEO and Social Media Marketing done for you.

 

[skycity]

Presumably you mean will having a link to my site on Facebook help the SEO of my website.

Short answer is probably yes, but there is much more to optimising your website for SEO purposes than just getting a link to it from well known websites.

If you get a link from a high ranking site then you still need to have a well built quality site that is relevant to the subject matter. If not then Google won't be impressed, in fact if the relationship is debatable then it could even count against you and have an adverse effect.

For social marketing, Facebook may be a good choise to get traffic . In your words ,to ensure a quality site is important to SEO as well as building high quality backlinks. right?

 

[skycity]

If you believe the research saying social signals (mostly Facebook shares) accounts for 20% of search algorithm, then yes it's massive.

If you don't believe it, or frequently consume whatever Rand says without giving it a critical eye, then it's a coincidence and not linked to rankings at all.

So I can say every action has its pros and cons.

 

[skycity]

In terms of SEO facebook is useless as the link you will be providing will be "nofollow" meaning it counts for near to nothing to Google crawlers. If you are looking to place backlinks you should go about doing so in blog articles and also some forums.

In terms of social marketing, I would highly recommend utilizing Facebook as you are advertising your business to millions of potential customers for free! (Or PPC however this costs money.) Hope I answered your question thoroughly.

Sonetimes you have to pay for ad in order to get more aim fans to like you

 

[wilson230]

Face book is a social network and I think social media is one of the best seo method to get ranked.

 

[Tunnel Vision]

Face book is a social network and I think social media is one of the best seo method to get ranked.

Social Media Marketing and Search Engine Optimization are two different things. Social Media Marketing for example Facebook, wont get you ranked. However other platforms for example squidoo lens that provide links with "dofollow" when crawled will get you ranked.

 

[wilson230]

Social Media Marketing and Search Engine Optimization are two different things. Social Media Marketing for example Facebook, wont get you ranked. However other platforms for example squidoo lens that provide links with "dofollow" when crawled will get you ranked.

Yes I agree facebook wont get me ranked but facebook give us links that called likes and we will get traffic from social networks.
Mayt be I am wrong...

 

[nilahroy]

Facebook has no direct relation with SEO but it may help in bringing direct traffic to your site.

 

[Bh1 promotions]

It depends on how you use Facebook. Engaging with your audience and interesting them so that they link to your content naturally will definitely help your SEO.
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[Surminga]

As of late I've been noticing Google + helping out with my SEO.

I mean all these sites (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace etc.) are going to give you some good authority backlinks to a particular post or page, but ultimately Google+ is Google's and they won't penalise their own.

I'd also say twitter is better than facebook is as well.

 

[Onlineadguru]

Facebook is important but you need to utilise a variety of other platforms and areas to help build your SEO as well, I agree with Surminga, Google+ is a great tool as well, if used correctly.

 

[Business Friend UK]

actaully guys....

Facebook is very good for SEO. as people share your links it builds a better algo reputation for your site for inbound link scores.

there is something called a link wheel strategy which is designed from networking sites and self published blogs.

 

[ferdi2000]

Fundamentally... Facebook campains will really depend on the type of business...

 

[jchweb]

Best for SEO? No

Potentially useful in SEO? Possibly - Google have hinted that social signals will become more important but there is no real proof of this yet.

 

[wilson230]

It is good but you are required to do lot of work for website promotion.

 

[allenmaccoy]

hi guys ,
with my knowledge in seo quality link always matters instead of quantity, and facebook is a renowned websites which can give you good link juices but as no. of other other links are also there so it decreases som of the values.

in brief facebook is good for SEO......

 

[Alex Mason]

SEO has nothing to do with Facebook at all.

SEO is Search Engine Optimisation. It covers the work that is done on a website to make it more relevant to search queries. It also tends to include creating back links to a site as they still form a large part of search ranking algorithms.

It my just be semantics, but SEO has nothing to do with Facebook.

Web marketing on the other hand does include Facebook (FB) as well as SEO along with emails, affiliates, product feeds etc - I think you are confusing web marketing with SEO. (as many people do)

FB can form an important part of any marketing campaign. It depends though on your business and your overall strategy as to how effective or how to implement it into your activities. You can't just set up an FB page and expect anything to happen on it's own.

The links you get from FB are no follow. They will not assist you with organic SERPs. Bing however is integrating with FB and you will find your personal SERPs results affected by friends of your liking particular products.

In short, FB is an important marketing tool. SEO is an important activity, but has nothing to do with Facebook.

 

[funkykitsch]

lots of people trying to get likes and stuff - what a load of nonsense. Really bad way to use facebook. There are so many companies offering to like your company - i can see a lot of these social media sites being devalued as they are being used fraudulently IMHO.

 

[Matt121]

IMO, Facebook is not that good for getting good SEO. For one thing, your posts are not that targeted and your prospects should be online at the same time you post your update. Other than that, it can be pretty useless to arbitrarily post updates.

 

[Eloise Alexis]

Facebook is one of the the heavily trafficked social networking sites. Facebook 'like' helps in increasing page positions in search engines. Also it will greatly help in promoting your online business.

 

[kaminiprajapati]

Facebook is a social Sharing site which we create our Business Page or Fan page where our link is sharing about business & get traffic. Now a Days, Facebook create a many application started. By this use we aware of business to the people.

 

[janesi87]

As well as you keep your FB noisy and updated, FB will be your useful tool. However, if not, it's Facebook. Many other websites can help you

 

[LiamPugh]

Hi all ..Is Facebook best for SEO ? :|

Facebook is a powerful weapon if you use it as a marketing tool. The good activity in this social platform definitely gives positive SEO results. Moreover, FB allows you to achieve a direct contact with your potential and real clients and this means traffic to your website and better rankings.

 

[nevecelvin123]

Facebook is quite beneficial for marketing purposes, but it is mainly for SMM.