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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.
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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...
For everything else there's Barclaycard...
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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.
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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.
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.
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Tunnel Vision
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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.
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.
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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.
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Tunnel Vision
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Business Friend UK
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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.
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.
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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......
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......
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Alex Mason
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LiamPugh
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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.
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