Does Google use data from social sites in ranking?



Hello Matt, a recent article of Danny Sullivan suggests that Google uses Twitter and Facebook links as a ranking signal. Can you confirm this? Can you elaborate a little bit more on this? -WebSEOAnalytics

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35 thoughts on “Does Google use data from social sites in ranking?”

  1. This video might be a little old, but it’s still a good one from Google. The answers they gave here are still very informative and useful today. Thanks as always, Google!

  2. Citation Gurus bit of an older one from you, great clip 🙂 I do Facebook page management and did know this. Would you mind if I refer to this video in my Google Hangout I'm running on social media myth busting? or is there a more up to date one I haven't come across yet?

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  6. Hi,
    Maybe Google is going or has gone too far adding social media to web site rankings?

    The small business is finding it increasingly more expensive and time time consuming to run a simple web site offering services and hoping to be found in the search engines.

    The days of a good domain with the right keywords and very often helpful content are long gone, now the private individual must bear (or sell) their soul to get a good ranking when offering local services.

    DMOZ was honest.

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