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Do Social Signals Drive SEO?

Convince & Convert

There is so much speculation about how social media and SEO interact, but what’s the real story? There are three basic problems with this theory: Google has repeatedly denied that they are using social signals for SEO ranking purposes. Links are still a major driver of SEO. Not so fast! Wondering if this is still true?

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10 SEO Tactics That No Longer Work (If They Ever Did) | Small.

Small Business Mavericks

» 10 SEO Tactics That No Longer Work (If They Ever Did) Confused about SEO? Did you just buy a nifty SEO book, or download one for free, that promises to tell you everything there is to know about SEO? If your SEO guru or free e-book download is telling you to do these 10 things, fire him or throw the book away.

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12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program.

Saying It Social

Own your brand’s social presence: If you don’t create official channels online, it’s only a matter of time before your customers/clients do it for you and create their own profiles and communities around your brand. Be sure to build trust by adding value to the community consistently over time.

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Quora Marketing Guide 101: How to Promote Your Brand on Quora the Right Way

Webbiquity SMM

It hosts millions of questions, thousands of active communities (similar to mini forums), and has a highly engaged audience. It’s a manual process that takes time to work, but when it does and once you have a strong identity and community on Quora, you’ll find your tribe promotes you organically without you having to ask them to do it.

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My thoughts on Facebook’s commenting system

The Way of the Web

When UK pubs had a reputation for violence, they’d introduce a dress code requiring shoes. And judging by the SEOMOz toolbar’s ‘NoFollow’ indicator, the Facebook comments are followed links back to Facebook everytime. But I think I can summarise one major flaw in the test and reactions so far.

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Link-building Tips and Tools for Bloggers in a Post-Panda and Penguin World

ProBlogger

Penguin, announced in April 2012, decreased search visibility of websites that participated in black-hat SEO, keyword stuffing, cloaking, link schemes , duplicate content, and other activities that violated Google Webmaster Guidelines. Join communities like My Blog Guest. Google’s Penguin update. Use Google Authorship.

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How to Optimize Your Content for Authorship Success

ProBlogger

Twitter, that always-on social network that is constantly abuzz, and Google+, a social network claimed to offer incredible SEO benefits, offer two incredible ways that complement each other to solidify your digital presence. Even if AuthorRank never officially occurs, it really doesn’t matter in terms of SEO. But how, you ask?

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