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Social Signals in Search

Social media is becoming more integrating into search engine rankings. Below you will find several articles that dive deeper into the social signals in search.

Google Plus My World

January 10, 2012 No Comments

Today, Google announced a major change to search engine results. This is probably one of the most significant changes I’ve seen to Google in quite a while. The new “Search Plus Your World” features begin rolling out immediately. The idea behind this new feature integrates traditional search results with shared items from a user’s network [...]

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Social Signals in Search – Optimizing Google+

November 3, 2011 1 Comment

In a prior post, I discussed optimizing Facebook for search engine results. As we’ve seen, what you’ve do in social media has a direct effect on how (or if) you are found in search results. Not only does what you do in Facebook matter, Google+ also has a role in search engine results. They are [...]

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Social Signals in Search – Optimizing Facebook Updates

October 24, 2011 1 Comment

As I’ve discussed in prior posts, what happens in social media has a direct effect in where your site is found in search engines. Last week, I mentioned how establishing social authority establishes search engine trust. Another element of social signals in search is the Facebook status message. Search engines often will index posts from [...]

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Social Signals in Search: Establishing Social Authority

October 17, 2011 1 Comment

As I’ve discussed in prior posts, social media has a direct effect on search engine rankings. Rankings have long been affected by authority. In the past, authority is often measured by inbound links to a website. The more quality links a site has, the more that site is considered an authoritative site. Higher authority sites [...]

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Social Signals in Search – Author Highlighting

October 3, 2011 No Comments

As part of my series on the integration social signals in search, it’s time to discuss author highlighting in Google. Last week, we started with the timeline of how social media became integrated with search engines. It’s an ever-changing set of events. In the summer of 2011, Google announced the highlighting of the authorship of [...]

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