Social Media Often Ranks Well on Google

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16 commentsSaturday, May 30, 2009

Are You Optimizing Your Social Media Profile?

Social Media Often Ranks Well on Google

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By Themedseo (WPN reader) - Wed, 06/03/2009 - 20:50

Best Results

I have done the previous methods of SEO terms. That should come the best results. I need some more ideas for SEO terms.

By Marketing Quickies Blueprint (WPN reader) - Tue, 06/02/2009 - 05:18

Taking Advantage of Web 2.0

I definitely agree that small businesses do not have any presence online and one of the easiest ways is using web 2.0 properties and we need to be looking at going after the longtail keywords.

I'm starting to take a closer look at twitter. As I've heard that Google indexes every tweet as a page and they can rank on the first page of google for your chosen keyword phrase.

Will check out StepRep as well.

For 'site' who commented re joining all the social networking profiles because then you have to remember multiple passwords.

You'll find this handy tool will help you with your passwords http://www.roboform.com/

Another great tool is http://www.socialmarker.com for bookmarking your sites.

By Agency Collection (WPN reader) - Mon, 06/01/2009 - 13:23

twitter for collections

In my opinion twitter is over rated. IMHO twitter is better for driving potential customers to your site rather than using it for SEO.

By Max Cash (WPN reader) - Mon, 06/01/2009 - 00:21

To much work for too little return

Interesting ideas about SN SEO. No doubt they work.

However, do you think anyone is actually reading the majority of the crap that's coming out of social networking?

SN is just turning into another sick source of spam in the name of SEO.

By dog house plans (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/31/2009 - 23:40

Its nice to hear that social

Its nice to hear that social networking sites are really a great help in having a nice page rank in Google. Now, Twitter is one of those sites. No doubt this can really help a site owner.

By Reputation Management Guy (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/31/2009 - 21:46

This is great advice. So many people and small businesses do not have any presence online. People need to be able to find you. The best way to dominate search results for your name or your company's name is to interlinking profiles. I recommend taking it a step further though. Interlink your profiles with 3rd parties that have linked to you. With StepRep, we built a reputation management tool that will alert you when someone mentions you online (unlike G alerts, we look into social networks too). But then we provide a profile that you can pop those references on, request endorsements from partners or customers and add all of your other online profile links. (pls forgive the shameful plug)

This is the important thing: It's one thing to make sure you are found. But once people find you, what do they see? Do they see a bunch of stuff that you have published. That's good, but when people google you, they want to find out more - they want to see what others think of you. Your reputation is more about what other people say about you than what you say about yourself. Interlinking your own content while also promoting good things that other people say about you is really embracing reputation management.

By Kris Olin (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/31/2009 - 18:02

It is easier for people than businesses

Using social media sites has become a good way for individual people to gain prominent positions on Google and other search engines. So, if you are your best product your self, then your chances for some SEO are quite good. Well, if your'e not called John Smith, that is.

If, however your are a company, it is a bit more difficult since ther are not so many social networking hang out places for businesses. LinkedIn is propably the most useful one for that purpose. Twitter, of course is becoming a major player in business communications for this purpose now.

By Spencer Spellman (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/31/2009 - 13:32

Optimizing Social Media

I wrote an article a few weeks ago about this as well. I agree that it's basically taking what you do with SEO for your website, and doing the same thing over social media: quality content, keywords and links. The thing with links is that many sites put "nofollow" tags on links. However, I think titles, like in Facebook Fan Page titles, are a good place to optimize.

By Buffalo Heating Contractor (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/31/2009 - 11:07

one question

the Twitter tips are much appreciated...my question though is how important is the number of followers you have... to actually SEO ranking? Is Google really showing "more love" to those with more followers?

By sites (WPN reader) - Fri, 05/29/2009 - 09:51

You have introduced a lot of

You have introduced a lot of services which can be utilized to manage multiple social networking profiles. Thanks for the same. Though I do not complete agree with your view on joining all the social networking profiles because then you have to remember multiple passwords.

By nepremicnne (WPN reader) - Wed, 05/27/2009 - 06:42

Its not all about ranking what counts is conversion

Put your mindset to analytical mode define clear goals. Don't just start "stuffing" keywords all over your social network profiles/pages. Be creative. Firs GIVE something to the highly appreciated visitors then you will GET more then you can imagine.

By Chris Crum - Wed, 05/27/2009 - 07:10

RE: Its not all about...

I agree. Old SEO principles apply. While you want to use keywords, you don't want to overdo so that it becomes unnatural.

By Tweaking For SEO (WPN reader) - Wed, 05/27/2009 - 03:06

West Coast Vinyl is a step

West Coast Vinyl is a step ahead we are doing this to rank for some of our big search term. Yes, it does work, and it is tedious to get the linking and inputing the info.

By Official Safety and Security (WPN reader) - Tue, 05/26/2009 - 19:49

Great idea!

I've been doing this for a little while now and it's great that you confirmed that it works. Thanks, Chris, for sharing.

By Paul Weston (WPN reader) - Tue, 05/26/2009 - 15:23

This might not work for long

Twitter is so full of spam, I expect that within a year that links to your site from twitter will actually _negatively_ impact your page rank.

By AlVin Koay (WPN reader) - Tue, 05/26/2009 - 12:23

Better to get your name ranked instead?

Great idea!

I never thought of getting our social media profiles ranked to be important. I guess it will seem almost impossible to be ranked for competitive keywords such as "internet marketing", etc because there are practically millions of profiles with that keywords stuffed in their profiles.

Unless you are the number 1 celebrity in that niche and have tonnes of linkbacks to your profile, it is almost impossible for the general public.

I guess getting your name ranked is more practical, IMHO.

Regards, Al