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"Search engine rankings are influenced mostly by (social media) backlinks." Hilarious. Also - cramming a keyword you want into a title tag that doesn't fit th
by halo18 14y ago
"Search engine rankings are influenced mostly by (social media) backlinks."
Hilarious.
Also - cramming a keyword you want into a title tag that doesn't fit the content is shitty SEO. There's a difference between that, and doing it well.
- stritar 14y agoI once wrote a post about Apple having more cash than Slovenia's GDP. Without much optimization, no strong backlinks, but with a lot of social virality - the post was on the first page for Google "Apple Slovenia" for at least a year.
- stritar 14y agoCurrently, if I search Google for "writing blog post titles SEO", this specific post is on the first page. I think this proves social media links matter a lot.
- mkr-hn 14y agoAny number of factors could cause that. It's not on the first page for me. "A followed B, so B must have caused A" is how most miracle cure, weight loss, marketing, and money making products are born. Most are bogus or fail in the long term.
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- xpose2000 14y agoCompletely agree with you. If this post had a downvote button I would surely use it. Very very bad advice in his post that is just flat out wrong.
- stritar 14y agohttp://www.searchprosystems.com/social-media%E2%80%99s-impact-on-google-search-rankings http://www.searchprosystems.com/social-media%E2%80%99s-impac...
- regal 14y agoDespite dispensing SEO advice so freely, the site's current SEM Rush daily traffic is 0 visitors / day. And the author's been blogging on this site for over 3 years; it's not a new site.