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        • kevinbp
          kevinbp last edited by

          Q: Does a link in a facebook post count as a backlink?

          Q: is it a 'do follow' or 'no follow' link?

          Q: twitter uses short links, so when someone links to me, do i get the points/juice from the backlink?

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          • MasteryQuest
            MasteryQuest last edited by

            Yeah i read the same.
            Backlinks from social platforms doesn't per see do much favor.
            Here is a some links too about link building for newbees too: [https://support.shorturl.gg/business-marketing-and-seo-forums/discussions/seo-talks/link-building-seo/](link url) and the one where they talk about that Google might consider link building as spam is very interesting I'd think in my opinion.

            In theory it might hurt you as they could consider non organic link building as a break of Google's TOS. Not sure how true it is but still its a bit interesting as it seems that they prefer that links are built only the organcic way and not through SEO practices. 🤔

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            • randfish
              randfish @Dan-Louis last edited by

              A) Generally yes, but hard to say for certain. There are correlations suggesting that maybe some of them do pass influence in some way.

              B) Probably, but again, likely based on engagement, i.e. if a social link gets very little engagement, it probably won't do much to influence search rankings, but if it gets a lot, it often seems to have at least some positive impact.

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              • Dan-Louis
                Dan-Louis last edited by

                am I correct to assume that:

                • a) Social, "nofollow"-links have no tangible value in terms of directly affecting rankings
                • b) All social links indirectly affects rankings (time on page, increase in traffic, more direct traffic, and so forth ...)
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                • randfish
                  randfish @kushvision last edited by

                  It depends on the definition and intent of the word. In this case, I believe KevinBP wants to know whether those links will impact rankings in the same way that normal, followed links from other websites will/do. I believe we'd all agree that social media links with nofollow attributes do not contribute in those ways.

                  I'd also say, more broadly, that while many types of links will show up in Google's Webmaster Tools, this criteria alone does not indicate rank-boosting ability from those links or that Google is even counting them.

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                  • kushvision
                    kushvision last edited by

                    To shock all of you YES facebook links count as a backlink.... If you have not checked your webmaster tools lately you will notice that comment links on facebook post now show up in your back-links profile. However this may not be the best quality links they are similar to forum comment posting a very low level/quality of link building.

                    If they are showing up in your webmaster tools then they are do follow links and are considered back-links.

                    I would love to hear what everyone think of this logic?

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                    • Andy-Halliday
                      Andy-Halliday last edited by

                      Nope, they don't.

                      Good article here explaining it in more detail: http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/news/2325343/matt-cutts-facebook-twitter-social-signals-not-part-of-google-search-ranking-algorithms but basically any link from Facebook or twitter does not help your rankings.

                      Would be way to easy to manipulate to get rankings.

                      If your new to link building, then this is a great beginners guide to it: http://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links

                      Thanks

                      Andy

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                      • RangeMarketing
                        RangeMarketing last edited by

                        Links via social media are traditionally "no follow". Facebook and Twitter follow this convention.

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