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SO HAS MOZ…
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“Now in 2013, there's strong reason to suspect…that the relationship between
posting to Google+ and higher rankings goes beyond correlation into the territory of
actual causation.”
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AND SEARCHMETRICS
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“Social signals continue to correlate
very well with better rankings”
Social signals
Traditional ranking factors
SEO Ranking Factors – Rank Correlation 2013 for Google USA
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EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL AND SEARCH
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Likes,
Shares,
Follows
Social
Media
Search
Traffic
Queries
Indirect
Social
Media
Search
Results
SEO
Direct
Social
Media
Page
Ranking
Social Signals
Pre-2010
2010
Today
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SOCIAL RANKING FACTORS
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• How many social followers/fans you have
• How many re-tweets, likes, shares, +1s, YouTube embeds
• Who is sharing your content, their authority, their reputation
• Popularity and quality of content
• Timeliness and “trust” of content
• Patterns
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ENCOURAGE USE OF SOCIAL KEYWORDS
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RUCKUS SPORTS - PITTSBURGH RACE
• Pittsburgh Race (new 2013)
• No rankings In May
• New Content on Brand website
• Encouraged social sharing around
Pittsburgh Ruckus Race
• Posted social content using
Pittsburgh + Keyword
• Rankings for “Pittsburgh” terms
increased leading up to and after
race day
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PINECONE HILL – MATELASSÉ QUILTS
• Pine Cone Hill featured “matelassé” “quilts” in
content throughout early summer across multiple
social platforms
• Kwd -specific posts were promoted through mid-
August and resulted in social shares
• September 1st –keywords see an increase in
rankings
• Incremental Sales Increase during this period
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IN CLOSING…SOCIAL SIGNALS:
• We’ve all seen strong correlation
• Social keyword strategy should be a part of your overall SEO
content strategy
• Not a silver bullet
• Look at the data, not the hype
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QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
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EVP of Digital Marketing
@fskip // @451marketing
451marketing.com
Facebook.com/451Marketing
francis@451marketing.com
451 Marketing
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USING SOCIAL SIGNALS TO
BOOST YOUR SEARCH RANKINGS
Francis Skipper, EVP Digital Marketing, 451 Marketing