{"id":21514,"date":"2020-03-03T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.x-cart.com\/?p=21514"},"modified":"2025-03-21T19:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:16:14","slug":"9-things-must-know-social-media-seo-grow-organic-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.x-cart.com\/social-media\/seo.html","title":{"rendered":"9 Things You MUST Know about Social Media SEO to Grow Your Organic Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This blog post was originally contributed by Monique Danao, a writer for ReferralCandy<\/a> and CandyBar. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is social media SEO?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media SEO definition: It\u2019s the use of social media to complement Search Engine Optimization<\/a> (SEO) efforts and increase organic reach. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, a strong social media presence could boost your organic reach, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Databox reports that 66% of marketers see a correlation between search rankings and social media shares. Meanwhile, the remaining 34% believed otherwise or did not know.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The gap between \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno\u201d could be explained by Google\u2019s confirmation that social links are not direct page ranking factors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite their statement, marketers have continuously found that the more shares your content has, the more likely it\u2019ll rank near the top of search engine results.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, does this mean that Google is wrong? <\/p>\n\n\n

\n 9 things to know about social media SEO <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The relationship between social media and SEO may seem complicated, but in this blog post, we\u2019ve compiled the best resources and organized them into subtopics so you can understand the link between Google and social media, as well as the role of SEO in social media marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n 1. Google probably ignores social signals but they\u2019re still important <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Is social media and SEO ranking important for Google? Does social media affect SEO?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google has officially gone back and forth to answer this question. In 2010, Google confirmed<\/a> that they used Facebook and Twitter links as ranking signals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, they backtracked and said that social media pages are treated like every other page on their web index. They aren\u2019t a direct ranking factor. <\/p>\n\n\n

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