Does Facebook links have any weightage?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by relivearth, Jan 27, 2011.

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    My webmaster tool shows facebook links as external back links. Do they carry any weightage to google seo? Are follow or no-follow links?
     
    relivearth, Jan 27, 2011 IP
  2. siflur

    siflur Well-Known Member

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  3. egiftcards4u

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    yes but only if google can access the link on a public page - meaning if it`s on a page that you dont need to sign in to veiw the content
     
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    I agree. Yesterday I tried to look some things up on facebook and have seen that FB pages are good rankers on SERPS. Hope this helps. :)
     
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    Links from FaceBook are perceived as signals by GoogleBot. No-one knows how valuable they and there were a lot of articles written on this topic. Bottom-line - they matter.

    I suggest you to read this article by Aaron Wall> http://www.seobook.com/social-rank-dying-already
     
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  6. Zachmo

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    Oh i see. so if its in private it will be useless
     
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    Most Facebook links I've seen have the nofollow tag on them. In that sense they are more or less worthless for pagerank etc. However, google does try to determine popularity of links on Facebook and use them for SERPs so if you have a fairly popular link (ie one that has been liked alot) then you are a good boost in your rankings. So yes the link is helpful, just not in the traditional sense.
     
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    Links from facebook are more usefull for obtaining direct visitors to your site. These visitors may tell their freinds about your site and they may link to you from their personal blog/website. Apart from this I doubt they carry much seo benefit as many links will be on private page and be no-follow.
     
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    GURUSOFIT Greenhorn

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    well according to lynda.com latest SEO training tutorial it say that most of the social networking website use nofollow attribute for there links, so according to that i dont think so that these links contain any worth
     
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    Yes, Agree.. For backlink purpose it will not be that much helpful. But if you are looking for promoting brands, services or products FB is very much useful.. You can put your updates in it be it any discount on any products or for new launched services. :)
     
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    Both facebook and twitter backlinks count for SERP now....Keep building links :)
     
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    Wow, that is solid, good to know! ;)
     
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    I truly believe social media backlinks counts for good serps.
     
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    Any reference to believe in? Blog or article or anything? I am asking for this as I really want to start taking Social Network on top most priority! Hey Please reply to this.. Thanks.
     
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    Links from facebook are more usefull for obtaining direct visitors to your site. These visitors may tell their freinds about your site and they may link to you from their personal blog/website.Both facebook and twitter backlinks count for SERP now....Keep building links
     
    nadeemsheikh, Feb 11, 2011 IP