I have been testing this for a while and I have had great results in my google rankings. In the post panda and penguin climate, ranking has been quite difficult as one would not know exactly what to do. I learnt this like 2 months ago, and my initial tests have proven to me that this strategy works. What is this about? The new ranking element is Social signals or Social SEO, to put it plainly getting FB likes, tweets, G+, pins on pinterest has a big bearing on ranking. I tried it on one of my sites and it moved over 200 spots in less than a week. You can do this manually to get the likes and tweets of your site, but to fast track it try fiverr.com. Test the waters and see if it works for yourself. PS: Just like any other form of linking, do not try to get many of this social signals at once. Go for the gigs that offer just a couple of them to start with. Not more than a 100 of each. You will be surprised with the results. Try it and get back to all of us here. Have you had any success with this before? Share your story with us below. Hope this helps someone who has been struggling with SEO or got penalized.