What is Social Signals?

Answered across 5 episodes of The Best SEO Podcast

The short answer

Activity on social media platforms that the hosts reference as having some SEO value, described as psychosocial signals from an SEO standpoint.

How experts on the show define it

Activity on social media platforms that the hosts reference as having some SEO value, described as psychosocial signals from an SEO standpoint.

From The Best SEO Podcast with Matt and Chris #469

Metrics from social platforms, such as Facebook likes, shares, Twitter followers, and brand mentions, that Google uses as indicators of a site's credibility and relevance for ranking purposes.

From Different Ways Social Factors Can Affect Your Site's SEO - #seopodcast 173

Shares, likes, and tweets that Google and Bing use as ranking factors, incorporated via an algorithm change in 2011 according to both companies.

From How should I use SEO? - #seopodcast 160

Retweets, likes, shares, plus ones, and similar social interactions that Google uses as ranking factors to determine content relevance and importance.

From Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram - #seopodcast 142

Activity on social networking platforms that Google and Bing have acknowledged they factor into search rankings, making consistent posting and engagement important for SEO.

From Link Building and Link Disavowing - #seopodcast 157

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