Looking for a specific article by Rand or others
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Hi Everyone,
I am looking for an article (can't remember the name of it) that has these concepts. I believe Rand wrote one not too long ago but I cannot remember the name.
- Inbound links from Social Media Sites do not help your SEO. There is correlation but that is it.
- Traffic generated from Social Media sites may be an indicator to Google and a SEO ranking factor. It is the traffic not the link that Google is consider as a ranking factor.
- Google plus - so there have been many articles saying that Google + helps your rankings. I believe I saw one by Rand saying this is not true. There is correlation but not causation.
I am trying to explain to my students how social media really benefits SEO and make them think beyond "the link". Any other articles suggested are also appreciated
Thanks
Carla
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You might also try this one recently published on the Moz blog by @CyrusShephard : http://moz.com/blog/google-plus-correlations
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Ok I think I just answered my own question. This is the article I was looking for and it was written by Mark Traphagen not Rand.
http://www.stonetemple.com/googles-matt-cutts-understanding-social-identity-on-the-web-is-hard/
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