Comments on: Is social now a compulsory SEO skill?

By: Iceland

Iceland — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:27 +0000

Social Media has to form part of a SEO strategy. Not only can it provide good ‘crawlable’ but the traffic it provides is great. Within Social media, there is nothing better than bragging, The ‘look what i’ve bought’ or ‘look where i’ve been’ mentality, is quickly catching on fast. Where it will get even more important is when Google start to include social media links to the search results based on your friends list.

By: Web marketing

Web marketing — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:41:08 +0000

Very good post,
the picture above depicts the total social media marketing process very well.
Thanks keep it up….

By: Eric Swain

Eric Swain — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:13:12 +0000

Thanks, James. I’ve been having this very discussion/debate with colleagues recently and you have crystalised the issue beautifully. And thanks for making me aware of Adam Singer’s diagram.

Eric

By: Dave Ashworth

Dave Ashworth — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:05:39 +0000

I certainly think that social media is vitally important in SEO – but am starting to notice a number of “robotic” social media tactics being employed also – i.e. just setting up a profile on a social site for the sake of it or for a link back and never expanding it’s true potential of building an audience/following.

So really it’s all about changing the mindset of an established tecnically minded SEO bod, I’m fairly new to the SEO arena and am open to adpoting new methods, but come from a technical web background – so whilst I’ve read up over the years (and indulged in) the robotic practices that are carried out (and still essential in some cases when executed correctly), I’m able to expand into the social media circuit without breaking any old habits.

I guess the way SEO is going, the old school need to adopt the new techniques to thrive, and not just adopt them but embrace them properly and not just see them as ultimately a tactic that can be carried out robotically.