Does social media impact SEO?

You sound like a newb, don't worry I am too,

Yeh it does, you can create a link on your Facebook right now and that will be a link from a very high authauth site, do this for each of the social networks as well
 
"you can create a link on your Facebook right now and that will be a link from a very high authauth site"

A nofollow link...
 
I thing the same, in this moment the social is not in the algoritm of google, but the traffic is count
 
Whhaaaaat?
Social signals doesn't count in google's algorithm because it can be manipulated easily, all links can be manipulated though, but Google doesn't have any power over social media so they don't take it in.
 
I think it helps build a little trust to google but not much like the guy above said its not a big factor.
 
If it's something easily manipulated, it's never a factor. Getting social signals isn't a big task. As the above guy said, they just help in building trust to Google. That's it.
 
depends on the type of website you are trying to rank. For example a viral product/ social event would defiantly benefit the website with social media traffic.
 
It's good to have social media presence, however I've seen top ranking websites with no social media.
 
in fact, it is currently one of the best source through links and other posts that direct to your website or promote your product or service.A good example is Facebook which is a good platform for ads.
 
Pinterest and
Twitter are to increase ur site traffic
Tumblr is used to make PBNs :)
 
I can say with my little experience that if you create social profiles they will rank higher with your website name in search engines for exact name search. But won't really effect your website ranking. Social bookmarking is great for quick traffic, nothing else.
 
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