Social Signals - do they actually work?

Yangster

Yangster

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Hi,

Considering some of the social signals packages on BHW, there are so many though! My question is this, I have a search term where we are stuck at No.2 on Google for a term that is 300 - 500 searches a month, not overly competitive and the only real difference in the 1st place listing is it has been there for ages + has a better link profile.

My thoughts are that we can overtake them with social signals as they literally don't have any, should I look at a regular drip or just smash a load in?
 
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I used organic social signals and yes they worked for me. I would trickle start so you don't sike out the algos.
 
Yangster said:
Hi,

Considering some of the social signals packages on BHW, there are so many though! My question is this, I have a search term where we are stuck at No.2 on Google for a term that is 300 - 500 searches a month, not overly competitive and the only real difference in the 1st place listing is it has been there for ages + has a better link profile.

My thoughts are that we can overtake them with social signals as they literally don't have any, should I look at a regular drip or just smash a load in?
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social signals can help, but from #2 to #1, who knows? only way to know is try; ideally they look real, so dripping could be better.
 
You're in 2nd position means dont try the social signals it is not helpful to pushup your position.
Build the backlink more than your competitor site. Those link should be very powerful.
 
yes. but you truely have to belief by heart in them.
any doubt, and they will not .
 
99% of people who buy social signals don't notice a ranking improvement, and I"m guessing the 1% that do see improvements, see them only because they were building backlinks simultaneously. They probably won't improve your serps unless you make it look like you've gone viral, which is unlikely.

From #2 - #1 if you can't continue link-building, try to kill it with bounce rate and avg. session duration.
 
legit shares help
i ve seen improvement for a very fresh site without any backlink after 60 FB shares from real people
 
Social signals do work along with simultaneous niche link building despite an opinion that there is no direct ranking signal in Google’s ranking algo.
 
There is a cae study by @Leith, you can search for it and learn something there.
 
"Social signals". There is no such thing. It is another mumbo-jumbo term that SEO "gurus" pulled out of their a$$. But, there is a correlation between social shares and rankings at some degree, yes - especially if your content is great. This correlation is not the result of so-called "social signals". You "may" rank better because more people share your content, the greater the chance of some of them like it and link to it.
 
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