11 replies to this topic

[kevs]

Facebook lets you post lots of your websites up.
Do you get a backlink bump in SEO
I think I see a re-direct.
How do you know in these situations 100%? thanks.

[fairclb]

Don't you have to be logged into Facebook to see profiles? If so, google can't index your profile

[Ruud]

Facebook lets you post lots of your websites up. Do you get a backlink bump in SEO

No: most links are hidden, nofollowed, not passing link juice. Those that do at times are modulated by search engines soon after they're found or modified by Facebook

Yes: if the sharing is natural and spreads, you may see an increase in links because of it.

[FP_Guy]

FaceBook is a good social media for for SEM (Search Engine Marketing) rather than SEO (Search Engine Optimization). If you have good information for the general public then traffic to your website will increase and if people like what they see then link building will follow in a natural way like Ruud says. And as we all know Google loves the 'natural' link building the best, especially after Google's Caffeine Update.

[kevs]

thanks Rudd,
FP - are you agreeing with Rudd.
You do not get Backlink brownie points?

[jonbey]

all the FB links are nofollow.

[kevs]

Jon, How does one know this stuff.
How do I know for other sites.
No follow means you get no backlink credit?

BTW
even if no credit or no follow, it's good, in that the links bring buzz to the urls no?

[Michael_Martinez]

If you don't want to do a "View Source" in your browser for nofollow link attributes, you can install a plug-in to Firefox that checks for NoFollow links.

Some sites NoFollow some links but not others.

[kevs]

did not understand that at all Micheal.

[glyn]

The big mistake here that people make is that a nofollow link doens't pass any link juice. Because it will do. I know this because when I get 100 links on a website and that is no-followed and see the position go up in the search engines, I know that some degree of value is placed on the no-follow.

Second, Just because a link is no-followed on Facebook it doesn't mean it wont' be followed on one of its output subsiduaries.

Third, Google has agreements with some platforms to crawl the content which via a browser you can't see. So you don't know if the link value is being passed of not.

In a nutshell, a link is a link is a link. Work on content to engage and who cares about the links.

[kevs]

thanks Glyn, nice post!

[FP_Guy]

Well said glyn!

Edited by FP_Guy, 14 April 2010 - 09:24 AM.