Top Social Media Tips For SEO

When we normally think of Social Media for our website, we're imagining the concept of creating buzz and swarms of traffic from viral links. However there's a powerful advantage that is often missed: search engine optimization and backlinks. In this article we'll take a look at several unique strategies that can get your site dozens of quick and free backlinks.

Video Upload Sites

Video portals are be a strong source of free links. Each video that is uploaded generally allows a direct backlink to your site within the video's description. Usually these links can not include your anchor text, but they are valued backlinks from large, trusted websites. If you are able, post several videos across all of the largest video sites (YouTube, Viddler, Vimeo, Revver, etc.) for maximum exposure.

Twitter

Twitter profiles provide a free backlink from the "website" area of your description. These links are indexed by the search engines and can have an impact. Much like the video descriptions, they can't include anchor text, but they are a direct backlink from a valued source.

Forum Signatures

My absolute favorite way to acquire backlinks from social media. You simply register for an account on every single forum that is relevant to your site's topic. Then you include a short description of your site and add one or two backlinks using your keywords. Now, for each post you make on the forum, you'll receive one free backlink. These, alone, can have a significant weight on your search rankings.

Social Networking

Do you have profiles on LinkedIn? MySpace? Facebook? You get the point. Sign up for an account at every social networking site, even if you don't use the accounts regularly, and add your backlink to your profile. Some examples are MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster, MyBlogLog, and others.

The goal of this article was to offer some ideas that show how simple it can be to generate free backlinks from social media portals. Links that can provide lasting impact for your SEO. More often than not, if two sites are using the same strategies, and one adds social media to their arsenal; that site will rank higher. Be sure you employ all of these strategies on a regular basis.

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