Social Backlinks

I'm sure everyone knows about the social sharing buttons such as the Facebook "LIKE" button as well as Google+ and twitter but what you may not know is pushing these buttons is a huge act of kindness. Google lends a lot of weight to social sharing in regards to ranking.

People will only share something that they feel has been helpful to them. Google knows this so, when they see a site being flooded with backlinks from social networks, they take notice. They know if people are sharing something, it holds value. The next time someone's site has helped you, make sure you thank that person by sharing it with your friends.

How To Get People To Share

If people find it informative and useful, they will share it naturally. Therefore, first and foremost, you should create quality content. I will never stop saying that to people. lol!

However, there are other things that need to be done. In order to get that ball rolling, you will need to build networks on different social media places. I recommend starting with "The Big Three" - Facebook, Google+, and Twitter.

You will want to connect with people who are interested in your niche so go to Facebook and join a couple of groups. Start getting involved with someone else's popular fan page because, if you get involved, you will build relationships and gain new friends.

You can do the same thing in whichever social media sites you want to use; however, the key here is to make real connections. Don't just start adding random people as they will most likely not pay much attention to anything you're posting anyway.

Now that you have your social networks in place, you will want to social your own work! That's right, I said it! Mash those social buttons!!! This will let the rest of your social network know you have something new and they can go look at it.

If you build a nice little social network of followers, you will find your site gets a lot of sharing and will get ranked faster and higher.

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