hannamyluv - 3:49 pm on Feb 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

Would someone mind elaborating on social media and how it pertains to Google rankings?

There is a long standing notion that quality factors are playing a role in the algos and that they will only get bigger.

One pretty obvious quality item that a search engine could follow, (well, that G can follow) is how much traffic you are recieving from sources beyond the SERPs... any easy one to target for this is social media sites.

Also, there are many people who now believe that social media sites ARE search engines, so therefore fall under the umbrella of SEO.

[edited by: hannamyluv at 3:53 pm (utc) on Feb. 24, 2009]