Traditionally, SEO has focused on content, website architecture and linking. These areas of focus are still critical, but as social media gradually becomes more important for SEO, it’s also about identity, relationships and content.

Scaling social media best practices across an organization can play an important role within SEO strategy. The larger your social footprint, the more impact social media will have on your SEO efforts.

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New data from online ad network Chitika looks at organic search rankings relative to traffic, and shows the importance of being on top in order to get the most clicks. This is the latest study to demonstrate the huge power of Page 1, Position 1.

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Your links, paid search, and social media acts as the icing, but your content, information architecture, content management system, and infrastructure act as the sugar and makes the cake.

Without it, your cake is tasteless, boring, and gets thrown in the trash.

Learn how to optimize your Pinterest presence for search with this simple guide.

...if your initial trial of using Pinterest for business has yielded positive results and you think Pinterest is a viable social media marketing platform for your business, you know what the next step is, right? Optimization!

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"The search and social graphs have made giant strides in the recent past. Even two years ago, people were skeptical about the relationship between search and social media.

Fast-forward to 2013, and we are now faced with a complex and large search and social ecosystem that offers a world of opportunity to SEO marketers while transforming their role.

Social engagement is becoming more dependent on quality content and the relationship between social and mobile, making it essential that marketers dig deeper into search, social, local and mobile data to understand how it can impact rankings".

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Should SEO or Social Media come first when launching new online initiatives? There's certainly nothing to stop you from doing both, but synchronizing your goals, strategy, and tactics are key to a successful launch.

SEO and Social Media are becoming more intertwined every day. Think about what are you business goals, then decide which option, or both, are right for your company.

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Do you use title tags and meta description tags? Well of course you do because you already know about the meta tags that can help boost your search engine rankings. 

But did you know that meta tags actually affect your social media traffic?

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