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DO SOCIAL
   SIGNALS
  ACTUALLY
PLAY A PART IN
   SEARCH
 RANKINGS?



   @heatherhealy
FAST FORWARD
A LOT OF YEARS
“FIND OUT WHAT STUFF
 YOUR CUSTOMERS LIKE.

FIND OUT WHERE THEY GO.

GIVE THEM AMAZING STUFF”
WHAT’S
 THE
 ROI?!
“YES, SOCIAL
SIGNALS ARE
PART OF OUR
ALGORITHM”
METHODOLOGY
PERFECT CORRELATION




                                         LINK COUNT
        RANKING POSITION: GOOGLE.CO.UK
CORRELATION WITH
      HIGHER RANKING


1       EXTERNAL LINKS TO URL




2        UNIQUE LINKS TO URL




10       SOCIAL FOR URL
UNIQUE LINKS &
           HIGHER RANKINGS




              RANKING POSITION: GOOGLE.CO.UK



Data Set: Top 100 positions across 400 keywords in September 2012
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS &
     HIGHER RANKINGS




              RANKING POSITION: GOOGLE.CO.UK



Data Set: Top 100 positions across 400 keywords in September 2012
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS &
                      UNIQUE LINKS
SOCIAL COUNT




                                      UNIQUE LINK COUNT

               Data Set: Top 100 positions across 400 keywords in September 2012
“DON’T WRITE
 THE EPITAPH
  FOR LINKS
    YET”
MONEYSUPERMARKET RANKINGS


    bank accounts



                    #1
    credit cards
    isas
    loans
    mortgages
24.2K FACEBOOK
2,831 TWITTER
106   GOOGLE+
MONEYSUPERMARKET
COST OF BEING BATMAN

  LAUNCH
MONEYSUPERMARKET
COST OF BEING BATMAN




                       SOCIAL INTERACTION COUNT
UNIQUE LINK COUNT
                            MONEYSUPERMARKET
                           COST OF BEING BATMAN




SOCIAL INTERACTION COUNT
UNIQUE LINK COUNT
                            MONEYSUPERMARKET
                           COST OF BEING BATMAN




SOCIAL INTERACTION COUNT
UNIQUE LINK COUNT
                            MONEYSUPERMARKET
                           COST OF BEING BATMAN




SOCIAL INTERACTION COUNT
LINK
VALUE
KNOCK-ON VALUE
WAITROSE

17TH SEPTEMBER 2012
FINISH THE SENTENCE: “I SHOP AT WAITROSE BECAUSE
     ___________________” #WAITROSEREASONS
SOCIAL MENTIONS
SOCIAL COUNT
SOCIAL MENTIONS VS
                  UNIQUE LINKS




                                    UNIQUE LINK COUNT
SOCIAL COUNT
WAITROSE RANKINGS
RANKING POSITION
NEW
LOOK
LFW
WOMEN’S DRESSES
                   RANKINGS VS SOCIAL
RANKING POSITION




                                        SOCIAL COUNT
THIS
MEANS
THINGS
 YOU
SHOULD
  DO
THANK
 YOU
 @heatherhealy

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