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How Social Media Indirectly Benefits SEO – The TL;DR

June 15, 2025 / by Dave Burnett

By Dave Burnett, SEO Specialist — Last updated: June 15, 2025 TL;DR Social signals—metrics like likes, shares, and comments—do not directly influence Google’s search rankings but are factored into Microsoft’s Bing algorithm Bing Webmaster Guidelines. Instead, social media boosts SEO indirectly by increasing content discovery, earning backlinks, improving brand...

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Backlinks for Marketers: The Ultimate White-Hat vs Black-Hat Guide (2025 Edition)

June 9, 2025 / by Marketing Team

Backlinks remain essential in SEO – they’re like “votes” from other sites that signal your content’s credibility to search engines. In fact, Google itself has confirmed that content and backlinks are among its top ranking factors. Studies show 95% of pages have zero backlinks, which is why link-building is often...

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How Social Media Indirectly Benefits SEO

June 7, 2025 / by Marketing Team

What Are “Social Signals” in SEO? Social signals refer to engagement metrics from social media platforms – for example, the number of followers a profile has, as well as how much engagement (likes, shares, comments, retweets, etc.) content receives on social networks. These metrics indicate content popularity on social...

5 Tips on How to Get Backlinks in 2024

October 19, 2024 / by Dave Burnett

In search engine optimization (SEO), backlinks play a crucial role in improving your website’s ranking. They are essentially votes of confidence from other websites, signaling to search engines that your content is trustworthy and valuable. But not all backlinks are created equal. The quality, relevance, and authority of the...

Boost Your Landscape Design Biz: 7 SEO Tactics

May 22, 2024 / by Marketing Team

With the booming growth of the digital realm, the importance of establishing an online presence for any business, including your landscape design venture, has become undeniable. But in a saturated market, simply having a website or a social media account is hardly enough. To truly stand out and attract...