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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...