Should I use Social Signals drip feed services?

[Graphbyte]

Hi SEOers!

I saw a video recently on  youtube recommending the use of social signals drip feed services like this one:

http://www.social-llama.com/social-signals/

Is this a good practice? Sounds a little too good to be true and blackhatish.

Thanks

Fernando

[randfish]

Hi Graphbyte - services like this (that fake social signals) have been around for a long time. In my experience and my opinion, they have no real value for SEO or for what you really want from social media marketing (engagement from real people, building brand equity, driving traffic, etc). However, some folks do use them to show their boss/client increased metrics - to me, that's dishonest, but the practice persists.

If all you need are the numbers/metrics to go up, this will probably work for that. However, if you're looking for any additional benefit (traffic, brand growth, new real followers, SEO impact, etc), I'd avoid it and spend your money and time elsewhere.

[Bob_van_Biezen]

Hi Graphbyte,

This might provide an interesting read:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121551/bot-bubble-click-farms-have-inflated-social-media-currency

I hope this gives you an insight in the world of buying and selling social signals!

Best regards,

Bob

_PS. You lucky bastard, you just got answered by Rand himself  _

[randfish]

Great article Bob! I should have thought to include it

[Graphbyte]

Thanks Bob! That was awesome!

All the best!

Fernando