Very interesting test on social signals, thoughts?

[activitysuper]

According to this inforgraphic I found on Unbounce, the most powerful social signal is Google-Plus followers followed by Google-Plus votes.

Now these results look amazing, so if this test is correct I need to gather 100 business page followers and a shed load of plus votes and I should see big movement in the SERP's?

Thoughts?

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[KevinBudzynski]

Increase 15 positions by getting 100 Google+ followers? Are they keywords long-tail or competitive? I'm a bit skeptical on it. The test's sample size is small (1?) and therefore the results may not be accurate. No doubt that these social signals influence organic rankings, but many factors do.

[activitysuper]

Yeah I agree, thus the need to discuss on here.

If it was a move of say a few positions then yes, this could have been caused by other means but the sheer scale of the movements is scary if indeed social did generate these movements and not being involved in this activity would be a big mistake (if the data is correct).

[Debdulal]

Of course, Google will be adding more weight on Google Plus because it is their products and they have got all the data. Tweets and Facebook likes also help gaining more online exposure but what I believe is that social signal is important but it is not as powerful as links. Google, just like any other search engines depends heavily on links. Social signals are important but they cannot override the importance of links.

Moreover, the sample size of the test is small and therefore, a definite conclusion is hard to draw from this.