How Google Rates Links From Twitter and Facebook
Google’s Matt Cutts recently gave the definitive word on how Google rates links from Twitter and Facebook in organic searches (as opposed to live search). Here’s the video:
How Google Rates Links From Twitter and Facebook – Nutshell
- Source of links doesn’t matter, Google treats all links the same
- If a profile on Facebook is private, Google doesn’t know about it
- Most links on Twitter are no-follow so page rank doesn’t flow
Matt Cutts really said nothing new in this video. It was simply backing up what was assumed by most people.
I wonder if at some point, given Google’s move into live search, they will eventually give some kind of weighing to links shared via Twitter.
What do you think?
