Does Facebook Messages count as a social signal factor?
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Hi,
We know that social signals are usually referred to as a webpage's collective likes, comments or shares. But what about the Facebook messages generated from the messenger plugin on a web page?
Especially on a business page, if one business page receives hundreds of Facebook messages through a landing page or blog page, does that count as social shares?
And how effective is social signals are for a website in 2020? Although social engagement is always good for any website, my question is, how logical is it to purchase "social signal gigs" from konker or Fiverr or other gig markets?
We run a social media marketing company in Australia, our website: https://www.playchat.com.au and we get a lot of messages every day through the messenger add on from our home page. Will that make any difference whatsoever?
Looking forward to hearing from you. I appreciate any help you can provide.
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Facebook Messages—referring to private communications sent via Facebook Messenger—do not count as social signal factors in the context of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or social media engagement metrics. Here's why:
Understanding Social Signals
Social signals are public interactions on social media platforms that can influence the visibility and reputation of content or brands online. Common social signals include:
- Likes
- Shares
- Comments
- Retweets
- Mentions
- Public Posts and Interactions
These signals are typically visible to anyone viewing the content and can contribute to how content is perceived both by users and search engines.
Why Facebook Messages Aren't Considered Social Signals
Privacy: Facebook Messages are private conversations between users. Since they are not publicly visible, they don't contribute to the public metrics that social signals represent.
Lack of Visibility: Social signals rely on publicly accessible interactions. Private messages don't influence how content is shared or perceived on a public scale.
No Direct Impact on SEO: Search engines primarily consider public content and interactions when evaluating social signals. Private messages have no direct bearing on search rankings or online visibility.
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Facebook Messages, typically referring to private messages exchanged between users, do not count as a direct social signal factor for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) purposes. Social signals generally refer to public interactions on social media platforms, such as likes, shares, comments, and the overall engagement a piece of content receives. These signals can influence search engine rankings by indicating the popularity and relevance of content.
While Facebook Messages might contribute to user engagement and content sharing indirectly, they are private and not easily measurable by search engines. Therefore, they do not directly impact SEO in the same way public social media interactions do.
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Totally agree with Kate, Google doesn't have access to this information, an uptick in messages is a good thing if you can tie that back to your business being more popular but I definitely wouldn't pay to have bots send messages for the sake of SEO.
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My guess is no. It might correlate someday, the number of messages and how generally popular you become, but messages are not public data. Google and Bing can't crawl that data, so they can't use it. Social signals like likes, replies, reviews, etc are available metrics, so they can at least be taken into account. However, it was and still remains not a direct signal, more of a correlation.
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