How to Combine Social Signals and Link Building

Social engagement fuels visibility that wins real backlinks—use targeted promotion, influencer outreach, and tracking to boost SEO.

Social engagement fuels visibility that wins real backlinks—use targeted promotion, influencer outreach, and tracking to boost SEO.

TikTok isn’t just a place for viral dances anymore. In 2026, TikTok has become one of the most influential discovery engines online – especially for users under 40 – and a major driver of backlinks, branded search, AI mentions and…

Instagram in 2026 is no longer ‘just a visual platform’ for holiday snaps. It has evolved into a full search ecosystem – complete with semantic keywords, alt-text indexing, topic clustering, and algorithmic signals that directly influence your SEO footprint. This…

If there’s one platform that quietly became an SEO powerhouse, it’s YouTube. In 2026, YouTube is no longer just a video hub. It’s a search engine, a social platform, an authority builder, and one of the strongest drivers of backlinks…

Social media is no longer just a place to post content. It has become one of the strongest indirect ranking signals in modern SEO, and brands that understand this are pulling ahead fast. Enter social backlinking. Social backlinking is the…

If you think social media is just for likes, shares and fun content, think again. It’s becoming one of the strongest drivers of discoverability, brand authority and search visibility. Welcome to social media SEO where your social platforms don’t just amplify…

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Backlinks are still the backbone of SEO and that doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon. We all need backlinks for our sites but buying them can be expensive, risky, and sometimes a straight-up violation of Google’s guidelines. That’s why…

If you are on top of managing your SEO and content strategies then I’m sure you will have already built a few beautiful backlinks but are you also tracking brand mentions? You might think backlinks and brand mentions are the…

If you’re investing time into content creation and social media marketing (and let’s be honest, who isn’t?), you should absolutely be tracking the backlinks your content earns, especially the ones coming from social platforms. Enter the social backlink checker: a…