How Google Friend Connect will affect SEO
Google has just launched Google Friend Connect, a service that allows site owners to integrate social applications onto their pages just by cut & pasting some code.
The service is pretty big news for bloggers and anybody who has a fair amount of traffic and wants to make their site more social. Personally I have 2500 RSS readers and will be using the service to allow you to rate posts and give feedback. I might even create a fan wall where readers can sign up to be Blogstorm fans.
Giving Google access to ratings, comments and reviews of my posts could be pretty helpful in terms of SEO if Google starts to integrate this into the algorithm. If they know that 50 trusted Google users have recommended a post on my blog then it will rank better than another post that has received very poor ratings.
This is the biggest step yet towards social data being included in search. Check out the video below and view some example sites. I have included some screenshots so you can see just how important this could be.
Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site.
Attract more visitors. Visitors bring along friends from social networks like Facebook, orkut, and others to interact on your site.
Enrich your site with social features. Choose engaging social features from a catalog of gadgets provided by Google and the OpenSocial developer community.
No programming whatsoever. Just copy and paste snippets of code into your site, and Google Friend Connect does the rest.
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I was at the Google Friend sign-up page… they are not just taking any website, they are looking for traffic?
Yannis May 14, 2008 2:42 am | Reply
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Make your site more social using Friend Connect May 14, 2008 1:00 pm | Reply
very nice information.
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google friend connect reviews May 14, 2008 3:28 pm | Reply
Really interesting points about what might go into the future iterations of the algorithms.
Allan May 15, 2008 6:22 pm | Reply
Good project. I won’t put the codes on sidebar. I think, I will put on a page.
My English not well. Sorry to my English
Uğur SAMSA May 16, 2008 8:23 am | Reply
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May 19, 2008: Around the Web in Blogging | BlogOnExpo May 19, 2008 2:57 pm | Reply
Great post. I’m surprised I missed this in my earlier reading this morning. This should help with several of the applications some of us are working on.
Nate Nead May 20, 2008 6:07 pm | Reply
Like the project very much, although they announced it because the competitors will come with a product soon that looks like it. How soon will this be integrated in many websites? Like the social media interaction though!
Regards, Aislin
hypotheekrente May 20, 2008 9:24 pm | Reply
We have been seeing so many negatives about this but it is refreshing and interesting to see a positive. Thanks for drawing it all out!
Search Engine Optimization Journal May 21, 2008 4:51 pm | Reply
Wow this is sweet i am going to use this for my company.
Dominic May 22, 2008 5:28 pm | Reply
This is welcome news to people who would like to expand their sites’ audience. We’ve just started a blog in our company site, and it seems, from your article, social features like Google Friend Connect is a viable option, along with other traditional SEO and Web 2.0 activities, to build a blog’s readership base. Thanks.
Recycling Mike June 21, 2008 11:48 am | Reply