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"A few months ago, I ran a poll asking if it is required for SEOs to have their sites participate in social sharing elements in order to compete in the search results.I personally felt, with the value Google is placing on Google+ and the value Bing is placing on Facebook likes, social is and will be a necessity to compete in the search results going forward.   Most SEOs agree with me on that.I asked, To Compete, Does Your Site Need To Be Social? The results are in:59% said yes, you do need social to compete in search.\r\n34% said no, you don't need social to compete in search.\r\n7% did not know either way.I am honestly surprised more aren't saying yes, you need social to compete.Forum discussion continued at WebmasterWorld.This was written yesterday and scheduled to be posted today."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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