Does Google Use Facebook Shares to Influence Search Rankings?

Posted by Matt PetersIntro from Rand - this post comes from Dr. Matt Peters, SEOmoz's data scientist. He came on board in February of this year after stints at Harvard (working on climate science models), Washington Mutual, JP Morgan and Fannie Mae (analyzing mortgage securities) and more (including some research into Google Places rankings last November). Matt's particularly passionate about bringing the best practices of scientific and quantitative analysis to the world of inbound marketing,

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