Social signal

[raph3988]

I wanted to know if comments on my blog count as social signals. I'm getting a minimal amount of shares and tweets but mainly having success with people commenting on the actual blog posts. I wanted to know if Google sees this as a social signal; not necessarily to help with rankings but to increase authority of my site. Thank you.

[raph3988]

I know the likes and plus +1's help but for instance: i have a blog post that has 0 tweets 4 +1's and 19 comments. Do the 19 comments help build authority for the page in anyway similar to getting +1's and likes?

[Bryan_Loconto]

From my understanding it's best to noindex comments on your blog. However adding the social media buttons are a signal, if people like your post and 1+ it or like it this will help you rank.

Here is the article that tells you the best way to set up wordpress but same rules apply to most sites...

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/setup-wordpress-for-seo-success