http://www.seomoz.org/blog/could-twi...ebs-link-graph
Great article on old blog-based ways of linkbaiting and Twitter's impact on this method...
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Twitter, and sites that aggregate data from it, like Tweetmeme, actually expose content before social voting sites like Digg, Reddit or Hacker News
It can be 12-24 hours between when content is first "tweeted" vs. when it earns its first external link
Many pieces of "throwaway" content (a quick, funny image, post or video) will earn virtually no links, even if hundreds of people have shared them on Twitter
I think it's way too early to determine if this trend is real or if it will continue, but the SEO industry has been talking for years about when the engines might start to evolve beyond link analysis. This is one of the first credible expansions I've seen.
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The last 2 sentences are crucial... Does the rise of Twitter/Social media mean a huge leap forward to Search Engines' evolution toward a non-link analysis based system? For one thing the "flight to quality content" is refreshing but it might finally take shape as a battle between who has the most buzz building clout. Your thoughts?