If you are dedicated to growing your blog traffic, then you will want to take a good look at the following chart from Moz Blog and ponder the implications.
Basically, the more +1’s you get, the more highly ranked your site will be in Google search.
Moz also speculates that posting your links to G+ has a causal relationship with search rank and not just a correlation. This is profound and very smart by Google because over time, as content creators come to recognize the importance of G+ to their traffic, they will HAVE to use it.
So Google is leveraging search dominance in order to increase G+ usage.
If you are a financial content creator who is serious about building traffic, go and read the full piece. Also, be sure to read through the thoughtful and smart comments section.
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