Social media has become increasingly important for any website to rank well on Google. Popular social media sites like Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc. helps Google to analyse the popularity of content and rank it well. Sharing content on social sites increases the visibility of site making it popular. The below infographic does well to analyze the importance of social signals for boosting the organic rankings of websites.
Infographic Source Tasty Placement
Also See :-
Social Media Business Demographics
How to Create Compelling Content That Generates Social Shares
Importance of Content for Seo
SEO and Social Signals CAN and WILL boost your organic search rankings! The way I see it, Google is more into the social part of the web. Being able to share informative tidbits to everyone and having them refer your blog to others it the best way to get organic traffic.
Regards,
Sean Rasmussen