Social networking for SEO... the next big thing?

We all know the huge benefits of social networking when it comes to SEO - there is no better way to get new visitors than those on recommendations from existing customers... I mean you're hitting your target audience without even trying.

Social Networking and content sharing have rapidly become the de facto standard in marketing on the web well Google might have just taken that to a whole new level with Google Friend Connect.

Still in a preview release (ie. not even beta yet) it's pretty exciting stuff and I strongly suggest you check out Mussie Shore's (he's the project manager) post on the Google Webmaster Central Blog entitled "Becoming Social".

Google Friend Connect let's you interact with users on social networking site such as Facebook and invite them to check out the website, post directly to their diaries etc and invite their friends - potentially increasing your audience virally with minimal effort... According to Mussie Shore you only need to know very little coding to get going in minutes!