: Most or all of those social media sites add rel="nofollow" to all external links. And the value of links from most directories is dubious at best (not that I don't ever use them but they

@Caterina187

Most or all of those social media sites add rel="nofollow" to all external links. And the value of links from most directories is dubious at best (not that I don't ever use them but they are suspect).

Any link that can be obtained in an automated fashion probably isn't worth having and if you are that religious about social media posts (i.e. YouTube everyday‽) you might, in the eyes of a search engine seem like a 'robot.'

A month ago (in Oct. 2012) GoogleWebmasterHelp added this video to YouTube:

I think very much applies to the spirit of your question. If, in the eyes of a search engine, the things you are doing seem automated you might not get much from them.

There is also the rumored 'Over Optimization Penalty.'

It sounds like you are doing the right things but perhaps trying to hard.

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