Yes social media does help but it’s Naturally not valued as high as a natural link from another site! Social media helps if it’s consistent shares from varied accounts or posts that contain the link that have viral appeal within that social site
Thanks, it’s all custom code we built it from scratch! We launched the site last year January so it’s been slow growth to the 2000 listings
I had been blogging on the domain for 3 years prior to that so I’ve been building links since then and I’m actively creating content and building links each month! I know have over 900 different domains linking to my site and over 1100 articles
It takes a lot of work but over time the effects get stronger and stronger. I also run a small ad budget on a tiny set of keywords to bring in listings