(Entry was posted by Steven Ciccantelli on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 10/17/2013).

Does the volume of visitors to your website increase its SEO? Also will a lower bounce rate help increase traffic?

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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Federico Sasso: No, they both are effects, not causes.
That said, indirectly they can create a virtue circle, where the more people visits your site - supposedly with satisfaction - the more they are likely to link to its content and improve your SEO.
Steven Ciccantelli: +Federico Sasso thanks.
Dave Elliott: This one is quite often debated. ;But i agree with +Federico Sasso ;. This is a fairly comprehensive (but guessed) list of factors. ;http://moz.com/search-ranking-factors
W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:41:59 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/does_the_volume_of_visitors_to_your_website_increase_its_seo_also_will_a_lower_bounce_rate_help_increase_traffic