08-20-2019, 03:02 PM
That article is from 2014. But its true social links and site links are different. Social Media links don't pass link juice. But I have seen whatever the page which has a strong social media presence have better ranking power. Also, Google search crawlers visit your site more often through these links. Also having lots of social sharings indicate the post/article has something interesting which people likes to read and share.