Pinterest and traffic

authorityjourney said:

Hi , i started my new pinterest account recently , and i've posted some videos. I've noticed something but i'm not sure , it seems that if you put a video with a link it gets less views than if you put it without link.

So is it a good strategy to post the video without link and when it go viral you add the link ?

I'm thinking maybe people are more attracted to those pins if they don't already contain a link because they say to themselves that it's not promotion , so this initial boost gives a start for it to grow more and then to add the link ?

If anyone has any insight on this , thank you!

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authorityjourney said:

Hi , i started my new pinterest account recently , and i've posted some videos. I've noticed something but i'm not sure , it seems that if you put a video with a link it gets less views than if you put it without link.

So is it a good strategy to post the video without link and when it go viral you add the link ?

I'm thinking maybe people are more attracted to those pins if they don't already contain a link because they say to themselves that it's not promotion , so this initial boost gives a start for it to grow more and then to add the link ?

If anyone has any insight on this , thank you!

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Dark Hat 007 said:

Any news?

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KevinRB said:

The bottomline is that Pinterest now wants the user to remain on THEIR platform, "user retention" and "controllable distribution" are the new buzz words.....so, you need to grow your account engagement ON the platform using Story Pins and non-exit link Video Pins, then your exit-link clicks will dramatically increase.

The days of just plundering traffic from Pinterest are over....you have to give now to receive reward.

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authorityjourney said:

Hey , not really , I'm still building a plan that I will start to execute soon



Hey thank you for this answer. So from my understanding, the best would be to keep a certain ratio of: Giving/Taking so for example 90% of pin doesn't link to my website but 10% links to it , that way I will have the most reward from the algorithm ? Do you have any sweet spot you've found?

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KevinRB said:

The bottomline is that Pinterest now wants the user to remain on THEIR platform, "user retention" and "controllable distribution" are the new buzz words.....so, you need to grow your account engagement ON the platform using Story Pins and non-exit link Video Pins, then your exit-link clicks will dramatically increase.

The days of just plundering traffic from Pinterest are over....you have to give now to receive reward.

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authorityjourney said:

Hi , i started my new pinterest account recently , and i've posted some videos. I've noticed something but i'm not sure , it seems that if you put a video with a link it gets less views than if you put it without link.

So is it a good strategy to post the video without link and when it go viral you add the link ?

I'm thinking maybe people are more attracted to those pins if they don't already contain a link because they say to themselves that it's not promotion , so this initial boost gives a start for it to grow more and then to add the link ?

If anyone has any insight on this , thank you!

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