Welcome to Day 19 of our Pinterest Tips emails.
Today we're talking about Pinterest and Google - and the threat to your blog posts.
We'll jump into that in just a moment.
Wow, Pinterest was whacky buggy today!
Pin stats were like all dashes instead of numbers...
Pins weren't showing impressions - couldn't get into specific pin analytics...
For a Pinterest Geek like ME - that is NO FUN.
The last time Pinterest acted up like this was because they were FINALLY going to update.
And I thought we were safely back into this 'rolling update' type of thing they'd been doing for quite awhile.
Rolling Update = Instead of waiting weeks (or longer) for your pins to get keywords - Pinterest keeps a 'rolling update' going where pins get their keywords in DAYS all the time.
No big 'BULK' update - new pin out, pin gets updated with its keywords in 5-ish days or so.
Not a big deal for pretty much anyone BUT me haha!
I like immediate feedback.
If you tell me to 'sit and stay' and I *DO* what you asked...
I want my scooby snack right away =)
Ok - let's move on from me talking about Updates and Dog Treats -
And talk about Pinterest and Google.
Do you know what the MOST IMPORTANT PIN IS for a blog post?
The very FIRST pin made for that post url.
Not just "fresh", but NEW.
Do you remember me telling you about my Viral Pin?
Well, that pin is still rocking along - it's been pretty amazing to watch.
The pin that went "Viral" for that post was...
The very FIRST PIN made for that new post about 5 months ago.
As I've said MANY times...
and yes, I gave myself that title even though my teenage granddaughter does NOT agree with the 'cool' part haha!
However, I AM a blogger, too...
So my thoughts are the same as ALL blogger's thoughts.
You know what drives me CRAZY?
When bloggers make their FIRST pin for a NEW post with very little thought.
Trust me, I KNOW how much goes into a new post being "done".
Keywords, title tags, sub headings, images, alt text and on and on and ON.
By the time a post is 'done enough' to pin it, we bloggers are TIRED.
So, we grab some stock image, format it in a nice and neat 2:3 ratio size.... type some words on it... and -
If your Pin Title is the SAME as your Post Title...
Pinterest could very well OUTRANK YOU IN GOOGLE?
Oh yes, it happens - a LOT.
You might want to consider something like my PIQ Strategy to find UNIQUE phrases for your PINS to take some pressure off your blog post (that you worked SO hard on optimizing).
In short, why... WHY would you give a beautiful title that you worked SO hard on to Pinterest?
Save THAT hard work for YOUR site.
Your pin image titles and descriptions do NOT have to match your targeted blog post keywords, ok?
One of my best performing pins ranks WAY BETTER than my blog post
Now, since Google has done this "swing" or whatever the heck they're doing - Pinterest does not rank as well as it used to for EVERYTHING...
don't give all your hard work and potential organic traffic TO Pinterest.
(I limit how many clients I take at a time - once all new clients are on-boarded and set up, I'll consider opening spots for more clients. NO guarantees on when or IF I open up more spots, ok?)
Need to learn the RIGHT way to pin?
Please don't take that recommendation lightly -
I absolutely, 110%, COMPLETELY and personally recommend what she teaches - because she DOES it.
Well - no one would need ME haha!
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