NEW 5-Minute Whiteboard:
How do you create a great marketing strategy?
Now live on the @SparkToro blog.
And because you're seeing this on Mastodon, the best social network, I don't have to hide the link (https://sparktoro.com/blog/how-do-you-create-a-great-marketing-strategy-5-minute-whiteboard/) to avoid the algo feed slapping this into oblivion. Huzzah!
@randfish @SparkToro I always thought: The idea that the birdsite down-prioritizes posts that contain links, is it possible that this was a myth?
What happens when a post contains a link? People most likely click on the link instead of the like button, right?
The low amount of likes makes us think that the social network's algo down-prioritized the post.
Am I missing anything here?
@SparkToro @randfish Ah, thank you, Rand, this is indeed very helpful.
The code shows me that if my reputation as a "good tweep" is high enough, links don't hurt.
If it's not high enough, it helps to add an image to avoid the link penalty.
Rand Fishkin
Matthias Bohlen
SparkToro