In a push to pull in more advertising dollars, Reddit unlocked the mysterious world of platform advertising by launching a series of video case studies. For example, “See how a years-long partnership built on trust and belief in the inherent good of Redditors led to ads that delivered 3x CVR compared to Adobe’s other top-performing channels.” If CPG is your world, you will find an example from noosa Yoghurt.
While most of it will make perfect sense, I want to highlight two points that are dear to my heart:
We always look for that magic wand moment. Our data shows that the best performing content, all things being equal, is content expressing a viewpoint. Blend that with empathy and transparency, and you have magic.
This blend requires a lot of courage and humanity. I know it’s not easy. The good news is that many companies have figured it out, and so can you. And if you need a cheerleader, shoot me a note. It’s a joy for me to work with brands through the process of expressing their point of view.
You’ll find the mother load of LinkedIn post ideas. Enough said.
You can now start measuring the impact on your website’s search performance. If the updated negatively impacted your website, here’s what Google has to say:
“With the core updates, we don’t focus so much on just individual issues, but rather the relevance of the website overall.
And that can include things like the usability, and the ads on a page, but it’s essentially the website overall.”
Some are speculating that AI-generated content was particularly hard hit.
Content marketers got very very excited by the recent announcement that ahrefs (the SEO tools company) is launching a new privacy-focused search engine. Why?
“What we are committed to is that search engines generating revenue from ads should share revenue with creators whose content they benefit from. In other words, if we select some content to be shown on a search results page, we will also use it as a signal that the content is helpful, and its creator deserves to be compensated.”
In this interview from Search Engine Journal, CEO Dmytro Gerasymenko does the math to highlight his point. The math of how much money Google makes from organic content, the content of those barely-compensated journalists and that gardening expert. If only Google shared a tiny percentage of that revenue, they could change the world. Or rather ahrefs is looking to change the world.
As for the algorithm?
“Create useful content for people 🙂”
It’s a simple concept: “when a merchant Tweets about an upcoming launch, you’ll see a “Remind me” button at the bottom of the Tweet.”
But wait, don’t get too excited. The feature is in testing mode with a few select retailers.
If you want to increase visibility to specific Instagram content, you can now pin up to three posts or reels at the top of your Instagram profile.
Main findings:
What this study DID NOT explore:
Why these studies are important:
“If changes in Facebook’s algorithm fundamentally change the reach of political parties on Facebook there is the potential for Facebook to accidentally, or purposefully, shape political realities for Americans.”
About the study:
Facebook algorithm changes may have amplified local republican parties
Kevin Reuning, Anne Whitesell, A. Lee Hannah
First Published June 8, 2022 Research Article
https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680221103809
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