Articles From Other Sites on Niche Site Social Media

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   Is it a good idea to post articles from "enemy" competitor websites on niche site social media accounts? I notice articles from Family Handyman and Wikihow on the DenGarden Facebook page.

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      NateB11posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      It's common practice on business pages. I think the point is to keep followers engaged and keep the content coming. Seems kind of monotonous, borderline hokey, otherwise.

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      NateB11posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      It's common practice on business pages. I think the point is to keep followers engages and keep the content coming. Seems kind of monotonous, borderline hokey, otherwise.

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      lobobrandonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      It is a good idea as Nate has explained.

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      samanthacubbisonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Yes! It's important to post a variety of content so as not to come across as "spammy" or boring.

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         Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

         It seems to me articles were not in quetion? How does this apply to hubpage site? I mean the none niche site. Many thanks.

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   I wonder do they reciprocate?

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      lobobrandonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      If they have an active page with an active audience and not just subscriber numbers they would be posting a variety of stuff too. Most successful social media accounts don't stick to just their brand because that seems self-centered and spammy because their followers are interested in a certain kind of content and not just a particular brand.

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   Family Handyman and Wikihow do though it seems on Facebook.

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      Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I am yet to realize this.

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   Kenna McHughposted 3 years ago

   If I am getting this correctly, HP allows competitive sites to post on our niche sites as examples given by eugbug. Dengarden is one of my best-producing niches. Could this be why?

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      eugbugposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      No, I meant HP posted links to Family Handyman and Wikihow articles on the Dengarden Facebook page.

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   Would reciprocal links be a bad idea Googlewise? I.e. getting the aforementioned sites to post links to Dengarden on Facebook?

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      lobobrandonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      A bad idea, nope. Does it provide any Google search benefits? None at all or nothing that is worth the trouble. Extra traffic through their followers would be welcomed.

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         Marisa Writesposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         If there's an obvious tit-for-tat pattern, then yes, I think Google might penalise it because that's gaming the system.  You might remember years ago, it was common for websites to exchange reciprocal links and Google penalised that heavily once they got wise to it.

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            lobobrandonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            Not at all. Google penalised unnatural linking where websites just worked on reciprocal linking. Techcrunch and washable (or something else) grew together with loads of links between each other. The difference was that they were actually related to each other and the links were helpful.
            
            Another reason I disagree is that whatever happens on a social media platform cannot affect the website. Social media is meant for sharing stuff.

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