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Is It Plagiarism or Jumping on a Trend? The Ethics of Social Media Content

Contently

A 2018 report by Jeff Allen, Facebook’s senior data scientist, noted that: “About 40 percent of the traffic to Facebook pages…went to pages that stole or repurposed most of their content.” The Ethics of Social Media Content appeared first on Contently. What is social media plagiarism? Be inspired.

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The Top 9 Social Networks For Businesses

Marketing Insider Group

Increased Traffic: By sharing content on social media, businesses can drive more traffic to their websites, enhancing opportunities for conversion. For example, do you know where your website traffic and leads comes from ? How much traffic does social media contribute to those outcomes?

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How to Avoid Being Banned on Social Networks + What to Do if You Are

Webbiquity

YouTube Rules. YouTube has a lot of community guidelines. Did you know the minimum age for a person to use YouTube is 13? That’s one of the many rules on YouTube. Minds had been delivering traffic to my site as I was part of a blogger group there. They have so many that they are in chapters. Minds Rules.

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Can You Really Drive Traffic With Clickbait Articles?

Hubspot

Last week, my favorite fitness YouTuber, Sydney Cummings , posted a video with a title that left me absolutely devastated. As for the video from my favorite fitness YouTuber, it was the terror I experienced when reading the video's title. This is an example of how clickbait can be used ethically. Quickly I pressed "play."

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The Rules You Need To Know For Sponsored Content

Marketing Insider Group

A video on YouTube with a message at the start that a particular advertiser sponsored it. For both publishers and sponsors to use sponsored content in an ethical way that’s beneficial to all, it’s important to follow these two basic rules: Create great content. Get started today — and generate more traffic and leads for your business.

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SEO Clickbait: Pros, Cons & How to Leverage Clickbait for SEO

seo.co

Despite the slap-down from social media sites, clickbait continues to generate hordes of traffic for sites like Buzzfeed and Upworthy. Sensational headlines are ethical when they’re true. It’s possible to make ethical use of sensational headlines when you have a sensational story and write the headline to match. Sensational?

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The Rise of Alternative Search Engines

Brightedge

Or should they be considered and leveraged as a valuable source of traffic? According to aggregate data from GlobalStats covering the last twelve months, the following classic search engines (not counting platforms like YouTube or Amazon) hold the largest worldwide market share for all platforms: Google: 91.88%. Bing: 3.19%.

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