Repetitive Pins or keyword stuffing
Pinterest may take the video down.
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What triggers it
Creating or saving repetitive, deceptive or irrelevant content to make money, stuffing irrelevant keywords into titles or descriptions, buying engagement, or using unapproved automation.
What Pinterest says
“Don’t use any other unscrupulous tactics to attempt to improperly influence distribution, clicks, or other metrics, including: buying or selling engagement, "stuffing" irrelevant keywords, generating inauthentic traffic, or redirecting...”
We last checked this against Pinterest's page on .
How to fix it
Write a natural title and description with a few relevant keywords; post each video once.
Good to know
Titles or descriptions that are long lists of unrelated keywords or trending terms; the same video posted many times. Relevant, descriptive keywords are encouraged.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in the caption and the hashtags. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: not for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: looked at for this rule
Part of this rule depends on your account or on what happens after you post, which a check before posting can't see.
The free caption check below looks for wording linked to this rule in a caption and hashtags.
Free caption check
Is my caption at risk?
Paste the caption and hashtags you plan to post. We check the words against each platform's published rules in a second. Nothing you type is saved.
Related Pinterest rules
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