Posting Content on Tumblr
I have heard of some people having issues posting content on Tumblr. I thought that might be a good time to discuss Tumblr as a social channel. Through your ModelCentro dashboard you can promote your content on Tumblr (simply connect your account). Make sure you follow these basic guidelines and you should be safe to promote on Tumblr without issue.
Adult content is allowed on Tumblr, however you have to mark it as NSFW or you could get shut down.
- Unflagged NSFW Blogs. Tumblr is home to millions of readers and creators from a variety of locations, cultures, and backgrounds who hold different points of view concerning adult-oriented content. If you regularly post sexual or adult-oriented content, respect the choices of people in our community who would rather not see such content by flagging your blog (which you can do on your blog's Settings page) as Not Suitable for Work ("NSFW"). This action doesn't prevent you or your readers from using any of Tumblr's social features, but rather screens your blog's content from Tumblr users who would prefer not to see NSFW material.
Do not load adult videos directly to tumblr. In general Tumblr does not like it when you load videos. They are not in the business of hosting content. You can share it but don't upload it.
- Uploading Sexually Explicit Video. You can embed anything in a Tumblr post as long as it's lawful and follows our other guidelines, but please don't use Tumblr's Upload Video feature to upload sexually explicit video. We're not in the business of hosting adult-oriented videos (and it's fucking expensive).
Don't use link shortners or affiliate codes:
- Deceptive or Fraudulent Links. Don't post deceptive or fraudulent links in your posts. This includes giving links misleading descriptions, putting the wrong “source” field in a post, setting misleading click-through links on images, or embedding links to interstitial or pop-up ads.
Log in to your account regularly and don't spam. Tumblr sometimes assumes that an account that is ONLY autoposting is actually a spambot. You need to login to Tumblr every few weeks and do something live from their platform.
- Spam. Don't spam people. Don't make spammy posts, don't post spammy replies, don't send people spammy messages. Be a regular human. Don't put tags on your posts that will mislead or deceive searchers. For example, don't tag a photo of your cat with "doctor who" unless the name of your cat is actually Doctor Who, and don't overload your posts with #barely #relevant #tags. Of course, meaningful uses of tags are always fine (for example, ironic "punchline" tags that add meaning or context to a post). Don't put dubious code in your posts, like using JavaScript to cause redirects or inject unwanted ads in blogs. Don't use deceptive means to generate revenue or traffic, or create blogs with the primary purpose of affiliate marketing. Spam doesn't belong on Tumblr.
Basically, don't post anything illegal. Don't spam. Login from time to time. Mark your content as NSFW.
Comments
Worth mentioning that Tumblr follows their backlinks so there's also an SEO benefit. You can also submit the Tumblr blog to Google Webmaster Tools, which is suggested so Google can crawl the links and give the backlink credit, if nothing else.
Affiliate links is kind of a grey area. There's plenty of blogs with affiliate links out there. Seems like as long as you're not using spammy tactics, it's all good.
Has anyone actually had luck embedding adult content onto Tumblr? When I try, it doesn't show the videos
I've seen sevaral webmasters pushing traffic through tumblr accounts with adult content (no videos though).
So yes, as long as you don't spam or post misleading ads you're fine. great post @7veils