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We Don’t Care about
Facebook (and Never Did)
Embracing strategic platform dependence
Our Brands Span Six Distinct Industries
HEALTH + WELLNESS HOME + FOOD PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTING TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL
77M
audience
100%
organic traffic
$100MM+
revenue
3
From health to finance, and tech
to home, Dotdash brands
help people find answers, solve
problems, and get inspired.
We’re The Fastest Growing Online Publisher
5
How did we do this?
Two years ago we were About.com and we
kinda sucked
6
To build modern media brands:
Invest in what we can control
(related: don’t invest in what we can’t control)
Fastest site speed
Fewer, better ads
The best content
Rational distribution strategy
7
Let’s talk about
Platforms and Algorithms
Key part of any distribution strategy
8
A scaled publisher will have platform
dependence
Pick the platforms where you can have
some control
Understand your value and values
9
10
Google Objective: Provide users the best
answer to their queries
Takeaway: Best content on a topic wins
Alignment: We make great content on
valuable topics - $24 million in content spend
since the beginning of 2017
11
Pinterest: Provide best images based on user
queries
Takeaway: Best imagery on a topic wins
Alignment: We have great original photos,
images, infographics, photos, GIFs, charts,
step-by-steps, and videos
12
Flipboard/Apple News: Provide best content
based on your interests
Takeaway: Best content wins
Alignment: Again, our focus is to be the best
content on any topic we cover
13
Facebook?
14
We had no idea how Facebook would populate
its content in the long-term
It turns out, neither did Facebook
We felt like we would have no control
15
And worse:
The type of content that performed on
Facebook is not aligned with our mission
No interest in creating new types of content
outside of our core value for Facebook (intent
vs non-intent)
16
And double worse:
We had absolutely no interest in creating a
new business, like short-form viral video for
Facebook, that felt like even less control
17
Outcome: We never did anything specifically for
Facebook, and we feel pretty good about it
When dealing with Platforms and their
Algorithms, find your alignment
And stay disciplined
18
Instagram: Yes
Snap: Maybe
Twitter: No
19
Takeaways:
- Stay true to your value (and values)
- Do not chase the shiny thing
- Control your own destiny, as much as you can –
find your alignment

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Digiday Publishing Summit | Dotdash Presentation

  • 1. We Don’t Care about Facebook (and Never Did) Embracing strategic platform dependence
  • 2. Our Brands Span Six Distinct Industries HEALTH + WELLNESS HOME + FOOD PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTING TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL 77M audience 100% organic traffic $100MM+ revenue
  • 3. 3 From health to finance, and tech to home, Dotdash brands help people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
  • 4. We’re The Fastest Growing Online Publisher
  • 5. 5 How did we do this? Two years ago we were About.com and we kinda sucked
  • 6. 6 To build modern media brands: Invest in what we can control (related: don’t invest in what we can’t control)
  • 7. Fastest site speed Fewer, better ads The best content Rational distribution strategy 7
  • 8. Let’s talk about Platforms and Algorithms Key part of any distribution strategy 8
  • 9. A scaled publisher will have platform dependence Pick the platforms where you can have some control Understand your value and values 9
  • 10. 10 Google Objective: Provide users the best answer to their queries Takeaway: Best content on a topic wins Alignment: We make great content on valuable topics - $24 million in content spend since the beginning of 2017
  • 11. 11 Pinterest: Provide best images based on user queries Takeaway: Best imagery on a topic wins Alignment: We have great original photos, images, infographics, photos, GIFs, charts, step-by-steps, and videos
  • 12. 12 Flipboard/Apple News: Provide best content based on your interests Takeaway: Best content wins Alignment: Again, our focus is to be the best content on any topic we cover
  • 14. 14 We had no idea how Facebook would populate its content in the long-term It turns out, neither did Facebook We felt like we would have no control
  • 15. 15 And worse: The type of content that performed on Facebook is not aligned with our mission No interest in creating new types of content outside of our core value for Facebook (intent vs non-intent)
  • 16. 16 And double worse: We had absolutely no interest in creating a new business, like short-form viral video for Facebook, that felt like even less control
  • 17. 17 Outcome: We never did anything specifically for Facebook, and we feel pretty good about it When dealing with Platforms and their Algorithms, find your alignment And stay disciplined
  • 19. 19 Takeaways: - Stay true to your value (and values) - Do not chase the shiny thing - Control your own destiny, as much as you can – find your alignment