Nobody knows this about Instagram. Instagram has quietly been notifying creators that their photos and videos will now show on Google Search. Go to settings, Account, Privacy, make sure allow public photos and videos to appear in search engine results is toggled on on.
This may soon go on by default starting July 10. By the way, we'll probably never see each other again, so follow for more. Last year, Instagram was the sixth most clicked site in Google search.
This year, it's the fourth. This update could propel it higher. To use Instagram for SEO, stop using hashtags.
Instead, start your caption with your target search phrase. Do this with images and reels, then write a longer description to add detail. By creators just now getting these notifications, many have already been exploiting Instagram for traditional SEO over the last year.
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