Once again I managed to resolve this quickly by raising a support ticket. In June 2020, I noticed my Pinterest impressions gradually decreasing at a concerning rate over the course of a few days.

I got over my account suspension and had my account reinstated very quickly by raising a support ticket with Pinterest’s Business Account Support team. You can read about my experience of Pinterest suspension and what to do about it here. Apparently this happens to a lot of people who fall foul of an overzealous spam filter… and it commonly suspends legitimate accounts with vigor! If you’ve visited SideGains before, you might be aware that my Pinterest account was suspended for spam in January 2020.

It relates to a new type of penalty that Pinterest seems to have rolled out… which I’ll come onto. There is a particular issue I’m trying to deal with presently and I know I’m not alone. But this post is primarily for anyone asking themselves… why are my Pinterest impressions going down? I’ve had a lot of issues with Pinterest, as I’ll touch upon below.

This has not been my experience at all… and I’m someone who has devoted a huge amount of time to growing my account. Once you’d put this all in place, with consistent high-quality pinning over many months, you ought to see your Pinterest traffic grow.

Start scheduling Pins to a certain frequency and maintain it in perpetuity.

I bought some eBooks, hooked into their strategies and jumped right in! They made it sound easy and suggested that the same magic that happened for them could happen to everyone else too. I was seduced a long time ago by all those bloggers claiming to drive massive traffic from Pinterest. Pinterest is a strange beast in my experience. Scratching your head wondering why your Pinterest impressions are going down?

Down pinterest