This video was passed to me by someone who is knee deep in SEO and social media with a major music label. It explains why buying “likes” for your Facebook page is never a good idea. The video does a good job explaining to the average Joe how buying likes through SEO companies or even Facebook will actually work against you when you are trying to get your content viewed by your “followers”. After all that is the goal. The detailed explanation has actual Facebook page examples to show you how your postings and content is seen or not seen by your “followers”.
I’m not sure if LinkedIn does this, but I could see how they would.. In the business world, if it is successful you can bet it is copied…