Only latest article in a series selected for Niche Site.

Jump to Last Post 1-5 of 5 discussions (25 posts)
  1. Jodah profile image90
    Jodahposted 6 years ago

    I have written a series of articles/essays under the title "The Cackleberry Farmer." Only the latest of around ten issues has been selected for "LetterPile" niche site. HP won't allow links to the other hubs in the series, and anyone reading the one on LetterPile won't really be able to follow the ongoing story without knowing what occurred before. It would be a very time consuming and long term job to try and submit the other nine articles for consideration for a move to the niche site. most of the others in the series are no longer even featured.  Does anyone have a similar experience or have any suggestions?

    1. theraggededge profile image97
      theraggededgeposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Sort of. I have a bunch of related articles. Most have them have been moved but there are a few stragglers. I've resigned myself to submitting them manually every 14 days.

      Personally in your case, I'd think about getting it put back on the main site - at least they'll all stay together.

      They have let me add three links to others in the series.

      1. Jodah profile image90
        Jodahposted 6 years agoin reply to this

        Thank you for that, theraggededge. I may try submitting another of the series and see what happens. If it is approved I may do others, if not I may get this one put back on the main site. I was surprised it was selected, especially for LetterPile. It was probably because it had a lot of views and comments when I published it.

        1. Will Apse profile image88
          Will Apseposted 6 years agoin reply to this

          Sounds like a case of someone on the staff following rules blindly. Still, you got another page on letterpile and that could help.

          If you are allowed one link back to the first article, and one link to every succeeding page on HP, I would keep it on Letterpile.

          Otherwise, maybe do what theraggededge suggests.

          1. Jodah profile image90
            Jodahposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks, Will. I'll try adding a link to one of the others.

            1. Venkatachari M profile image87
              Venkatachari Mposted 6 years agoin reply to this

              John, you should give a link to the first article of the series in your Letterpile.com selected article. That's what Will Apse meant and I agree with him. So, if that link gets accepted by HP, your readers can go to the first part and from there, they can view the second part and from the second part, they can land in the third part, like that they can reach to all parts serially. That's really a good suggestion.

              1. Jodah profile image90
                Jodahposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                I just added a link to the first in the series so we will see how that goes. Thanks.

                1. Venkatachari M profile image87
                  Venkatachari Mposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                  Okay. Also please ensure that your each article has a link to the next article of the series.

    2. aerospacefan profile image81
      aerospacefanposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      I wrote a very long hub and had it was denied for featuring because I interlinked to another hub on a niche site. Once I removed the link, the hub was featured.

      Personally, I find it silly. I always thought occasional intra-linking was smart seo. Makes me think they consider HP outbound links to niche sites are toxic?

      1. Marisa Wright profile image86
        Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

        The point I was making is that HP already has a LOT of internal links in place, on every single Hub.   I confess I have no solid evidence that you can overdo internal links, but my observations suggest it is possible.

  2. Beth Eaglescliffe profile image95
    Beth Eaglescliffeposted 6 years ago

    It depends on how you see the future of HubPages. If you believe (as I do) that HP will eventually be just be a holding site from which editors select for the niche sites, then the more of your articles that get moved to LetterPile etc, the better. I think it's a backward step for your articles to be returned to HubPages.

    I can see a time, not too distant, when HP articles are made invisible to search engines and non-members. (This is my personal view only - I have no inside information.) Then the only way for views and earnings will be through the niche sites.

    I found the Cackleberry article on Letterpile a good read as a stand-alone article. I don't think it has to be linked to the series to succeed.

    1. Jodah profile image90
      Jodahposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Beth, thanks for taking the time to read my article and also for your advice. I am glad you think it is fine as a stand-alone article.

    2. Venkatachari M profile image87
      Venkatachari Mposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      True. It can stand as a stand-alone article.

    3. Marisa Wright profile image86
      Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Beth, I have exactly the same view of the future of HubPages.  I don't have any inside information either, but it's the logical conclusion to the path HubPages has taken.

  3. ShailaSheshadri profile image90
    ShailaSheshadriposted 6 years ago

    I don't know, whether linking the similar articles problem occurred to me is same as the one being discussed here.
    I write recipes and food articles. A few of the recipes, I think, can be linked to the similar recipes or food articles published by me. I tried to do this, to increase the views. But they deleted links to my other similar articles. Now, I am not linking any of my articles. Please clarify.

    1. Marisa Wright profile image86
      Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      You are allowed to link to other articles provided the link is closely related to the TITLE  of your article. So perhaps if you had a recipe for "rice with red peppers and mushrooms", you could have a link to another dish with red peppers and mushrooms in it.  But you couldn't have a link to a recipe for rice with aubergines and onion, because there's not enough in common.

  4. ShailaSheshadri profile image90
    ShailaSheshadriposted 6 years ago

    I tried to link sweet diamond cuts(snacks) with spicy diamond cuts(snacks), various dry curries, varieties of stuffed crepes. But they have deleted the link and advised me not to use links

  5. Beth Eaglescliffe profile image95
    Beth Eaglescliffeposted 6 years ago

    Your aim should be to keep the reader on your own page for as long as possible, not tempt them away to look at other articles on other sites. Each article should provide enough information to make the reader feel satisfied that their question has been answered.

    The main HP site is now completely separate from the specialist (or niche) sites. The niche sites no longer have any links to HubPages articles in the "related" links column at the side of your article. The HubPages team are making the niche sites as distinct as possible from the old HP and this seems to be pleasing Google.

    It is likely in the future that the old HP site will be made invisible to search engines and non-members. Thus any links you put in your niche site articles directing your reader to another article on the old HubPages will become a dead link and that will annoy and alienate your readers.

    1. Marisa Wright profile image86
      Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      If you run a blog, interlinking to other posts on the blog is a highly recommended strategy (obviously, you link to other posts that are helpful to the reader, not just for the sake of it).

      On HubPages, I'm in two minds about it. HubPages already provides lots of links in sections like Related Hubs, so I wonder if adding more links might be overdoing it. 

      Also, as Beth says, the vertical sites were created to escape from Google's bad opinion of the HubPages' main site.   So you don't want to link back to the main site if you have a Hub on the vertical site, it would defeat the purpose.

      1. Will Apse profile image88
        Will Apseposted 6 years agoin reply to this

        I don't think HP is actually a toxic site to link to. And, if the Letterpile page makes little or no sense on it's own, it is the only sensible option if you care about your reader.

        Suppose, you could take the nofollow link option.

        1. Beth Eaglescliffe profile image95
          Beth Eaglescliffeposted 6 years agoin reply to this

          Deleted

          1. Will Apse profile image88
            Will Apseposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            I would avoid series if you want traffic from search engines.

            1. Beth Eaglescliffe profile image95
              Beth Eaglescliffeposted 6 years agoin reply to this

              +1

      2. aerospacefan profile image81
        aerospacefanposted 6 years agoin reply to this

        Marissa,

        What you shared makes a great deal of sense. If this is the case HP should be direct about this and simply state if an article appears on a niche site, they don't want it linking back to HP.

        Conversely, I bet they also don't want a HP article linking externally to a niche site.

 
working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)