Subdomain switch revisited
Yay
I wasn't there then
Congratulations, Pcunix! I'm happy for you. The subdomain switch has also been incredibly generous to me. Tremendous increase in traffic (10X) has boosted my earnings. Here's to more success here on Hubpages... Cheers!
Just the opposite for me too! My earnings are still around 1/10 of what they were before August 10 with little or no change since then. Depressing as heck for me! But then, I am one of the singled out "awkward writers" so what do I expect?
Paul E said that mine and Izzy's hubs were "awkward" when read aloud and this caused our hubs to be penalized by Google resulting in our huge traffic losses and earnings. No kidding!
SSSeeeehhhh PC... He's Trying to Forget.. the poor guy was so Traumatized that his snake coiled..
See? Deeply Scarred by what was a highly incontinent and unprofessional blurb from above!
He wrote this in the forums and on a hub where he used our hubs as an example, shortly after Aug. 10. Too much trouble to look it up and no use anyway.
Thanks, Pcunix...I think!
I sorta wish it was the case as at least I would know what to work on. Nothing else I've tried has worked including removing RSS capsules and lowering the amount of amazon product on the page, even though I was well below the suggested number suggested.
I lost almost all of my previously great Google search traffic and I did almost no backlinking other than the instant posting on FB and Twitter. I went from my best month ever to my almost nothing overnight. I hope you can read this!
Well Perhaps It was Edited Out... after it was realized that incontinence is best kept out of front line reporting!
Not sure if this was the hub or not as it could have been edited. Izzy and I agreed for our accounts to be used as examples by Paul which resulted in our work being considered "awkwardly written" by his team of "listeners" when they were read aloud. Perhaps I just don't handle this type of criticism well and am living in denial. If so, maybe I need to find another hobby!
Don't Beat Yourself Up Buddy... Just another 12 months to the Best Party ever!
You are so right, PD! (by the way, I couldn't find a tin foil hat in your size--all too small)
Yes, I was extremely pleased with the results until Aug 10 when my entire account plunged overnight. I was making Adsense payout around the first week of the month but now am lucky to make it in 3 months or so. My junk fell in my most lucrative time of the year, unfortunately.
@Randy: I guess I must be an awkward writer as well since my traffic/earnings also tanked on Aug 10th with no signs of recovery. However, Google has been loving my "awkward writing" over on Squidoo and Wizzley. Go figure.
That's the problem, Janet. Until Aug. 10 none of the previous panda slaps affected me at all as I don't backlink or load my hubs down with sales products. I also don't have many links leading elsewhere on my hubs. My links were almost all organic and I received much praise on the "awkward" hubs from those who could understand the technical content. I've helped many RV owners solve numerous problems as you can tell by the numerous comments and questions on many of these hubs.
Apparently they are good enough to be scraped, though!
I'm with you on this one Shades, let's pool our resources and go have a party
Habee is in as well, party getting bigger
All kidding aside, I was one of the August 10th plungers. It was a hardcore plunge, too. Afterwards, I surged and plunged again in sporadic cycles. Since 10/30 my traffic has remained at an all time high, 5 or 6 times what it's ever been. I'm hoping the roller coaster has ended, I do feel encouraged since it's been a month now with no signs of another plunge.
As a side note, I did go clean up my hubs. I even got rid of a few I feared were bringing down my entire subdomain. It was clearly a guessing game, but I went on pure instinct and I'm assuming I was right. I also got rid of a ton of Amazon products...
I am sorry for all the people who haven't seen the light of day, however.I've done much the same without any results and no spikes since the initial plunge. Nothing seems to affect my traffic at this point. Others say their accounts spiked several times too, but I have not experienced this with mine. I have fallen and cannot get up!
This may work on some subjects but on others there are no keywords to substitute. I've since quit trying to use particular keywords and just write the article as clearly as I can. I'm actually weary of caring about this stuff anymore as it seems quite useless to concern myself with it.
As others have reported, their other accounts with the same type hubs and writing style weren't affected while another of theirs was. This makes no sense whatsoever as bad keyword usage should be penalized on all accounts. Who the heck knows?I certainly hope you are correct, Pcunix. I had rather just write and not have to worry about all of the BS which seems to go along with producing useful content online.
Congrats to you and Pcunix, Glenn! I wish I could do that!
I was only kidding, Glen! I usually hit the dollar mark once a week or so and always feel good about it, even though I have no idea how it is figured.
Tony,
Sub-Domains also hit just before we got out of Google's sandboxing of this site. The effect of sub domains and a get out of jail for HubPages has helped traffic for many. It has also pounded others especially those who report that their own traffic has become staid or nose dived and not come back or even is coming back, but at a snails pace.
At the end of the day, with change your going to get;
Those who see opportunity and change with the change.
Those who are not sure whats going on so they go with the flow.
Those who don't like the change, get emotionally pissed off and rebel against the change. They may also may outburst publicly (via forums) on how they feel.
How to handle the above three scenarios? There is no right or wrong way to handle it. It comes down to choices made with the changes that happen and will continue to happen.
I feel for those who have left and can understand their point of view, even if I personally don't agree or ascribe to that view.
All choices in using this site are simple.
Do what your doing now, or
Leave, or
Stay
Simple really
I am glad for some of those who have decided to stayThanks for the advice, Glenn. Are you saying the tags which formerly garnered me lots of traffic no longer apply? I will certainly recheck the tags and keywords on my hubs, but those which worked so well before are some of the few words I can actually use on certain repair articles I've written, unless of course, I try and use only slightly related terms. I thought this was frowned upon in some circles.
Unless Google decided all of my tags on all of my articles suddenly became invalid, I cannot understand why this would be the problem. But thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate all advice given on this confusing problem.Yes I do see your point, Glen. I'll check these on my formerly very popular hubs but I always try to use pertinent tags both single and multiple words. But honestly, these hubs garnered lots of praise and thanks from the readers, as well as,good Amazon sales and Adsense before my plunge, so I assume folks found what they looked for.
But I hope you are correct as I'm reaching the end of my patience here. No one can tell me anything definite and that doesn't bode well for either HP or Google in the future.
Thanks again!
Thanks for your reply, KJ. It underlined the problems some of us are experiencing. There is no solution. We are at the mercy of non-human bots which are ill prepared for actually determining quality or degree of helpful content in the searched for term. Perhaps it will get better, but when money is involved, things don't always work out for the best.
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