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   hrymelposted 11 years ago

   I have a hub, that I feel is a quality hub, it is completely original, broken into section, and I think well written, but it keeps getting an idle status. I added a video capsule, updated it a little, and took a link out so that it doesn't have more than two outbound links.
   
   I would appreciate it if someone would take a look at it and let me know if there's something I can do to improve it, or if it's just that it doesn't have a lot search engine capability and I need to work harder at backlinking it.
   
   http://hrymel.hubpages.com/hub/Keep-a-C … IV-Charity

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      SimeyCposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Try changing some of the headings to more searchable headings (do some keyword research on them too!): Example: Instead of 'basics' have 'What is "Keep a Child Alive"'
      
      Take the definition of HIV and add it to a text box with a decent heading - right align it and 'color' it.
      
      Expand on each of the following programs: treatment, care, orphans, and awareness of HIV/AIDS.
      
      In general you could use sub-headings and bullet points to break the article up a lot more and make it easier to read and find important information...

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         hrymelposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, I've broken what I already had down even further and I'm working on writing more to be able to expand on the stuff you suggested.

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   wjack2010posted 11 years ago

   On the first line:
   
   "Keep a Child Aliveis"
   
   Surely, the "is" should have a space before it.
   
   Apart from that, I can't see why it wouldn't be Featured, unless Hubs in that category are already overpopulated for the time-being.

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      hrymelposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I can't believe I missed that. Well, thanks for checking it out and giving me that heads up.  Maybe I just need to get more traffic to it, and then it would fix itself.
      
      Thanks again.

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         janderson99posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         My guess is that it is regarded as overly promotional
         Why not fill out the form - I would be fascinated with the response.
         
         https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie … Mmk1QVE6MQ

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            hrymelposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            It was never flagged as being over promotional, but I did have about 3 links to the charities website.

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   jansharesposted 11 years ago

   Add "How To" in front of title and see what happens.

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      janderson99posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      and  "Alive - an"  instead of    "Alive-an"

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         hrymelposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         It's worth a try.

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            janderson99posted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I suspect that the rejection has very little to do with quality. I guess that the software QAP (not human) is reactiing to the "online shop"   [words and link] and triggering an "overly promotional" flag [not a violation though]. Try changing the words (e.g. 'charity outlet') and removing the link (you can always add it back later after getting featured and see what happens).

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