Long-term merit of hubs or latest trends? What is more important?

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   Hauntyposted 14 years ago

   If you are here to make money with HubPages what is more important to you?
   
   1. My hubs should have long term merit, so they keep attracting visitors.
   2. I play the latest trends.
   3. Something else.

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      Lady_Eposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I tend to go 50/50 Haunty.
      
      I write some which should hopefully keep on attracting audience but some I write just cos its a trend and I know the topic normally gets a lot of views anyway...

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         Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         You are very balanced. Last time I asked criticism or appreciation and you said half and half.

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      sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I play all of the above.  Keep it diverse.  Other like to play the niche card.  I like to play sub niche and expand my horizons.  
      
      One goes up one goes down sometimes they are all up. Then again... sometimes they are all down.

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   Cls1321posted 14 years ago

   I haven't written many, but now when I write a hub the only thing on my mind is long term.
   
   I don't want hubs that last a few weeks than die, I need hubs that practically never go bad.
   
   Sure I try to write as often as possible and update all my hubs to keep them current, however, I don't have much time on my hands to sit around and write.
   
   if there ever comes a week or month where I have no time, I would hate to earn nothing because I focused on hot trends.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   Do both. You need to have short- and long-term cashflow. It's folly to lose out on fast money. Quite frankly, what you think is for the long-term online, might not be.

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   girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

   I think it depends. I tend to aim for long-term stuff, but once made $25 in one weekend (really rare occurrence - never happened again) over a short lived topic. It had to do with finance, so I knew that by writing the hub I'd earn short term (it had been featured on a major news network) and possibly earn in the future. I barely earn from it anymore, but it was certainly worth the $35 or so I made from it for 30 minutes spent writing it.
   
   It was so cool, people were somehow finding my hub by searching for dateline nbc! lol (Has since moved down in ranks)
   
   But, you definitely can clean up nicely on some topics. Cash for clunkers probably would've been lucrative.

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   buckey777posted 14 years ago

   I think the best way to go is a 80% long term and a 20% short term. In the long run of things a short term hub will affect your overall hubscore. They might give a nice boost if the subject is important but will fade out and visits will be less then 10 a week in most cases after the trend/fad is over. Using this method of 80/20 if 20% of your hubs are short term it will make less of a harsh impact on your overall score. However take advantage of the popularity of a short term hub to build long term readership. At the bottom of your hub post a link to other hubs you wrote that might prove interesting to the reader. However I wouldn't delete a hub that is short term for instance, take for example the Beanie Baby fab that took place in the 90's and early 2000's. It died down to the point you didn't think of it but McDonalds released a new series of collectible Beanie Babies and sparked new interest. A key is to make sure even in short term it has merit to be a lasting short term for better sucess.
   
   -Thomas M.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

   I have a hub about the Olympic Torch Relay that I plan to change before every Olympics. That way, the basics stay the same and earn traffic and the new stuff is topical.

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      Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Great idea. I'm a big fan of these.

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   relacheposted 14 years ago

   My practices incorporate #1 and #3.

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   Standard blogging advice is to aim for evergreen.
   
   Chasing trends is usually not worth the effort and heavily competitive

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   jiberishposted 14 years ago

   All three. Current, Long Term, and Personal.

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    E. A. Wrightposted 14 years ago

    I'm trying for a mix, but it's hard to predict how a hub will be perceived. Most of mine have been attempts to attract long term traffic. Not all seem to be working.

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    livewithrichardposted 14 years ago

    I don't know what the exact ratio is but I write mostly for the long term.  I have a couple hubs that were written for either a trend or seasonal event.  The trendy hub earned me the most money so far but who knows when that will end and it will end. But it doesn't really matter as long as I keep writing and adding to my portfolio here.

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    GeneralHowitzerposted 14 years ago

    useful topic i learned a lot with this...

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