At last !

One of my hubs has been flagged as overly promotional LOL

Or at least :

WARNING: This hub is in danger of being flagged as Overly Promotional, for 2+ links to a domain.

I feel so proud. Almost like a "real" internet marketer.

2008 Motorcycle Guide

Congratulations, you made it

Congratulations! Good for you! I knew you could do it.
regards Zsuzsy

What a milestone.  You must be so proud.

You've joined the ranks of the elite now. You are my mentor!

I got the same thing on one of mine today. It was just lucky that I happened to be going to that hub to add some tags to it anyway. I didn't see anything indicating it needed revision on my stats page, but possibly I missed it.  Shouldn't it be highlighted in pink?

Anyway, I'm glad they gave me warning before unpublishing so I could go in and fix it instead of flipping out over my traffic arriving at a 404 page

Mark, I am shocked! Bad Boy! Lol!

Mark read my hub! It will explain it all to you! http://hubpages.com/hub/HubPages-Internet-Marketing

Mark, you naughty boy.

These two are promo hubs - out and out!

http://hubpages.com/hub/Earn-Money-Fast-and-Easy
http://hubpages.com/hub/Make-Extra-Money-Fast

I gave them both a thumbs down, I don't know if Maddie & Paul get those or not.  I considered flagging them, but not sure what to call them since promotional or spam wasn't one of the options.  Guess I could just choose 'other'.

I flagged them both as substandard technically insided the TOS because only 2 links but  Ithought u had to have 250 words?

Shirley Anderson wrote:

Mark, you naughty boy.

These two are promo hubs - out and out!

http://hubpages.com/hub/Earn-Money-Fast-and-Easy
http://hubpages.com/hub/Make-Extra-Money-Fast

I gave them both a thumbs down, I don't know if Maddie & Paul get those or not.  I considered flagging them, but not sure what to call them since promotional or spam wasn't one of the options.  Guess I could just choose 'other'.

Please do flag hubs like that as overly promotional or as substandard, since they're both.  Short hubs are substandard, and short hubs with links are overly promotional.

Maddie, while you are on this thread, what am I supposed to do about this?

Like the new avatar by the way.

Yeah you will be one of us....keep up the great work and who knows maybe just spam a little too and you'll be well on your way!!

I too rec'd my first warning - on my Places To Sell Your Writing hub.  I've had it there for quite awhile without any probs, so I guess it's the new system.  What I can't figure out is why just that one....my other lists haven't been flagged.

Mark Knowles wrote:

Maddie, while you are on this thread, what am I supposed to do about this?

Mark:

These warnings do not affect your HubScore, or unpublish or flag your Hub.  They are merely designed to help point newbies in the right direction, and clear up confusion on our rules. 
They're automated, so they will catch some stuff that actually isn't overly promotional or substandard, but as I said they don't affect the hub in any way other than when you yourself view it, so go ahead and ignore it.

OK, thanks. Didn't want it to get unpublished

It obviously isn't overly promotional, but I have a bunch of links pointing to particular motorcycle manufacturer's web pages regarding specific models. I will just ignore it.

Now I have to give back my "I had my hubpage deleted for being overly promotional" T shirt.

Mark Knowles wrote:

Now I have to give back my "I had my hubpage deleted for being overly promotional" T shirt.

Sorry to disappoint.

Mark,

Spamming forums is much more rewarding! I proudly wear a T-shirt "I got my affiliate link deleted!"

This is really shocking - all my Hubber role models such as Mark and Misha are turning to the Dark Side.

Next you'll be published Hubs on curing the common cold with shameless promotion of an e-book and links to Squidoo where you can be even more shamelessly promotional.  Then you'll threaten to leave us because you've purchased several 100 'good links' and haven't made a cent in the first 24 hours. 

How the mighty are fallen! 

(Can I slip a link in here for my ebook on how to earn $1000 a week on Hubpages without any hand-written content?)

* hangs his head in shame and vows never to earn another T shirt *