What Does the Hub Score Mean?
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The Hubscore is a number that hubpages assigns to each page based on a number of factors. The hubscore is meant as an indication of the page's quality and importance and resembles Google's page rank in some ways.
A hubscore is based on a number of factors, such as the originality of the content, rankings by other users, and length of the submission.
For example, the more original the writing, the higher the score. Simply copying and pasting stuff from the internet will result in a lower score. For example, if I had simply copied and pasted the explanation of what a hubscore is which can be found at in the Help section of this site I assume that hubpages would have given me a lower score. :)
I am new at hubpages and I am just experimenting with the site. So far my hubscores have come up in the mid range. Hopefully a ton of visitors will give me a positive rating and skyrocket me to the top of the scores (hint).
But seriously, the hubscoring system appears complicated. In fact there are many other factors to consider. For example, the score is affected by the number of posts you make. But posting lots of hub pages does not necessarily increase your score because, posting lots can be interpreted as spamming.
So the key is to post high quality articles that are spam free and informative.
Useful Links About Hub Scoures
- Why Hub Scores Go Up and Down
A hub article written by me that explains why your hubscore fluctuates. - Ten Tips for Hub Newbies
This is a good article that explains how to write a good hub, which incidentally will result in a higher hub score. - How Hubscore Works
This is a very good summary on how hubs are ranked and the factors that are taken into account.
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thanks for tips Paul :)
Very informative -- the article as well as the comments. Thanks!
Helpful info! I'm new to Hub Pages and your article gave the answer I needed.
I wonder what the numbers mean. One of my hubs is 72 or thereabouts and the other is 84. Which is best and why?
hubscores are also a way to encourage competitive folks to keep excelling! thanks for the tips.
very interesting article, thanks for sheding light on hubscores.
Very well put
Thank you for the information you supplied. I used the search tool to find out about what the score means and I found your hub.
This is the info I needed. I found your info in a google search. I gave a thumbs up.
Thank you,
Garry Nelson
I had the same question as someone above--please clarify what a good score is and is a high score or low score better.
Thanks for your comments and questions. The hubscore is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being the best, so the higher the hubscore the better.
You may also notice that your personal hubscore as well as the hubscore of any article you write will fluctuate a little. In fact it may go up or down a few points within the space of a few hours. The reasons for this are not explained on hubpages.com's FAQ, but I have noticed that some of the factors that influence the hubscore fluctuations include:
1) increase in traffic, especially from search engine referrals. For example, I have noticed that when visitor traffic drops, so does the hubscore.
2) how many recent comments you get. The more recent comments, the higher the score. If you go a long time without any comments, then the score starts to drop. So thanks everyone for your comments. Keep them coming!
3) the relative score of your other published hubs. If you publish a new hub which gets a high score it seems to raise the score of your other hubs too. But if you publish a hub that gets a low score, it seems to drag down the score of your previously published hubs as well as your personal score.
Thanks. That clarified it for me.
nice hub
Great hubpage about hubpage scores. I put up a hubpage myself but didnt know what the score ment. I now know to check in the help tab for more information. Can you put in your hub page if the higher the score or lower the score is best? Im assuming the higher score is better. Thanks for you topic it was a big help to me.
I never realized there was so much to it. I also heard that by answering requests you get extra points.
WOW! I had no idea about any of this information! What great tips!
thanks -- when you're new to the site, it doesn't make sense how the score is computed... hoping people find the green living and organic articles I write to be useful. More to come in a few...
GREAT JOB ON EXPLAINING THAT...
Brilliant, helps you know just what to add when making your own hub!
Yeah, I remember when I started out, I was absolutely confused. I accidently published an article without anything on it! How embarrasing. It immediately decreased to 45...I was getting discouraged, but thanks to your article, I now understand how all of this works! Thanks for posting this information.
wow, a tremendous help!! very well written and informative. thank ya much!
Well I had better comment here, to make sure your score keeps climbing!
Thanks
David
The Adsense Strategist
GREAT TIP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the info
Sarabecks - The higher the score the better.
I'm brand new to hubpages and this information was very helpful - thanks!
I was wondering how the score works. Thanks for this information *thumbs up*
I hope that yur hub gets the highest ranking ever check out my hub so I can climb to
Thanks and Welcome to the Hub Community!
Great article. I guess you must write more and leave comments as you read others. I am new here with only a dozen or so hubs. I don't seem to get comments and no fans. I can see the traffic numbers and know some are being looked at How to Tie a shoe lace is popular but no comments. I know this has helped others. Anyway LITS life is too short.
thank you
This was useful to me, thank you!
Thanks for the info, great hub
Thanks this really helped me out, I figured lower scores were best - guess I was wrong!
Woot thanks for the answeer bud you rock :)
This is a very useful read. Thanks for sharing this..
Thanks for the answer it helped out a lot being a newbe of sort . I getting a hubscore of 50 right off is ok ? hmmm. maybe . if it kinda like a grade system them I am kinda sad . well better luck next time around .
Thank you all for the explanation I was wondering what the heck the scoring meant! Alright time to move up the ladder from the 50s haha.
Thanks, I brought my score down because I did 4 post in a day. How often should I post?
I still don't get it I have to admit - so far I have only posted 1 hub (with another in progress). That was four days ago yet I have a pretty high score. So does this mean that people like my hub even no comments have been made. Also I notice our profiles have hubscores - does this mean we are being scored in a similar manner?
Thanks for this.
I was getting frustrated as I kept adding to a page thinking I was making it better and my hubscore kept going down.
Ramon Y - What I have noticed is that when you first publish your hub it usually has a score of about 50. Then it slowly rises to 60 or 70 if the hubscoring system thinks that the writing is good. I assume it looks at things such as originality (no copying from other sites), length, links to other websites etc. This initial rise in score happens even if no one has yet visited your hub. You can tell how many people have visited your site by logging in to your account and then checking the statistics. These will also tell you where people are coming from to your site such as search engines.
After the initial rise in hubscore when it is first published, the main factors in whether the score stays up or goes back down or keeps rising is how much traffic you get, how much feedback it generates, and how many up votes the hub gets.
So if no one visits your hub, the score will go down even if you have written a very good article. This may happen if you have written an article on something that is not of wide interest.
If your score starts falling because of low traffic, try adding links to your hub from other hubs you write, add more tags so that people can find it under different search terms, or try tweaking the title so that it is more relevant.
So as a long winded answer to your question, your current hubscore is probably due mainly to the fact you have written a good hub rich in text. However that score may start falling if the hub does not generate interest and you don't get internet traffic.
Very informative! Thanks for all the helpful information.
Paul Edmondson says:
2 years ago
Several high quality Hubs will increase your author HubScore. Origninal and informative will get you a higher score than a purely commercial offer like a clickbank article. Some traffic from different sources to your Hubs can also increase your score. These are just a few of the pieces of the scoring system.