Does something bad happen when the blue triangle appears

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   logoquizposted 12 years ago

   I am a complete newb to HP and when checking my stats today saw a little blue triangle next to one of my hubs, so I see this means traffic has dropped, but can i get penalised for it? Or will the hub stop being featured?
   Im just unsure what it means?
   thanks

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      molometerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Don't worry about it. You will not be penalized for getting a blue triangle. They come and go as the traffic fluctuates. It's nice to see a whole bunch of red triangles which means traffic is rising. In general take the longer view.
      Daily fluctuations in my opinion, should be ignored. Look at the overall trend over a longer period of time. Say a year at least.

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         DrMark1961posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thats a great reply, molometer. And the only problem with seeing a lot of red triangles is that they will most likely be followed in a day or two by a blue triangle. Like you said, best to ignore it.

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      paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Life ends as we know it.

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         Stina Caxeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

           Silly

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            paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I just couldn't pass that one up.

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               DrMark1961posted 12 years agoin reply to this

               As President of the Slacker Society, shouldnt you just be advising us to lie in our hammocks until the blue triangles go away?

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   It means that hub has slightly less traffic right now than it did a little while ago.  Given that traffic varies no matter what you do, it means very little.

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   Stina Caxeposted 12 years ago

   Actually, I noticed that when I have multiple blue triangles, my Hubber score tends to go down.  For example right now I have 5 Hubs with the Traffic Falling blue triangle and my Hubber score has gone down 3 numbers (so far) today.  I don't really know if it's a coincidence but I figured that was why my score was going down.

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      DrMark1961posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      When I read this I had to go and check. I have 38 blue triangles (my traffic is always up on the weekends and early part of the week, down a lot on Fridays) and my hubber score today is 99.I do not think blue triangles have anything to do with hubber score.

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         Stina Caxeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Hmmm, well that is good to know.  I guess I am just not being a good enough hubber today! 

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            DrMark1961posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            It is about 3 am where I live. Since PDS does not want to make any more witty posts, and the OP is doubtless sleeping (she is in London so it is the middle of the night) I am going to leave this thread to you, Stina. Good night.

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   logoquizposted 12 years ago

   Thanks for all the replies. I don't worry about the blue triangles anymore and do just ignore them. Not sure if it does correlate to my hubber score, il have to keep an eye on that.

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