First One to Spot a Red Arrow Post Here

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   Mark Ewbieposted 11 years ago

   We can't keep on dropping for ever surely?
   
   Therefore there should come a time when perhap one lucky HP writer gets a red arrow.
   
   Post and feel the envy of your fellow sufferers.  I mean writers.

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      bac2basicsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      ermmm, I´ve got 2 red´s but earnings still crap. Oh well maybe next year will be better, I hope so for us all. Merry Christmas everyone

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      joanveronicaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I've just seen TWO red arrows on my Hubs! Not that it means much, going up from 1 view to all of 4.

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   Simone Smithposted 11 years ago

   My Christmas Wish is for optimism. SANTA WHERE ARE YOU????

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      Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Patience Simone.  He is on his way with a bulging sack of surprises.

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         wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Yeah - a whole bag full of pretty blue arrows.  From the cold north pole, you know.

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   Miriam Weissmannposted 11 years ago

   I haven't got arrows up or down but I'm too new. But I have got traffic even if it is only from HubPages. That's the nice thing about HubPages, isn't it? If you've got your own blog it's always a long wait until you get traffic because you have to rely on the search engines. That's what I found on my Avon blog. It's a long, lonely wait. The thing is, though, I suppose, is that none of this Hubpages traffic I'm seeing is making any money and let's face it, that's what we're all here for at the end of the day, isn't it?

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   Rain Defenceposted 11 years ago

   26 blues. 1 red. What do I win?

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      Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You win my respect and admiration.  A red arrow.  I remember those.

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   Blue is as blue does. Nary a red in sight.

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   leahleflerposted 11 years ago

   Roses are red, arrows are blue.

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   2uesdayposted 11 years ago

   Just to make you smile -
   
   http://youtu.be/557tQC86thA

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      bac2basicsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Nice one 2uesday...merry Christmas

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   wildernessposted 11 years ago

   All is not lost - I show 5 red arrows.  5!
   
   And 65 blues, out of 169 hubs.

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   2uesdayposted 11 years ago

   30 blue 4 red - which is a bit better than this morning   but last night it was all red arrows

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    Mark Ewbieposted 11 years ago

    Ah man, you guys have red arrows.  It's me and my writing - Google finally realised.

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    DrMark1961posted 11 years ago

    My page is full of blue arrows so I was surprised to see a red arrow on one of my arthritis hubs. Then I read the number of page views--2! I guess it had been at 0 for so long that 2 was a huge improvement and deserved a red.

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    ThePracticalMommyposted 11 years ago

    I now have 2 reds! Sadly, they both had 1 view yesterday and today have a whopping 5-6 views each. Other than that, it's all blues....

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       Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       It's hope, that's all I ask for.. .hope.  Well done!  Now I can relax for Xmas.
       
       Time for the HP song...
       
       "We're on the up... it's not so bad..."
       
       Fill in as you like.

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          janderson99posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Blue, blue, my world is blue
          Blue is my world now I'm without you
          Gray, gray, my life is gray
          Cold is my heart since you went away
          
          Red, red, my eyes are red
          Crying for you alone in my bed
          Green, green, my jealous heart
          I doubted you and now we're apart

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             Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             Nice.  You give Nursey a run for her money.

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    ngurecoposted 11 years ago

    Mark, don’t worry. Be happy. Red arrows will eventually be with us and just in time for Christmas.
    
    

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    janderson99posted 11 years ago

    As a side issue who has the lowest score for hubpages dot  com under Traffic Sources  - anyone beat -39 ?

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    tirelesstravelerposted 11 years ago

    Yesterday there were two red, today two blue wish I was new, but that excuse has flu.

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    wildernessposted 11 years ago

    Woah!  It finally changed (after about 20 hours) and jumped up by 35 views!
    
    Wonder if I'll soon see 50 red arrows as all those individual views catch up with reality?

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    UnnamedHaraldposted 11 years ago

    One lonely red arrow-- but traffic slowly rising.

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    aa liteposted 11 years ago

    I have 5 red arrows, they don't really mean anything.  A couple of my red arrow hubs had 2 views in the last 24 hours!  Presumably they had no views in the days before that so they are getting better but it's all relative! 
    
    Actually my views are getting better.  But only because I was sent to naughty corner by Google on Dec. 10th and he instructed all the searchers not to play with me.  I think I'm allowed out now, but then HP traffic's dropped, so I am at about 30% of what I had before Dec. 10th.
    
    Red arrows mean nothing, it's all relative.

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       Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       It may not mean anything but I have not a single red arrow.  Not one.  Pathetic it may be, but I'd quite like to see one, and my cat would be relieved too.

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    Azure11posted 11 years ago

    29 - 2 to the blues :-(

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    rebekahELLEposted 11 years ago

    17 blues 
    
    1 red 
    
    "We're on the up,
    it's not so bad."
    Little Boy Blue
    was never so glad.
    
    Blue arrows here
    Blue arrows there
    My God, there are
    blue arrows everywhere!

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       Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Lol.. that's great!

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    janderson99posted 11 years ago

    A Philosophical Question?
    Why are the A Philosophical Question?
    Why are the Up arrows Red anyway?
    Surely the Down arrows should be Red
    
    Hey that would fix everything - a sea of red arrows!

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       wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Because the brain (viewers) is stimulated by the blood (red) being forced up (arrow) into it?  Cooling (blue) and dying finds it falling back down (arrow).
       
       OK - maybe I'm reaching just a little here...

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    LuisEGonzalezposted 11 years ago

    Well I just counted 6 red ones and a bunch of blue ones!.......................

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    LindaSmith1posted 11 years ago

    I have some that have double red arrows, they come and go.

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    relacheposted 11 years ago

    I have four red arrows...

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    CASE1WORKERposted 11 years ago

    whoopeeeeeeeee  4 reds..........

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Me still no got none.
       
       I am saddened...

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          wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Hah!  With another massive jump in traffic (+6 views) I now have 7 red arrows!
          
          You are doomed, paradigm, doomed I say!

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             paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             "Right now
             1
             active visitors on site"

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                wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                Down from what - 30 or so yesterday or the day before? 
                
                I hope not - I'm viewing this as a glitch, but that would say otherwise.

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    brakel2posted 11 years ago

    Change subject. Could HP get hit by Google over security certif?  I have 2 red arrows and lots blue

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       wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       While it is possible I suppose, it isn't what we're seeing here.
       
       This is obviously a glitch of some kind, not an actual loss of traffic.  HP numbers no longer line in the slightest with those from adsense or analytics.  They aren't even positive - other threads are reporting many cases of negative views!  What - somebody left the hub without ever being there??

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          aa liteposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Those bastards at Bing took away 1 view from me (I am at -1 from bing).  It is not only Google that is evil!

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    K9keystrokesposted 11 years ago

    80 blue, 7 red, out of 313 published hubs.....

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    That Grrlposted 11 years ago

    Weekends are always slow. This weekend is going to be especially slow. A lot of people won't be online until the shopping malls close up for the night.
    
    I had a lot of blue but I do have some red now. It must be picking up for the evening. Don't fuss over it too much. After Xmas traffic will pick up again. After all, a lot of the retail jobs were only for the holidays. All of those people will be home, unemployed and surfing online. No doubt you can feel better about your traffic now.

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       Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Sheesh TG.  I don't want to have to think about unemployed people. It makes my (lack of) red arrows seem kind of unimportant...

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       DrMark1961posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Actually my weekends, especially Sundays, are the busiest time of the week.

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    brakel2posted 11 years ago

    I am really on brain overload - too many things happening at once. Anyway, this too shall pass. Merry Christmas. A toast to red arrows.

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    DzyMsLizzyposted 11 years ago

    3 reds--well outnumbered by blues....yeah, I've got the blues!

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    habeeposted 11 years ago

    51 red arrows - from 1,000+ hubs. I didn't have the heart to count the blue arrows.
    
    
    Sung to the tune of "Where are You, Christmas":
    
    Where are you, traffic?
    My hubs can't find you.
    You seem so far away.
    
    I want red arrows;
    My world has turned blue.
    Why can't you make red stay?

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    Zakmoonbeamposted 11 years ago

    Got a handful of reds, and I am happy to announce after days of 10 - 25 views over my 40 or so Hubs, my traffic seems to be returning to near normal.  230 views today, all of which apart from 50 were from Google.  Still not up to where I was before, but getting there.
    
    I wish everyone else here good fortune in the return of the reds!

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    Global-Chicaposted 11 years ago

    My traffic also seems to have fallen off a cliff although today's traffic's looks slightly better than yesterday's.  I currently have 37 blue arrows and four reds (three of which have just two views each!). I'm not worried though and feel confident things will turn around for the better. Wishing everyone happy holidays!

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    Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years ago

    Unusual Saturday for me in that my traffic is increasing a little instead of showing a usual minor decrease. So, 76 red arrows with some doubles, and about the same number in blue - they are rotating up and down and around. lol.
    
    Merry Christmas Weekend!

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       weekendposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       You, too, Patty!

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          Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          What fun!

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    paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

    From looking at the posts here, I'm beginning to think not everyone's stats page is as messed up as mine. After factoring in midnight vs rolling 24, my stats pages declares ~25% of what GA declares.

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    Greekgeekposted 11 years ago

    4 red arrows out of a hundred hubs on my main account, but traffic has cooled off from 700-800 visits a day to 249.
    
    ETA: although that's probably Hubpages' stats being wonky, as GA has 545 so far today and 641 yesterday.

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    psycheskinnerposted 11 years ago

    I always have at least 1 or 2 red arrows.

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    jansharesposted 11 years ago

    Just saw 2 red arrows for first time in a least 5 days; 3 blue. Big surprise was 1 idled out of 29 hubs. Ho hum. I'm not going to try and revive her just yet, too much else to do that take priority right now. Let's keep our heads to the sky

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    sabrebIadeposted 11 years ago

    91 Blue
    16 Red
    Funny...all the red ones with the exception of 2 have Hub Scores of 70 or below.
    Most are in the 60s......

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    rcrumpleposted 11 years ago

    Page views are down so much it's ridiculous.  From an average of 100+ per day to 18 today.  No reds, 2 blues in 65 hubs.

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    writingloverposted 11 years ago

    I hate to sound so cliche but I've got the blues (arrows, that is) on two hubs...

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    Barbara Kayposted 11 years ago

    I have 4 reds, but so many blues I don't want to count them. I've had record traffic this month until the last couple of days. I figure everyone is out Christmas shopping, getting food ready for parties etc.

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    Au faitposted 11 years ago

    Currently have 6 red arrows and have had even more in recent days.  My views are up today triple yesterday, but I doubt it will last.  Lots of ups and downs on the weekends and I'm sure the holidays will be even worse for views.

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