Dear Simone, an official question for you!

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   jansharesposted 12 years ago

   Ugh. Good topic and valid question but, jeeez. Yes, I read the entire thread. I hope the answers clear everything up and the bug will be fixed soon before more blood is drawn in our beloved cyberspace community I affectionately call Hubberville. Peace to all. Breathe.

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   MelissaBarrettposted 12 years ago

   LOL, above could possibly be the first time that a spammer has added significant value to a thread.

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      Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      ROFL!  Since the admins are watching this thread, this is even more hilarious.  Maybe it's an underground site comedian (or comedienne).

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      wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        You're right - that has to be a first.

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         Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Maybe that falls under the "Time out for a commercial break" category.

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            wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Maybe so - I at least am ready for one.

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               Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Sign up for the team building thing. The group is growing!

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                  wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  OK - count me in, too.  I like working with people, getting ideas or different thoughts, and anything that can help us grow our business here is all to the good.

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   Sonya-Artisposted 12 years ago

   I am new to HubPages.  I posted my first blog yesterday, and yes!  It was instantly posted.  Although I am new, I understand your words.
   I can only view your post form a Christian’s perspective as my thoughts may not be the same as the masses.  When I write words down, I am writing from my heart, not my head- just as when I speak it is from a place of understanding not criticizing. I think at times when my words are released before I am quite ready it is because someone somewhere needed that thought; those sentiments at that exact time.  I have no control over how others work or where their ethics lie, I can only speak from my own experiences.
   Okay, I digress.  Back to why I can relate to your message.  I received numerous emails to write blogs on HubPages, and I took the minimum amount of time to read about this online blog site and get the maximum amount of necessary information.  I didn’t realize HubPages is another Facebook page – (without having to be friends with people to see their post).  Writing is my passion and this is just another online portal to share with anyone that wants a little motivation.  Now, if one of the magazines I write for start letting any and everyone send in articles; well then I will have a reason to stump and point.  Online portals are looking for ways to top each other and drive more popularity to their sites; if changing their posting terms is going to help that goal, so be it.  I’m not saying it is right, I’m just stating a fact.  I personally would not have minded waiting for my post to show on this site, but for the most part we are living in a hurry up, right now world.  People want instant gratification and this site wants to be able to compete sucessfully with other blog sites.  If I would have had to wait X amount of time I would have taken this site more seriously than the others, but still, I will write, and enjoy reading.

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      aa liteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You might have thought that your hub was posted immediately, but looking at your profile it says "no featured content yet".  Your hub (we call them hubs not blogs) is published as soon as you hit the button, but it does not become featured, i.e. visible to search engines, until it passes the quality assessment.
      
      In technical terms it has a no-index meta-tag put on it which prevents Google from indexing it, until it is deemed to be of high enough quality.
      
      Looking briefly at your first hub (which I could see "in the spotlight" on your page, it might actually never pass the QAP and be featured.  The main problem is that it is very short.  I think you have quite a few misconceptions about the site, it is not another Facebook!  People who are successful get most of their traffic from search engines rather than internal views, and there is a science and an art to getting Google's attention, of which getting Google to index the article is just the first step.
      
      HubPages is a place to publish informative, useful articles of at least 500 words or longer.  That is if you do want them to be featured and read by people from outside of the site.  There is a lot of information about that in the learning centre.
      
      Of course if you don't particularly care about getting search engine traffic, then yes, you can write whatever you like (as long as it isn't against the ToS.

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      agvulpesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with what aalite has told you (check your 'page source' and see an instruction to Robots to 'no-index')
      A good place to start would be the 'Learning Center' :
      http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/appr … tent-types
      I'm sure you will have success here at HubPages but a lot of patience is required

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         Sonya-Artisposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Great information.  Thank you!

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      One tip, your hub is much too short. Hubs should be an average of 500 words.

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         Sonya-Artisposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         This is what happens when you read the minimum amount hoping for the maximum information.  :-) Thank you.

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   Pearldiverposted 12 years ago

   No worries... I've haven't seen this much collective Negative 'defensiveness' so intently attacking another hubber, rather than the important issue raised by the hubber, since the thread I opened and got banned on last year, about having our hubs systematically stolen! 
   
   There was in my view, a Clear Attempt to Troll your thread and wind your banability clock, by parties that are well versed at avoiding the factual context of the issues raised! 
   
   And clearly, you were a trout in a previous life mate... because you rose for some pretty crappy cast flies!
   
   Thank you for bringing the issue up Randy... a lot of people still appreciate candor.. which of course, can be measured with or without the respect of a realistic answer to a realistic question!  It also seems that a lot of others, choose not to consider the relevance of this rather important point in the realistic art and skill of effective communication! 

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      Randy Godwinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Pearldiver.  Yes, I knew they would be fishing as they always have.  Better anglers than they have sought to land this pisetic specimen.  None of them ever set the hook though. 

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         Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Well then... you better hope that you don't encounter a cast from me with a carrot bait then mate... bigger fish than you have gobbled up and completely fallen for, a well directed carrot! 

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            Randy Godwinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Yes PD, I've heard of the carrot and stick approach being successful.  Some content sites use it too!

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         habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Except for one particular female angler. She must have used a circle hook and some really good bait.

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   kathleenkatposted 12 years ago

   This forum is unfortunately not a good place to bring up "important issues." You *will* get trolled. People are bored, and disrespectful by the nature of anonymity. I have never felt respect on HubPage forums in particular.
   
   I however do not have any better idea of where to bring this up. Perhaps the "ask" section. But that's liable to be trolled as well.

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      aa liteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Despite the trolling the question was answered by Paul E.  According to him the glitch was in the time that showed when the nooby copied hub was published, not in letting it avoid QAP.  Apparently it was published about 12 hours before the time shown, and spent 12 hours in pending.
      
      Now whether you believe this explanation or not, is another matter.  But if you don't believe it, no amount of asking again will get you a different answer. 
      
      There was another thread started by SimeyC about hubbers exempt from pending on which Paul E. provided quite extensive explanations.  Again it's up to you whether you believe them or not, but I don't really see what anybody can do if they're not convinced.

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         kathleenkatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I'm not questioning whether HP staff answered this or any other forum threads. I also do not care enough to "believe" or "not believe" his response.
         
         My point is this: Not an effective way to raise issues. How many pages of troll-drool do I need to sift through to find the answer? Perhaps HP staff can find a way to post their responses to such questions on they very top of the first page.

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            Randy Godwinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            The problem arose when those who had no pertinent information attempted to answer the query posed to a staff member, KathleenKat.  I tried to make it clear I didn't want any what-ifs, perhaps, or maybes muddying up the water from the usual know-it-alls.  Apparently this was like sayin 'sic-em to a dog! 

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               SirDentposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               This may be a first for me, but I agree with Randy.  So many posts made in this thread when it should have only taken one post by someone who actually knows instead of so many making guesses and speculating.

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   Randy Godwinposted 12 years ago

   No, she used a net and some illegal bait to lure me in closer.  I fought the good fight but she finally landed me.

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      habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      

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