Number of Ads on Hubs?

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years ago

   Does anyone know the maximum number of ads that are supposed to be on our hubs?  I just did a specific search for one of my hubs, and I clicked on the resulting link (I've been wondering if it was unindexed - it had been copied, and the traffic dropped down to zero).  There were 11 ads, including a garish banner across the top, at least two other ads before the hub itself started, an ad on the far right, ads under the main photo and another series of ads at the bottom.
   
   Somewhere, I thought I read we would have maybe 4-6 ads on a hub?  This is overkill, it's embarrassing, and it's no wonder the traffic on it has plummeted. Aside from it being copied, it's being sabotaged by being overloaded with ads.
   
   Are any others finding this? Is it normal, and maybe I'm misinformed?

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      paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You are right. 11 ads is waaay over the line!

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      bravewarriorposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm having the opposite problem.  I'm not seeing ads on anyone's hubs.  I was wondering if it's my computer.

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         Paul Maplesdenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Do you have an adblocker installed?

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            bravewarriorposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I have a pop-up blocker, but I told it to allow pop-ups on HP.  :-(

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               psycheskinnerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Hubpages does not allow popups.  If you see any it is either malware or a mistake that should ne reported.

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      tirelesstravelerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Standard is 3 google ads above the page line and 2 HP ad sense  at the bottom.  I would look for a virus.

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         LCDWriterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Have you looked at any featured hubs you have when you are *not* logged into hubpages?  What I see is consistent with what Marcy sees.  What we see in hubpages looks different from what a non hubpages reader sees.  I don't think it is a virus if we are all seeing it.

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years ago

   FYI - when I click on the same hub from within the site, only 4-5 ads show up. Both are HubPages URLs. This happened within just a few minutes of time.

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   LCDWriterposted 11 years ago

   I noticed this the other day when I did a search for one of mine.  The public view looks different from what we see here.

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      BlossomSBposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That's a good idea. I've never thought of doing that as I thought it would look just the same. I must try it.

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   LCDWriterposted 11 years ago

   Adding: Even with the ads we see here, there are more in the non-hubber view of the articles.

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years ago

   Check it out.  The search I entered had an exact clip from my hub, and I'd cleared my search results in the browser, so it didn't 'recognize' me.  Try any of your own hubs - see what you get?

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years ago

   I'd like an explanation from HP. Are we getting the same 60/40 ratio from the public view as what we are told we get here? Why do our pages look different here than from an outside search?

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   LCDWriterposted 11 years ago

   You can also use "private browsing" from Firefox and view your hubs this way.  I'm going to look at my other ones now too and see if it is consistent.

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   LCDWriterposted 11 years ago

   Marcy,  I went to the learning center and looked at this post.  The layout they show here: http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/mone … n-partners
   is consistent with what a non-hubber sees.   I'm wondering what the rationale is for not giving us that view in hubpages?  There's a lot in the top but it is consistent with what they tell you at the learning center.  Interesting.

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      Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm curious, too - I remember this being brought up before, and somehow not pursued.  I've gone back and forth a few times this evening & seen the same contrast, each time.

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      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I believe that the "ad units" can contain more than one ad, such as the one at the bottom that shows 3 or 4 adsense ads.
      
      Why not see them?  Could be a matter of bandwidth, or it could be that you're not paid for your own ads.  Or it could be something entirely different.

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         Marcy Goodfleischposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         The ones I'm seeing are not Amazon, etc., and the banner at the top is not explainable.  I accessed it from the same device, same IP, etc., all within minutes - so bandwidth should not be an issue. It appears one way when I'm logged on, and another when I access from the 'public' door.

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            LCDWriterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I wonder if wilderness means bandwidth on the internal HP servers?

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               wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Yes.  They have commented that they are running low - it was one of the reasons for not showing a G+ button.  I'm certainly no programmer, but if they can't show a button they would certainly be having trouble showing big ads as well.  If those ads aren't valuable (and they aren't, to the hubber) then it would seem to make sense to delete them from our view.

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      Faith A Mullenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Wow. I hadn't ever looked at my hubs from an "outsiders view" before. LCDWriter is right that the ads look how the Learning Center explains, but I didn't realize how ad filled (and ugly) this actually looks in a hub until I logged out of HubPages and viewed one.
      
      I have been using my hubs to show potential employers examples of my work, so I think I will just turn the HubPages Ad Program off for now to limit the number of ads in my hubs and improve their appearance.

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