Possible reasons for hub not being featured....

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   Gcrhoads64posted 12 years ago

   Was it the tacky photoshop pic of Palin, obnoxious YouTube video, using the "s   e   x"  word, or too personal? Advice please.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Was this a new Hub that you published recently, or is it a Hub that was featured for a few weeks then got idled?
      
      If an existing Hub is idled after it's been featured for some time, it's probably because it wasn't getting enough traffic.  That's the main reason why a previously featured Hub gets idled, nothing to do with content or quality at all.
      
      Take a look at the title tuner to see if you can improve the title.  If there aren't any suggestions in the title tuner, that in itself tells you the problem - you're not even getting enough visits for the title tuner to work on. Do some more keyword research to see if you can improve your SEO.

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         Gcrhoads64posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Hi, Marisa. It was a hub I published yesterday.

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   Paul Edmondsonposted 12 years ago

   You can submit it here if you think there is a mistake.
   
   https://docs.google.com/a/yieldbuild.co … Mmk1QVE6MQ

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      Gcrhoads64posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, Paul 

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      Bill Yovinoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Paul,
      
      If a Hub falls out of Featured status due to lack of views, does idling it benefit Hubpages? In other words, does a quality, content-rich work that is lightly read, reflect badly in the eyes of Google?

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         Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Bill, that question has been answered by HubPages staff already.   The answer is no, a good quality, low-trafficked Hub does not reflect badly in the eyes of Google.
         
         You only have to look at successful news sites - which have large numbers of archived posts which are "old news" and therefore rarely viewed - to know that's true.
         
         Idling for low traffic is a stop-gap measure, because it is going to take time to put all existing Hubs through the QAP.   Idling all Hubs with poor traffic is effective because many of them are poor quality - Google has slapped or ignored them, and that's why they're not attracting readers.
         
         Unfortunately, the system also catches good quality Hubs with low search volumes.  That's tough on the Hubber, but HubPages felt it didn't have a choice - they couldn't see any other way of rapidly removing the rubbish and that's something they needed to do urgently.
         
         I'm not saying I'm happy with the outcome but I can see the logic of what they've done.

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            Bill Yovinoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks, Marisa.  I will keep plugging away. Some of the Hubs of which I am most proud have a very low amount of views. Some of my Hubs that do very well are instructional and useful, but not so satisfying on a creative level.

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   CroftRoanposted 12 years ago

   Sometimes it's just because you don't have a summary. I haven't seen your hub but check that out. That was why some of mine weren't featured in the beginning.

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      Gcrhoads64posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Croftroan,
      I checked and I do have a summary. Thank you.

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   I would need a link to the hub to make any suggestions.

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      Gcrhoads64posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      http://gcrhoads64.hubpages.com/hub/Hill … Real-Women
      Thanks psycheskinner.
      I replaced the video with another, and resubmitted.

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   It looks fine to me.

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      Gcrhoads64posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for looking, psycheskinner.

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