I've noticed I rarely (never?) see any hubs when I search the 'net

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    Casimiroposted 10 years ago

    Before Aug. 2012, I'd never heard of hubpages and I'm pretty sure I'd never run across a hub in any of my searches since HP started. The layout is pretty distinctive and it struck me as "foreign" the first time I came to the site. I don't mean that in a negative way, just that it's a layout I think I would remember if I'd seen it before.

    It occurred to me today that the above still holds true. I don't think I ever see search results that include hubs for my everyday searches. Maybe it's just that my particular interests don't have a strong intersection with the topics on HP, but I was wondering if others have noticed this, too? Actually, I don't think I see many results from any articles oriented sites, either. 

    Obviously, a lot of hubbers get great, constant organic traffic, so the site is popular SE-wise. Does this lack of hubs in SE results mean that HP is still so small that we have plenty of room to grow in our conquest of the Internet? smile

    1. Barbara Kay profile image74
      Barbara Kayposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I do a lot of research and I rarely run into a Hub. I've wondered about that too.

  2. Sherry Hewins profile image93
    Sherry Hewinsposted 10 years ago

    I don't know if I ran across any before I knew about HubPages. If I did, I don't remember. However, I do occasionally find hubs in my Google search results now. There are plenty of strange looking pages out there, I think HubPage's layout is pretty simple and spare compared to a lot of them. I really don't think I would have noticed.

  3. Marisa Wright profile image86
    Marisa Wrightposted 10 years ago

    It's one of those things that has always mystified me, too.   Even in the days when I was getting thousands of views to my Hubs every day, I still wasn't seeing Hubs in search results.  As you say, maybe it's the kind of subjects we search for. I gave up wondering about it eventually!

  4. paradigmsearch profile image60
    paradigmsearchposted 10 years ago

    My experiences are the same as the previous posters. I eventually concluded that the viewers were coming from other dimensions. After all, Google is indeed everywhere. Since the advertisers are apparently fine with it, I'm fine with it.

  5. jenb0128 profile image90
    jenb0128posted 10 years ago

    I guess I'm in the minority. When I search for pet care information, hubs often come up. I was familiar with HubPages for at least a year or two before I knew that just anybody could sign up and write a hub.

  6. wilderness profile image93
    wildernessposted 10 years ago

    Seems like I've seen numbers like 1 million hubs as opposed to several trillion articles on the web.  HP, then, is less than one millionth of the web as a whole.

    Is it really surprising you don't see many results?

    1. Marisa Wright profile image86
      Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      That's true. I was just thinking that if people are getting a lot of traffic, then their Hubs must be appearing on page 1 of search results for somebody - so why not me?

      1. wilderness profile image93
        wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        Search for your topics, using keywords that are popular (and that you know are popular because you did your keyword research smile ) and I bet you will find some hubs.

        Last fall I did some extensive research on the history of holidays for some hubs I was writing.  I would estimate that 10% of what I read came from HP - out of 50+ sites I'm sure there were at least 5 from HP.  So I do see some, but I also have to say that most of my own research is not through searches but from specific sites.

        1. Marisa Wright profile image86
          Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          I know I'll find my Hubs if I do that, but I'm not talking about finding my Hubs.  The OP was talking about search results in general.

          1. wilderness profile image93
            wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, I know.  But your own topics are the only ones you know are here and that rank well.  If you know of others, you don't search for them; you just go to them.  Or use the HP search.

            I also know that most of my research is for writing hubs, and if the competition is too high (lots of articles of hubs) I won't write and thus won't search for the topic, either.

            Really, I think hubs are being shown (traffic says they are if nothing else) but my own search habits preclude finding very many hubs.  I see a few, as I say, but not a whole lot - between the enormous number of other sources and my own habits I don't find it surprising.

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    Beth37posted 10 years ago

    Here's a question. I had like 2 bucks last month in my HP account. I thought it was held there til I made 10 bucks... did I actually lose it when the new month started?

    1. wilderness profile image93
      wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      No, it's still there.  If you look at last months earning you should see it.

 
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