This is really not a big deal, but I am curious why there are two separate word counts for hubs. I am editing a hub and the new feature shows a word count of 1287. When I click on "done editing" and then look at the word count under the "stats/hub metrics" it shows 1325. I suspect that one is counting the words in the amazon and ebay capsules, but I am not sure.
Like I said, this isn't a big deal, but I am curious of the cause of the difference.
I'm not sure, GinnyLee, but I'm checking with our team members who are more likely to know! I imagine the cause is not far from what you surmise.
Nice to see all the checkmarks filled in. I think it helps.
I've noticed this fluke to, when I published a hub that had lots of content in the amazon module's description. The word count within the hub metrics says the article is only 293 words long, and when I'm editing it says it has 331 words. Yet when I copy and paste all the content i have written into word I get a total of 719, which is a good sized article.
What's happening here is that the hubpage word counter doesn't count the word in the amazon modules. It doesn't really bother me that much because I do know that google sees this content, but it still would be nice if the amazon module text would be counted also.
This also bothers me and make me confuse why was that? I'll follow this forum if there is answer.
We have changed the way we do words counts so the two values should now match.
I've noticed that, too. I thought it was because the summary is not included in the published word count. I've not checked.
Some capsules count; others don't; and some count in what can only be described as a buggy manner. I got it all figured out for the "old" stats count, but gave up when I noticed the "new" one in edit mode counts differently.
What I prefer to do is compose my hubs offline in OpenOffice (or Word, whatever you choose). Do a word count in the word processor to get a close approximation of the total count (as it would include titles). Then, I copy the entire article from the word processor and paste it into Notepad... I do this to strip any special formatting that might look weird in my hub. Finally, I go into HubPages, start a new hub, and copy and paste each title and section from Notepad into the cells within the hub as I want them laid out. I know this sounds like a lot of work, however I've been blogging and working on website content for years, and following this procedure ensures that the final posted web content is as concise and free of spelling mistakes as possible, and again, it also lets you see a real word count.
I don't use this program personally because I don't have a mac, but if you do have one here's a program I'd personally use: http://www.iawriter.com/mac/
It keeps track of your word count and is pretty much like Notepad, and it helps keep you focused. Just a suggestion!
How do you do what? Post a link, or buy iawriter? If you're asking about iawriter, I haven't actually used it, it's just that I'd like to but don't have a Mac computer.
If you're asking about posting a link, just copy and paste the link. DON'T SPAM! AND NO AFFILIATE LINKS! I'll flag them when I see spammy links. ok?
well ofcourse im asking about the link you posted on how you use it. I thought you already use it. anyways thank you.
I noticed the same thing yesterday, there was a difference of about 50 words. It doesn't really both me, just seems odd.
I noticed that the internal count includes only text capsule content. Perhaps the outside one counts photo descriptions, link modules etc.
When I look under hub stats in my account I don't see any word counts for hubs displayed there. Where do you find that information?
I was thinking about it as well... I guess some capsules are responsible for extra words... not sure
by Roohi Khan 15 years ago
I am new here and just joined a few days back. I was wondering if there is a minimum or maximum word count limit on hub pages. I also wanted to know what these �insert custom character�, superscript and subscript links in the text capsule mean?I hope someone out there can help me. Thanks,Roohi
by Kate Swanson 14 years ago
On another thread, a Hubber suggested that if HubPages had a minimum word count, it would prevent some spammers.I know that a very low word count can get a Hub flagged as substandard, but perhaps it's set too low at the moment?
by Imogen French 11 years ago
Is there any way of checking the word count in your hub?Is there any way of checking the word count in your hub, and do figure captions count in the total word count? I ask because contests specify a word count, but if using lots of pictures with captions in the hub do the words in the captions...
by Cindy Murdoch 12 years ago
What constitutes as word count on a hub?When people talk about word counts on hubs, and the word count in the hub metrics, does that include the number of words in the comments?
by Lois Ryan 10 years ago
My goal is to write 50,000 words for the month of MarchI am setting this goal so I can get back into the swing of things because it has been a while since I have submitted anything to Hub Pages. This is how I will attempt to do this:Submitting new hubs. I am finishing up my...
by Claudia Porter 9 years ago
Is there a way to check the number of words that are in a hub without going into the edit mode? Thanks in advance!
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