How can I make this hub better?

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   abetterwaytoliveposted 11 years ago

   This hub just isn't performing as well as my others. Any critique would be appreciated!
   
   http://abetterwaytolive.hubpages.com/hu … nach-Wraps

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      Hippie-Girlposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe include the most common seasons or holidays it is made during, and if there is any history about where it came from.

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         abetterwaytoliveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Hippie-Girl. I'll give that a shot. I guess a little more elaboration couldn't hurt.

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      Thalliaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Hi abetterwaytolive!  This hub is different from your other recipe hubs; it doesn't have an introductory paragraph. 
      
      Good Luck!

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         abetterwaytoliveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Wow. Thank you. I think that is probably it. My score has since gone way up and now all five of my hubs are editors choices, but it is still the lowest performing of the five so I will make that correction and see what happens! Thank you again so much for your input.

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            Anna Marie Bowmanposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Remember, just because you edit, doesn't mean it will perform well. I have a few hubs that I edit and edit over and over, and they still don't do well. Others, I have edited, and in a few weeks, they were doing great.

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   psycheskinnerposted 11 years ago

   The picture is not very appealing IMHO

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      abetterwaytoliveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you psycheskinner. I didn't think so either. I really do appreciate that. I think I'm going to try and change it. I guess I'm going to have to wait until I make another batch in a couple weeks though.

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         psycheskinnerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         If you can manage to shoot it in daylight or just under strong multiple sources of light (and no flash) I think that helps.

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   Dame Scribeposted 11 years ago

   A lot of scrolling to do just to read but it's a good hub maybe align the pics to the right and text to the left and re-size pics so they're not in a person's face? also, your title is too long, maybe have 'Easy Soup recipe' somewhere?

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      abetterwaytoliveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I like your suggestions. I'll incorporate a couple of these and see if it helps out. Thanks so much for your help!

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   cygnetbrownposted 11 years ago

   I think it would help if you would Put in a background behind the items used and somehow change it so that the two lists are off-set from one another. Also a little introduction before the lists would be helpful as well.

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      abetterwaytoliveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      @cygnetbrown: Very good suggestion. I have made this improvement. Let's see if that helps. Thank you very much!

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         cygnetbrownposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I think it looks much better!

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   Dame Scribeposted 11 years ago

   One cheat photo edit some parsley onto that pic of your soup. Take a 'free' pic of parsley, make it's background transparent then paste it as a layer atop your soup pic. We got to remember that rule for chefs keep in mind, 'presentation'.

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   EGamboaposted 11 years ago

   Posted my 2nd hub, and traffic is almost virtually the same as the first. Is there anything I'm missing that would improve these scores?

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