What are Best Practices for HubPages RSS Feed and Widget Usage?

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   EricDockettposted 11 years ago

   Is it wise, post-Penguin, to use your HubPages RSS feed or widget on your blog?  It's the same topic, so there would be no unrelated links issues. 
   
   My thinking is, as long as it only appears on one page, and not in the sidebar of every blog post, and as long as you're posting frequently here at HP so there is a reasonably quick turnover of links, it might be okay. 
   
   But I don't know.  My thinking has led me astray before. Or am I over-thinking it all?
   
   What do you think?

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      Marisa Wrightposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Which do you hope to earn more from, your blog or your Hubs?
      
      The current advice is, link one way only.  So if you're linking TO your blog from your Hubs, don't have any links on your blog back to HubPages.

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         EricDockettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Well, I don't know which will ultimately make more, but right now my HP account is starting to make decent income, and I'd be pretty bummed if that went away because of some dumb linking mistake I made.
         
         Right now my thought is to only link from my HP profile page to my blog, not to link individual Hubs to individual posts. 
         
         From my blog to HP I'd have the widget with 4 links to Hubs, plus maybe a nofollow link from one page to my HP subdomain url.
         
         Is this strategy likely to doom  my HP account?

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            Cardisaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I can't tell you about RSS or the widget since I stop using them some time ago but this is what I've done.
            
            My recipe blog is pretty successful and my HP traffic has been steadily rising since the middle of this year. It's literally jumped 100% since last year.
            
            I have my blog linked to my HP profile. I have several recipes linked to my blog but not within the content. They are linked as a part of the drop down menu or list of links as individual pages. I do not use contextual links in my blog. I think this is working great for me as both blog and HP account have not been affected by the latest Google penalties.
            
            see here:
            (caroleesbestrecipes.com)

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               EricDockettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               I see how you've done it.  You're site looks really good BTW. 

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                  Cardisaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Thank you Eric

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   relacheposted 11 years ago

   Where people really screwed things up in the past was using their RSS feeds inside their own Hubs, to link up their other topics.  Major backfire as soon as the Pandas and Penguins hit.  The editing carnage internally was sort of stunning, and just made me supremely glad I'd never chosen to go down that route.
   
   If the content is closely related, there should be no problem.

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      EricDockettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks relache.  I appreciate your opinion on this.

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