Me Unhappy with My Traffic

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   But HP, bless their hearts, seems to be doing a pretty good job with the CPM's.
   
   What say you?

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      wildernessposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Traffic sucks, and CPM's are great.  Traffic will suck worse in a few months, and CPM's...well, CPM's could go up or could go down.  Probably both at sometime between now and the end of the year.
      
      I will applaud the Amazon program, though - I'ts earned me a few $$ that I wouldn't have gotten.  And I'll give a big "Thanks" to HP for those CPM's: I think they do a pretty good job there.  Certainly it has always been far better than anything Adsense ever did for me.

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         paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         I've gotten Amazon clicks 10 days in a row now. But nary a sale to be found. I am saddened.  I think a Twinkie is in order.

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         DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

         I am very happy with the new Amazon program too.
         I used to get gift certificates all of the time but the taxes and shipping were so high here that I just gave them to friends in the US. Now that money goes directly into my monthly payout, so that is a real improvement.
         Thanks HP!

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            DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Actually PDS I wanted to say "Thanks, HP, bless your hearts" but I thought it might be a little passive-aggressive.

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      DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Isn´t "bless their hearts" a passive-aggresive statement that people use when they want to say something mean? Or, do you really want to bless them?

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         paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         I was sincere. It's one of my favorite expressions. And I only favor those whom I like with it.

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      prosetraineeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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         paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Uh-oh. The critter got unpublished. But be not afraid. http://hubpages.com/faq/#featured-criteria

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   prosetraineeposted 7 years ago

   i think of something pleasant, while i'm waiting because
   
   i know rush hour traffic is annoying at times.

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      paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Joined 3 hours ago and you've already posted a hub. Not bad.

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   lbsf1posted 7 years ago

   Traffic really seems to fluctuate madly at the moment, sometimes that's for the good, sometimes not.
   
   My CPM's have been really good the past couple of days however on some of those days lots of people visit, others very very little. You would have thought with the size of the internet it would smooth out as an average but it seems not.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   I tell ya...The rest of March can't get out of my life fast enough...

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   Barbara Kayposted 7 years ago

   Ever since I had so many hubs copied, my traffic has been down. One of my hubs that was on the first page is now #60. I must say we are earning good money for the low views we are getting.

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      DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Is the copy of your hub rated on the first page or is other new stuff rated there?
      I also had a hub copied on FB and it has gone down a lot. It used to be one of my best perfomers, is now in the middle. But, the copy is not rated any higher, so I just think Google shuffled the SERPs a little and my hub went down.
      Maybe the only way to do better is to keep publishing new stuff?

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         Barbara Kayposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Maybe publishing new stuff would help, but at the moment I feel just frustrated. Everything I publish is going nowhere.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Guess I'm just going to have to write me a viral hub. And win the contest grand prize while I'm at it. Contemplating How to Start and Run Your Own Tuna Ranch.

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      DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I am still waiting for you to publish "The Authentic Michael Jackson Alien Autopsy". I check your profile page almost every day, and plan on sharing it on FB and Pinterest.
      Get viral, PDS!

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      Solarasposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      You may be on to something with the Tuna Ranch.  Here in Athens, at UGA, they are ranching sturgeon.  Yes right here in the middle of the state, far from any ocean, they are ranching Beluga caviar.  $85.00 an ounce and it has a little UGA logo on the lid.  Write me a hub on how to ranch sturgeon and I'm in!

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   I must have been psychic when I started this thread yesterday.
   
   Yesterday was my lowest ad-impressions count of the year. Panic mode is hereby initiated.

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      prosetraineeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Hi,
      
      
      
      What happened?  Where?
      
      Please reply at my hub, keyword "prosetrainee"

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         paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         You apparently still have no published hubs. Have you discovered the page, http://hubpages.com/my/hubs/stats , yet? That and the previous links I posted will help you get started.

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   lbsf1posted 7 years ago

   However today being a different day I'm getting a good number of views??
   
   I think it's just the randomness of the internet......

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      SpaceShantyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I'm getting good views too in the past few days, triple the usual, I hope it sticks!

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Looks like forum traffic has tanked right along with hub traffic. And so it goes... Oh, well... I'm sure my $1 in lottery tickets will come through tonight...

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    Nell Roseposted 7 years ago

    Mine has gone down the proverbial today, it was great for about 2 weeks now? down the pan, blah! now for a cup of hot chocolate!

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Hopefully, we will all once again be loved in April.

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    Suzanne Dayposted 7 years ago

    I'm not having low traffic, that was last month for me. I think Google updated some things and I know Alexa has updated for the first time in 4 years regarding search terms etc. Must be a lot of web updating going on.
    
    I'm finding a lot of traffic with Pinterest, so I'd recommend doing a lot of that.....
    
    As for Tuna Ranches, best hub idea yet, along with the Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties I was just reading about!

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    Nell Roseposted 7 years ago

    The one thing I have noticed is that I have earned nothing for over four days from Amazon! for a few days it was great! Now ziltch. This never happened when I did Amazon the original way, I always earned something each day even if it was a couple of cents! Um!

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       SpaceShantyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       I guess that is because 40% of the sales are going to Hubpages now.

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          Nell Roseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Could be, but its a bit strange! another thing I noticed is that my views are going down the pan really fast now!

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             paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             I'm kind of starting to wonder if the Amazon capsules I put on my hubs are responsible for my traffic issues. Impossible to tell at this point because of the Spring Break timing.

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                Nell Roseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Thats true para, but you mentioned its Spring break? could be that

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                   paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   Awhile back I discovered one hub that immediately dropped 50% in traffic almost exactly after I added two Amazon capsules to it. I tossed those capsules outta there, but still no recovery. I now have a second hub I am suspicious of, so I've thrown one of the Amazon capsules out of there, too. Not making any sales anyway.

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                Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Google doesn't crawl your Hubs constantly - if you're seeing a drop in traffic immediately you make a change, it's highly unlikely it's connected in any way, shape or form with what you've changed.

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                   paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   
                   Actually, Google watches me like a hawk. Cuz they never know what I'm going to do next...

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                   Writer Foxposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   Google crawls each of my Hubs every day.

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          Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          They always did, even when we used our own account.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    This is totally weird... All my top performing hubs are losing traffic. All my bottom performing hubs are gaining traffic. I'm calling my therapist.

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       Nell Roseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       You can borrow my therapist, I am already booking my hour! lol! my top ones seem to be okay when I look at the amount of readers, its just when its all added up at the bottom it falls to pieces!!

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       Writer Foxposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Maybe your account has been sabotaged. Can you think of any reason why someone might want to do that to you? Have you checked your links profile recently?
       http://www.seroundtable.com/google-upda … 18313.html

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          Nell Roseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Hi writer, hope not! this does happen sometimes, but I will go check, thanks!

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          I checked WMT. I'm still loved.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    I just discovered there are 63 domains out there in internet land that are linking to my profile page. I am being watched...

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Went and did some hub updates to try to help things. So naturally my profile score drops. Oh, well.

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       Susana Sposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       My personal opinion (take it or leave it ) is that you need to focus on one or two keyphrases in your titles. All those titles with loads of " / this / that / maybe this / or the other" need re-writing IMO as they are really unfocused.
       
       Searchers are going to get confused by them, be less likely to click through, which then results in SERP drops.

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       Writer Foxposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       In the past six days, I've published three new Hubs.  (One was chosen among the best 10 of the day in the contest.)  My Hubber Score, however, has dropped by five points.
       
       Thanks a lot, HubPages!  I get the hint that you don't want me to publish any more new Hubs for a while.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    This week I'm blaming everything on Spring Break. Next week I will blame everything on the Amazon capsules. Week after that I'll blame everything on me.

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       Nell Roseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       LOL! thanks para, I needed that laugh today!

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       Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       I agree with Susana.  What you need to blame are your titles.   Google can't make sense of a title composed of " / this / that / maybe this / or the other"
       
       I suspect you're trying to include all possible keywords by using such a curious format, but you're shooting yourself in the foot, because you end up with a title that reads like bad grammar to the robots (they can't see the slashes).  Google hates bad grammar.

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    Kathleen Odenthalposted 7 years ago

    this week has been miserable for me compared to last week. I hope next weeks better!

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Exterminated 2 more Amazon capsules.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    And 2 more.
    
    I feel a rampage coming on...

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    AlexanderWilloxposted 7 years ago

    I lack the experience to give advice but I have heard that Amazon maybe the root of all evil, or maybe not.

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    Good Guyposted 7 years ago

    I don't know who to blame.  But my traffic has nosedived to almost 50%!!!  Never happened to me before.  And I have been here for 4 years.  This is very worrying.  What's happening?  Perhaps Writer Fox has the answer.

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    crazyhorsesghostposted 7 years ago

    You need to work on other traffic sources. Find on topic forums where you can post signatures. Do high quality hubs and submit a short blurb about the high quality hubs to on topic high quality blogs. There are all kinds of ways you can get traffic besides Google. Don't depend on Google. Look for other traffic sources.

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       Good Guyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Can you give me some leads to go about doing this?  Sorry, I am a complete IT idiot!  LOL!

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