Interesting Hub Score/ Arrangement. Slight Hub Score Increase. .....

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   donotfearposted 9 years ago

   Well, yall don't hear from me much anymore, as I'm one of the oldsters here.  But some of you know I used to have hubber scores of 95-100.  When the big boom happened, it dropped to the early 80s.  In addition, my individual hub scores dropped, but not earnings.
   
   What is really weird this week (and I'm not complaining here) is all of a sudden, my hubber score goes up a few points (bingo) and the arrangement of my hubs is drastically changed.  I have a hub that was a consistent 65-70 score that has now gone shooting up to the nineties.  (thank you) 
   
   The whole arrangement of my hubs in my 'account' section is completely different. That tells me (duh) that something is changed or somebody went in and re-rated my hubs (thanks!)
   
   Whatever the deal, it's always nice to see change toward the positive.

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      LuisEGonzalezposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Nice to see. I was wondering what was going on with my hubs as those who had been traditionally low all of a sudden are getting up there.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It sounds very much as though HubPages has tweaked the algorithm for HubScore.  It has done that several times in the past but it sounds like this one is a really big change, so I'm a bit surprised they haven't announced it.

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         Jean Bakulaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         I also noticed that my hubs that have been getting the most traffic for the last few months have changed. The traffic is still slow though, it always is in summer. But something is different.

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            Stacie Lposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            I have lots of blue arrows this weekend but in general,traffic has been down as well.

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         TIMETRAVELER2posted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Marisa Wright:
         
         I think that is exactly what has happened, and unless they are doing a "trial run", I think it is highly unfair of them to not inform writers about this and tell us what we need to do to improve our scores.
         
         Having said this, I cannot imagine what else we CAN do!  Enough is enough already!
         
         Ironically, yesterday I had the highest number of page views I have ever had in one day.  Go Figure!

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            jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Me, too, TIME, off the chain traffic!

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      gitachudposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It has happened to me too-- all my hubs have seen a significant decrease in score. If the algorithm has changed, then it means we must re-learn the new quality benchmarks. Traffic has seen a slight increase though, and if the hub score has no impact on traffic then I will not be too hasty in trying to change my hubs to fit in with new (arbitrary) requirements.

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         jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         I'm feeling you, gitachud. I did edit a few just to see what would happen and not much changed. I'm also of the mind to wait and see before I create anymore undue stress for myself by trying to tweak blindly. Yes, traffic is surprisingly off the chain so I'll just continue to monitor for now.

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            The Examiner-1posted 9 years agoin reply to this

            One of mine which I edited, Jan, has moved to the top of my list.

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               jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

               That's good, Kevin. This is clearly affecting different hubbers differently.

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                  The Examiner-1posted 9 years agoin reply to this

                  I do not think that it had anything to do with what you are speaking of. My Hubber score has not changed, up or down. My traffic is the same as it always was.

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                     jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

                     Ditto, which is why this is so confusing. In fact, traffic is higher.

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                        The Examiner-1posted 9 years agoin reply to this

                        Most others are complaining because their Hubber scores and traffic have dropped, except for a few who say their scores and traffic have risen. Neither of mine have gone either way.

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   rebekahELLEposted 9 years ago

   I saw another thread or post about this recently.  I've also noticed it on my own account.  HP may have changed a metric or added a new factor in calculating scores.  It helps to see what is valued and what took a dive.  I'm going to take a closer look at both and see what I find.

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not seeing this.  In fact, I am seeing the opposite and have been complaining about this for awhile.  My posts are scoring lower than normal despite the fact that most are doing well.  I find this very, very strange!

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         sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Definitely something weird going.

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            TIMETRAVELER2posted 9 years agoin reply to this

            There are at least two other threads right now that are expressing concern about this change.

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   jansharesposted 9 years ago

   Thanks for this post, donotfear. It confirms a similar issue I brought up in another thread. I think it is now confirmed that the algorithm has been altered. I also don't think it's a coincidence that this happened at the same time HubPro was introduced.

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   amiebutchkoposted 9 years ago

   I had been on "vacation" with my family and checked in for the first time in a few days.  Oh my Gosh!  The scores on my hubs really dropped!  Yikes!!!!!  Don't love seeing that.....

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   Solarasposted 9 years ago

   My Hubber score remains unchanged and pageviews are normal, but My Average Hub Score has dropped over 10 points in 2 days.
   
   Editors choice hubs went from scores in the 90s to 79 and 80.  It's preposterous.

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      DrMark1961posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I have more than a score of those EC hubs, and, although some have 100s and 99s, there are also quite a few that have scores in the 70s.
      Yes, it is preposterous. If that hub is so amazing that they want it to have the EC notation, why is it considered so bad?

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         Solarasposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         + Indeed!

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   PurvisBobbi44posted 9 years ago

   Has anyone written to the HubPages Team in reference to the decrease in our hub scores? Mine drops from 100’s and 90’s down to 89 and below. I wrote to them today after reading about this happening to others on HP and this is what I received back:
   
   Thank you for your concerns. We will keep this in mind.
   Thanks,
   Matt @ Team HubPages
   
   Well, maybe something is happening that we will know about later. I can only hope this matter will be handled.
   Bobbi Purvis

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      Jayne Lancerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Paul Edmondson has responded to a similar thread: http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/123705? … ost2619048

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Bobby:
      
      I wrote them and never got an answer, but Paul Edmonson responded today on one of the forums, and basically said absolutely nothing for all intents and purposes.
      
      He thinks that what is happening is "normal"...HOGWASH!

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   PurvisBobbi44posted 9 years ago

   TimeTraveler2
   
   Something is happening in the areas which we as hubbers have no control of---I believe it is generated from the back office, and something is being changed and we were not told about it. And, i could be wrong.
   
   One of my hubs that has always been 100, and I update it weekly it is a review on a TV show and it dropped to 80. So updating has not helped me at this point in time.
   
   Bobbi Purvis

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      Solarasposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Well Bobbie welcome to the club.  Newly published hubs that were initially well received have drop 10 points in score. Something is a foot.  Nothing normal about business in the last 4 days.... and very discouraging.  CPM down and scores down; what a saddening combination....

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   sunilkunnoth2012posted 9 years ago

   Sure, it is a positive change. I too noticed.

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