Ok, here's an interesting puzzle:
Today, I was replying to a comment on one of my hubs. On the way to the bottom of the screen to do so, I noticed in the "next" section one of my other hubs (unrelated topic) that is not yet even published. It's still waiting in the wings!
Is this something visible to everyone? They may click on that and get a "not published" advisory, or are such hubs shown only to the hub author? I'm confused.
I got snuckered on this myself awhile back. You are right, only the author sees it.
It's all so confusing, isn't it. My first few hubs were started and left unpublished until I had time to complete them.. I just liked seeing them in the list. Sometimes they had 15 views before I even published. ( I don't know what "views" means when the hub is unpublished.) Now I do the hub offline in Word, and when it's done, I cut and paste into the template, and don't stop until I am finished and published.
I noticed that I had "views" on my unpublished hubs, but I assumed that it was when I pulled it up to work on it. Maybe I'd better reconsider.
Every time you visit an unpublished Hub to work on it, it is counted as a view. It's no big deal and certainly nothing to worry about. (You don't get paid anything for the view!) And, no one else is viewing your Hub yet.
This might happen when you have published and unpublished hubs that are orphans. I try to make sure that I put each of my published hubs into a group so this doesn't happen.
Yes, but this particular hub has never been published--it's waiting for me to figure out how to best to a video for it...
Every time you clicked on a hub to work on it, that click was counted as a "view".
When a hub has been published, "views" you and visitors to the hub. Before a hub has been published, only your views are counted. Every time you click on a hub to work on it, that counts as a "view".
Thanks Oldroses. so I guess no harm done if I start a hub and leave off for a few days. as I said, so confusing.
No harm at all. I've got a few that have been sitting around waiting for a year. One of these days, I'll get around to finishing them and publishing.
Sorry, that should be "views" include you and visitors to the hub.
by Sally Gulbrandsen 9 years ago
I know that our own views are counted on the stats page but I have not opened this hub to edit it today and yet I can see that I have had four visits!
by Dan Reed 12 years ago
Do you get pages views on your stats when your hub isn't published yet? Where do they come from?
by Victoria Lynn 10 years ago
Sometimes when I have ideas for hubs, I "start a hub" and sometimes finish it later or just let it sit there for a while. Maybe I should just write down my hub ideas instead. Does it hurt my hub scores or overall hubber score to have those unfinished hubs (often with just titles) sitting...
by Faith Reaper 11 years ago
How can a hub I have not published have a higher score than ones I have published?I just noticed this, and thought it was kind of funny, so does it have to do with the amount of words used, as there are a lot in this unpublished hub, and I may have to break it down into more than one hub. ...
by Glen Rix 3 years ago
Why are incomplete articles saved as drafts receiving page views? I would prefer to keep them private until I have finished writing them.
by Carolyn Augustine 15 years ago
I recently got my lowest score ever for a book review on Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening.Anyone want to give me some feedback? Usually my scores start around 50 and go up as I construct the hub.The entire review is my original writing. I didn't copy any text.
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