New HP Algorithm

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  1. janshares profile image84
    jansharesposted 10 years ago

    Hello there, hope all is well with everyone.
    Did a new HP algorithm roll out over the last two days or so? Stats are weird, more than usual, for example: hubscores plummeted by a large margin, literally overnight; I saw 2 forum threads about many hubs becoming unfeatured all at once; and stats are stuck which isn't out of the ordinary.
    HP Staff, please give us an update, thanks.

    1. Matthew Meyer profile image71
      Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      @jan

      Here are the current known issues.

      KNOWN ISSUE: Traffic Sources not updated
      http://hubpages.com/forum/post/2675513

      KNOWN ISSUE: Link showing as broken on broken links page after fixed
      http://hubpages.com/forum/post/2675043

      We hope to have the traffic sources issue resolved soon.

      1. brakel2 profile image69
        brakel2posted 10 years agoin reply to this

        @Jan Some hubscores dropped ten or more points overnight for me. I had one at 99 yesterday. The cold weather is making my computer do weird things. Read the blog about the new layout. Some folks had hubs unfeatured. Good to see you back in forum Jan.

        1. janshares profile image84
          jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks for the confirmation, brakel2. Good to see you, too.

      2. janshares profile image84
        jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        Thanks, Matthew.

    2. Marisa Wright profile image87
      Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I think the unFeaturing is probably linked to the recent Panda update.  Paul has said that most sub-domains lost traffic this time, and if Hubs are not getting enough traffic that's what happens.

  2. Millionaire Tips profile image81
    Millionaire Tipsposted 10 years ago

    The featured / unfeatured bug is also a known issue, at least known by Paul:
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/126735

    1. janshares profile image84
      jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for that, Millionaire Tips.

  3. paradigmsearch profile image61
    paradigmsearchposted 10 years ago

    HP staff flat out stated sometime back that they really, really, really want us to tweak/update our hubs on a fairly regular basis. My guess is this is their way of prodding us to do that. big_smile

  4. outdoorpursuits profile image74
    outdoorpursuitsposted 10 years ago

    Something is definitely different.  I have almost 150 featured hubs across my 12 accounts and just had my very first hub go unfeatured due low quality ratings from HP.

    The hub in question has 1450 words, 2 pics, one poll and three Amazon links, the same stuff I have been publishing without a problem for years.

    Interestingly, there is no quality or content warning generated during the editing process, only when I go to publish does a content warning arrive about low quality.

    Something has certainly changed since I published two other hubs, without issue, earlier today that basically have the same format.

    1. outdoorpursuits profile image74
      outdoorpursuitsposted 10 years ago

      I published three hubs today.  While typing the above comment, one of the other two became featured and it has less words and more Amazon links than the hub that went unfeatured due to "low quality" or "spammy elements"

      What is going on?

      1. TIMETRAVELER2 profile image75
        TIMETRAVELER2posted 10 years agoin reply to this

        What is going on is that the team is working on the updates for the sites and tweaking their formulas, so there are going to be temporary disruptions in our normal figures.

        1. outdoorpursuits profile image74
          outdoorpursuitsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          I guess so.  I added one more pic to the unfeatured hub and republished last night and it went featured this morning.  Interesting indeed.

        2. janshares profile image84
          jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks, TIMETRAVELER2.

    2. janshares profile image84
      jansharesposted 10 years ago

      I asked this question because the last time something very similar happened, this is what we were told by Paul Edmonson in a forum thread I posted, "HubPro and Algorithms, " 3 months ago. This is an excerpt:

      "I'm sorry, but it looks like a change we rolled out in late July spread to HubScores gradually over the last few weeks.  That's what most of you are noticing.  My apology for not reporting it more accurately. 

      We had to go back a few weeks to see what's been improved.   Maybe not as nerve racking as unexplainable Google changes, but I get how frustrating it can be to see changes in HubScore and not know why."

     
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