Normally, I ping my newly published hubs right after publishing them.
But, I am wondering if it would be better to wait until hubs are featured to ping them.
Should I wait till a hub has been approved and scored?
I ALWAYS wait until a Hub is featured. You don't want a search engine to follow a link and find NoIndex on a Hub. This delays the indexing process. I wish HP would stop sending emails when Hubs are published and wait until they are featured. I've brought this up before, but the problem persists. Consequently, as soon as I have a new Hub featured, I ping and then I add the URL in Webmaster Tools. If you do that, it will be indexed within one hour.
Okey Dokey! That is what I was thinking. I will wait until hubs are featured from this day forth. Thank you, Fox.
Mom is adorably polite while trying to find her way in that beastly Alzheimer's fog. She amazes me. Nice of you to ask.
by Marina 12 years ago
This week we will begin assessing older Hubs that haven't yet gone through the Quality Assessment Process. Instead of only holding newly-published Hubs to the heightened quality bar introduced in March, ALL published Hubs will need to meet minimum quality requirements in order to remain or become...
by Kate Swanson 12 years ago
Right now, while a Hub is pending, it doesn't show ads, it has a "no follow" tag etc. However our followers get notified and they may share the Hub during that time. It would be nice if that notification could be delayed, too.
by Chang Lee 8 years ago
Hi Hubbers,I'd like some help with passing the Quality Assessment Process. Will you please give feedback on my Hub Gift Inspiration - Themed with Doggie, Cat, Horse or Owl by Alex Clark (must be signed in to view). What can I do to improve? Thanks!Few more questions; 1. Are 5 featured hubs required...
by topclass 12 years ago
Many good quality pages are Idled (become unfeatured) via ‘Analysis of the how engaged readers are with a Hub over an extended period of time’ – essentially because they get low traffic.It appears that this process was initiated to reduce the number of ‘low quality’ pages on the site. The concept...
by Barbara Radisavljevic 12 years ago
If updating a hub that is featured, say your best hub, a Hub-of-the-Day hub, a contest winner, or such, puts it into a no-index state until it's reviewed again, why would one want to ever update it?I have such a hub that has an almost constant broken link symbol. Every time I've checked the link in...
by Simon Cook 12 years ago
There is a lot of anger and/or frustration relating to the 'pending' system and most of it is down to the fact that it's not clear why there are exceptions - this is justified and there should be open-ness. (Note this only is aimed at new hubs, not hubs that become un-featured later)One way to do...
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