How Are Your HubPages Network Site Hubs Doing?
- Christy Kirwanposted 8 years ago
0 Thrilled, I am. Traffic has trebled and so has payment. I have a series of tarot hubs, some of which have been moved... can't wait for all their little brothers and sisters to join them
I've only written 4 hubs since last August which haven't had much traffic, so most of the increase in traffic has been due to the transfer of 15 out of 83 hubs to DenGarden. Remaining hubs on HubPages have benefited also from referrals. I think the graph of cumulative daily page views (DenGarden and HubPages) speaks for itself!
So far I have no complaints about the performances of my stuff that's been moved... I just wish more of my "back catalog" stuff would be considered. C'mon peeps, I can practically fill Spinditty and ReelRundown for you all by myself! Put me in, Coach!
Wow! thank you for this.
This is a shot of the same hub on Google Analytic this time,
The picture shows that the hub was transferred to healdove.com on the 22nd of June when Google Analytics stopped tracking it. But like with Pinterest, I thought that the 301 redirects were automatic.
I am puzzled now.
My traffic has fallen 50% in the last 2 months. Very disappointed.
I've had a lot of Hubs moved so far, over 50% of my total. My overall traffic has better than doubled, and tripled on some individual Hubs. On a daily basis my numbers and earnings are at or surpassing the level they were at prior to the Squidoo merger, even though it is July. I couldn't be happier about that. These are indeed bright days here on HP, from my point of view anyway. Well done, HP.
I really appreciate how new Hubs are quickly evaluated and moved over if they are good enough. This makes me feel like its worth it to create new content here on HubPages, something I haven't felt for a long, long time. This is very important to me, and I hope it continues.
I also feel that, even though there has been plenty of snipping and hacking and chopping, for the most part editors have been very fair when making changes to my Hubs. That's not a compliment I give lightly, as I still don't like my Hubs being edited at all.
Overall, I'd say I'm 90% thrilled with the new sites, and see like a 10% room for improvement on a few things. Here is what I'm slightly less happy about:
1. I've said from the start of this that HP needs to be clear about their intention for the main domain. There is still no word on this, and while I feel like even if things froze right where they are right now I'd still be happy with my traffic, I also have some niche Hubs that are just floating along. I'd like to see them moved to a niche site where I know they will do better, but if not what will happen to them? I know this is an even bigger issue for many Hubbers who believe their content doesn't fit neatly into one of the niche sites.
2. I miss having control of my content, being able to look at my own analytics and make my own decisions. Things are going so well its hard to complain, but I do feel like I'm a big boy and can make my own choices about editing my Hubs, what I link to, what ads I use, etc. I don't need an editor to hold my hand. I think HP needs to get better at differentiating between the Hubbers who know what they're doing and the ones who need stricter oversight. Or, maybe they're already doing this and I'm just too sensitive.
3. HP mentioned this in the latest blog post, so I hope it happens: I would like to see a way to submit Hubs for review for a niche site. I have been going back and editing old Hubs, trying to get them up to the standards of the new sites. It is especially frustrating when a newly published Hub by another author is moved, and I have a Hub with nearly the same title still sitting on the main site because nobody has looked at it yet apparently. I understand staff can only do so much, and I've been pretty lucky so far, but I am looking forward to a streamlined process.
But,these are minor complaints (and you did ask). Overall things are pretty darned good. I hope going forward HubPages is as exciting as it seems like it could be!Thanks for this thoughtful response, Eric.
While we are still debating and planning internally for the main HubPages domain, I can say that it is our intention for the vast majority of Hubs to find a home on sites. We intend to move all eligible Hubs, snip Hubs with minor issues to make them eligible, and edit Hubs that require more significant changes to allow them to find a home on sites as well. When we have a definite plan for everything else, we will let Hubbers know.
As far as your content goes, we definitely don't want to discourage Hubbers from editing and improving Hubs that have been moved. When it comes to links and products, if you feel a link or product has been snipped in error, please email editors@hubpages.com - Editors are more than happy to explain why content has been removed in order to give you a better idea of the guidelines for the Hubs you write in the future, and they are occasionally willing to reconsider a snip if you can explain why that link or product is absolutely necessary to your readers.
And lastly, we are indeed currently building a Hubber submission process for Hubs. Keep an eye on the Newsletter for more info when it's ready.I totally agree with Eric. I never use the call out capsule, I think it is plain ugly. If I want to highlight something, I use one of my own original, homemade text pictures, like, for example:
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All used in my articles. The last one works well on Pinterest too.
Chris, I think you'll find your CPM is directly influenced by which hubs are receiving the most traffic. So if you have lots of traffic to one topic today, and a different topic tomorrow, you could have significantly different CPMs.
I've never noticed the HP team explain the formula before, but perhaps Christy will address it for you here.
We were asked to report on how the new sites are doing, but how can I check the results if the stats are not working properly?
As shown on the image, my HP stats stop on the 22nd of May for a hub that has been transferred to healdove.com
I randomly looked at other hubs stats charts and most of them stop in May, some in June, the only one that has July info is a hub I haven't updated since 2015.Kindly respond, please.
Update.
Kindly assuming you will not do deceit.
Edit. Just in case there was unsure, my response has nothing to do with reply. Just you.
I have hubs on five of the niche sites. To date, no improvement in traffic for any of them.
I've certainly noticed a drop in Amazon income. Some of my niche hubs now seem kind of 'silly' because there's no hint on how or where to buy the actual topic I've written a couple of thousand words about. One in particular still gets a couple of hundred visits every day, but used to attract regular Amazon sales. Now I suspect I must look like an idiot to many of the visitors to that article. ('You'd think the author would at least tell us exactly what/where to buy it, eh?')
I probably now look either 'lazy' or 'stupid' to visitors to a few of my snipped and relocated hubs. I wouldn't mind so much if they had increased traffic and earnings, but they don't.
Hi Tinsky,
We definitely want you to feel free to edit and update your articles on Network Sites. The only places that will need exercise caution is with adding links or products. Be sure you are following the new guidelines on doing so and you should be just fine.
Hey Christy, the new curators are still in training and they obviously haven't worked on hubs before, but the new hubs were getting done quicker in the recent past. Is it safe to assume, that the volume of new hubs being published has increased?
Or is it just because the old curators are also investing time in training the new ones. Would be amazing news, if the volume has increased.Without getting into the details, it's a little bit of both.
- Farawaytreeposted 8 years ago0
Only one of my hubs has been moved so far and the results look good. I have noticed an upturn in traffic and in Adsense earnings as well, I have also been doing advertising on Facebook for the hub that was moved and a couple of my other hubs and have found that the one on Calorie Bee performs much better. Would love it if my other hubs were moved as well
