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   sallybeaposted 8 years ago

   
   My latest Hub has achieved a score of 96!
   This is a first, thanks to Margaret Schindel and Marisa Wright for pointing me in the right direction.  Without your help, I might still be floundering in deep water. Thank you so much.

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      Margaret Schindelposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Sallybea, that's fabulous news! Congratulations! Glad that Marisa and I were able to help.

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         sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you, it has made a big difference to how I will now approach writing my Tutorials.

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      PegCole17posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Please write a hub (or point me to one) with tips on what you did to achieve this fantastic score. It's been a couple of years since mine have scored that high, regardless of all the blocks being ticked, original photos used, breaking up text blocks, full width first photo, etc.. Of course, there are always those hubbers who tell us that score doesn't count. But if it doesn't count, then why put it out there?

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         sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         I am definitely no expert but I took a quick look at a couple of your hubs.
         I did notice was that you are not always using APA Guidelines for your Titles and Headings.  I have started using this tool http://capitalizemytitle.com/#
         and whilst it is not always perfect it has really helped me a lot.  I just copy and paste the headings into it and at a click of a button, it corrects them according to the APA guidelines.
         I also use the free Grammarly download and whilst some people don't advocate it, I know even when I am typing a comment or writing a hub it will give me the option to change my  spelling, grammar and punctuation if I have typed something incorrectly.
         I suspect that traffic to a hub may bring the score up but to most of us it is a mystery and I don't generally take much notice of scores but it was nice to see one high up there even if it has gone down again 2 points today.

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            PegCole17posted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you, Sally. I'm going out there now to try it. Will let you know.

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            TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks for the link Sally.  I often have trouble with titles, so this will help.

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               sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

               You are welcome.

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      Christy Kirwanposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Well done! There are few things more gratifying than seeing hard work pay off.

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         sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Christy, I think we could say it was a joint effort:)

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      Ashish Dadgaaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Hello Sally,
      
      Congratulation to you for achieving such a wonderful Hub score.
      You deserve this as you are very hardworking and talented writer.
      
      Bless you.

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         sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Ashish Dadgaa
         That is a very nice thing to say, thank you so much.

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      SakinaNasir53posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Great news Sally! Congratulations! ☺ God bless you! Hard work pays off surely!

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         sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         SakinaNasir
         Thanks you:)

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      myburmastoryposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulation. Your success do inspire me

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         sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks myburmastory, I wish HubPages were so inspired.  It still has not been moved to the niche site in spite of the high score so I guess they have set the bar even higher:)

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            myburmastoryposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I think so. I will try my best for my first hub to be published. I hope one day I would get score as high as yours.

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            TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

            It will show up probably by early next week.  My new hubs usually get moved in less than a week.

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               sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

               I hope so, the sooner they move the better as when hubs are fresh they receive the most traffic and this one was pretty good from the outset so I feel it could have been even better:)   I don't like to flip them on Flipboard until they have been moved to the Niche site but perhaps I am being impatient with Thanksgiving hols coming up.
               Happy Thanksgiving, hope yours is terrific.

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                  TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  I never put anything on Flipboard that has not first been moved to a Niche because Flipboard does not tag them and often excludes the image. 
                  As a result, they get few if any views.
                  
                  Hope your Thanksgiving is a good one, too.

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                     sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                     Nope, neither do I for the same reason but it is frustrating having to wait...........  to a niche site since I consider it be my best one yet.

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   Jodahposted 8 years ago

   Wow, well done Sally. I once had a hub with a score of 96 but that was long ago. Now 86 is the best I can do.

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Jodah, thank you.  It was short lived, went down  2 points but is now back up there again:)  Now I just have to see if it makes the niche site:)

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   Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

   Wow!

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Pretty incredible but may be something to do with traffic, I have had an amazing week or two but then I have done a lot of work to promote my writing.

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   Blond Logicposted 8 years ago

   That is great news, congratulations.

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Blond Logic
      Thank you:)

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   SANJAY LAKHANPALposted 8 years ago

   Thanks for sharing the tool http://capitalizemytitle.com/# .

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      You are welcome Sanjay Lakhanpal. Hope it helps.

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   Stacie Lposted 8 years ago

   Well I already learned a few things!

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Good, I am glad.

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   kasiaelizaposted 8 years ago

   Congratulations I hope I have such great score in one day.
   And thanks for prompts.

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Katarzyna Aleksandrzak I hope you do too.

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   Sulabhaposted 8 years ago

   Great! Congratulations, Sallybea. You deserve it, isn't it !
   I have saved your reply. I'll be using it as a guidance in future.
   Just one question- Have you downloaded the Free Grammarly or their advanced version?

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Just the free Grammarly, it is perfectly adequate for what we need.

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   jansharesposted 8 years ago

   Cool! Hubs in the 90s have become rare, at least for me. But 96 is super high in light of all the HP algo changes and site changes. Congratulations, sallybea!

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      sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Hi, Jan, it was cool, however, today it is a meager 93 which tells me that score has something to do with traffic as well quality.  I had a lot of traffic to the hub.  It was nice while it lasted!

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         TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

         I think this was great, but I agree with you.  It's interesting, though, because nothing in the hub itself changed...just the traffic.  BTW...I loved the Red Hat thing you placed on FB...so cute!

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            sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you, I appreciate the feedback.  I kind of like the red hat thing too:)

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