With its ranking, It simply tells me that if this article is on one of the vertical sites, it could have generated much more traffic. However, I'm still finding it difficult to figure out why it is ranking better than the one below.
In fact, on my mobile device, it is #1 in big G for that search term "best retirement speech for boss" while that on vertical site is #6
Your results may be skewed if you are logged into to Google because it bases results on your own browsing and search history. Try using a search engine called StartPage which uses the Google algorithm but is 'neutral'. When I use that, the Toughnickel site comes out above the HubPages one.
Try that on a mobile device and let's have the result.
I don't use StartPage on a mobile device. Sorry.
Ok. But you can do that on Google search engine.
Don't know. Can't be bothered to get up and get my tablet or phone.
Yeah, a lot of my pages here on the main site are actually doing really well.
There's one of my articles on the main site now getting 150 views (on average) per day.
by Melanie Shebel 3 years ago
I've come across a couple hubs that have really awful spelling and grammar but are on vertical sites. I know the vertical sites are HubPages' way of cherry-picking the best content, so how do these articles make it through?Example lines from one hub on a network site:"What will the future...
by Juliette Kando FI Chor 4 years ago
Four months ago some of us noticed that certain topics were ill-distributed on the new vertical sites. Now that the sites are up and running more or less successfully, is it now time to rekindle the discussion / negotiations on creating a couple of additional sites to better host certain...
by Lori Colbo 3 years ago
I get notices often now informing me my hub has been selected for a vertical site. But I keep hearing the word niche too. Are they the same thing?Also, those articles which don't go to vertical or niche sites, do they get less notice on google? If an article is strictly on HP, can we edit and...
by Kella Hanna-Wayne 3 years ago
I've been looking for writers on hubpages to follow and searching for articles in my lines of interest as a means of finding people. However, when I pick a topic, I find a list of almost entirely Q&A's, discussions, and very few articles. Even when I am on my profile, click on the menu,...
by Larry Slawson 18 months ago
Hey everyone. Just curious if anyone else has been having difficulties with getting their Hubs moved to vertical sites? For the last two years that I have been on HubPages, nearly every article I wrote was automatically moved (by the staff) to these sites within a few days of me...
by Adam Harkus 4 years ago
From a completely selfish point of view, what's the likelihood of getting 'Guitar' and 'Travel' vertical sites...I'd also be interested to know what Hubpages has planned for future vertical sites...
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