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   Marisa Wrightposted 7 years ago

   Firstly, remember that the initial selection for the niche sites was made on the basis of Google traffic.  Only the highest-traffic Hubs were moved. That makes sense - the goal of the niche sites is to please Google, and if Google is sending high traffic to a Hub, that means Google likes it. 
   
   Since then, the moderators have been going through the remaining Hubs to find other high quality Hubs which didn't get enough traffic to meet the threshold.  I don't know how they are tackling that, no one has told us.  Are they being systematic?  Are they working through them based on traffic stats, or HubScore, or what?  We don't know. 
   
   So I can only guess.  Maybe they just haven't got to your Hubs yet.  Have you tried submitting them?

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      TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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         lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Just make sure you fulfil all the criteria to be on a niche site. The checklist when you submit should be good enough to know if your hubs meet the required standards.

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         Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         If you submit something that isn't accepted, what's the harm?  The only negative I can see, is that you miss out on submitting some other Hub.

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            TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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               Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               You get a generic email, but often they will give some specific advice at the end of the email.

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   Health Reportsposted 7 years ago

   Here is a specific response for your jeans stretching hub a new title suggestion:
   why do jeans stretch out so much?
   
   That is something people are searching for and no one answers that query with that title.
   
   Suggested headings:
   how to fix stretched out jeans
   how to tighten jeans waist

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      TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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         Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Actually Tess, I meant to mention that.  Like many professionally trained writers, it looks like you are choosing titles that would be perfect for a print magazine - but they are inappropriate for an online article.   Online, titles are often boring, not catchy, because they have to be based on what people are searching for.  I would suggest reviewing all of your titles.  You might find it will make a big difference.
         
         My Hub on How to Optimise Your Hub explains in more detail, but basically your title MUST be based on a phrase people are likely to type into Google.  If you look at a title and can't imagine anyone typing that into Google, the title is wrong and is losing you traffic.

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            TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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               Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               I didn't have journalistic training, but I did have the "catchy title" requirement drummed into me at school and on writing courses.  It is a hard habit to break, I think.

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                  TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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                     theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     You could say something like "As a professional writer, I have always had a deep interest in psychology, psychiatry, and mental health issues."

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                     Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     I agree, a good writer can write a top quality article based on research.   I find HubPages' insistence on "personal experience" of everything quite silly.

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                        wildernessposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        Perhaps because that information is already out there?  The writer has produced nothing "original"?
                        
                        Don't think I would agree - a new "take" on old information is certainly possible, and collecting data into a single article would be valuable to a reader, but that might be part of the reason. And we [i]do]i] see a lot of it in hubs on religion, history, astrology, tarot, etc. 
                        
                        Of course, encouraging that kind of thing will result in thousands of useless hubs, too - relatively few people would actually offer anything new.

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                           Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                           Of course it's possible for a good writer to put together an "original" article from existing material.  Some of my best-performing Hubs are like that. 
                           
                           For instance, when my husband had cataract surgery, the information we got from the surgeon was vague, and my husband (as usual) refused to "make a fuss" and ask questions.  So I started researching.
                           
                           It took me hours to find all the information I wanted.  I couldn't find a single article that covered all the aftercare information clearly - I had to read through dozens of sites to find everything I wanted.  So when I had finished my research, I put it all together and made a Hub. 
                           
                           I've had many comments on that Hub, from people saying they hadn't been able to find the information anywhere else - yet it's all publicly available, factual information, nothing from my personal experience at all.
                           
                           However, I take your point. Although a conscientious writer can produce a good article from research, saying it's OK encourages less scrupulous people to cobble stuff together.   So really, this is another example where HubPages is forced to create a rigid rule to prevent abuse, which makes life difficult for the rest of us.

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 7 years ago

   As others have said, I would just go through and retitle your articles. It's amazing how just changing article titles drives traffic! I have been able to gain views on probably a dozen old articles just by changing the titles from something classic and clever to something boring but searchable.

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