I wrote a great Hub and it's rating is lousy

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   MoniqueAttingerposted 15 years ago

   I'm really confused by this - I wrote a hub yesterday that I was very pleased with: it's entertaining, funny and on a good topic (environmentally friendly products including usual types like purses). It's been read by a number of people - although not as many have commented. However, when I published it, the ranking was on 45! Then, even as people read it, the ranking DROPPED. Today, it has finally hit in the 50's... but I'm worried that people will click on the link and then NOT read the hub because the ranking is crappy!
   
   Here's the link: http://hubpages.com/hub/Green-Is-In
   
   Anyone got any ideas? Can you look at it and tell me if I did something wrong?
   
   thanks, Monique

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   icewave5posted 15 years ago

   I read your hub just briefly, Seems pretty good except its too specific and not broad enough, also i don't think people care about saving the environment by buying eco-friendly items you mentioned, and i'm not a person who likes to read long things.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 15 years ago

   This is not the forum for this. Try Extreme Hub Makeover...

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   Whitney05posted 15 years ago

   Hub score usually drops after initial publication and fluctuates a good bit for a few weeks before it stabilizes.

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   MoniqueAttingerposted 15 years ago

   Hard to believe that this posting - which has been well-read, given that I'm a relatively new Hubber - is still so low. I'll check out Extreme Hub Makeover, but I don't think I broke any of the "rules"... :-(

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      Mark Knowlesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I don't think you need worry. Hub scores go up and down and it is in the 60s now.

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   Dame Scribeposted 15 years ago

   I heard it's good to let it *steep* unpublished for a day or 2 before publishing and the score is higher ...might give that a try

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      Janet21posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I agree.  My hubs sometime take me a day or two to complete from start to finish and by the time I actually publish them, they are in the 70's.  I many times have unpublished hubs ranking higher on my dashboard than hubs already published.  Go figure.

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         JamaGeneeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         It's because they begin "aging" from the minute you start a new hub, not when you publish it.  Weird but true.

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   Rik Ravadoposted 15 years ago

   Good point DS - I find my hubs sometimes go as high as 70 if I don't publish for a week. 
   
   I thought Monique's hub content was pretty good and well written.  I wonder if the score is lowered by the number of commercial links (as opposed to links to non-commercial information sites such as Wikipedia)?  Isn't there a limit of 2 and then the score reduces?

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   Research Analystposted 15 years ago

   No worries it just takes time to build up, at least thats what I have noticed.

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