Checking if this is normal

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   Netperkingposted 15 years ago

   Good Morning Hubbers!
   
   I have been working on an article about the strange effects one month on hubpages and google adsense has had on me.  All of a sudden I had this awful thought that I would post the hub and I would be the only one with all these crazy habits. Before I make myself look abnormal I was hoping some hubber would just tell me if they have the same effects If you have ever done any of the following things just let me know so I know I am not the only CRAZY one!!
   Does anyone feel as if keywords have taken over their speech and writing patterns-
   Does anyone enjoy using google keyword tool way too much-and does it feel like you won the lottery when you earn twenty cents?
   
   Just checking before I put all my  detailed Hubpage idiosyncrasies out for the public to see!
   Thanks

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      cosetteposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      you know...i think when you do something a lot, especially writing, it starts to permeate your being a little, like when you concentrate on it intensely and for long periods. since i have been doing this 30-day challenge, when i go to bed and am half-asleep, i see the format hub screen in my mind's eye almost mapping out my twilight thoughts or dreams or something. it's really quite strange.

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   AEvansposted 15 years ago

   The answer to that is YES!!! Just post it, everyone loves to read unique and original content you are off to a great start.

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   Netperkingposted 15 years ago

   LOL at least there will be 2 people who admit to the weirdness!

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   Shadesbreathposted 15 years ago

   It's like that old thing teachers say at the beginning of every new class/semester:  If you have a question, just ask it; the odds are, if you have the question, at LEAST one other person has it too, and probably more who are too bashful to say anything.
   
   Put it up.

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   Cls1321posted 15 years ago

   yea its normal, although lately I used the keyword tool so much that I am managing to get $0.50 clicks and higher. I guess in general though just seeing more clicks than the last time I checked makes me feel like I won the lottery lol.

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   Lisa HWposted 15 years ago

   I'm generally a very practical and not-very-creative person (even though I write), but the "artsy prima donna" comes out in me when it comes to key words - I can't make myself be bothered with them (and that shows in the traffic a lot of my Hubs don't get    ).
   
   Even if I write a practical Hub about something like "stuff you need in a first aid kit", I just write it and let the chips fall where they may.  Maybe I'm technology-challenged or something (and I know I'd get far more traffic if I'd change my ways), but I can't incorporate the kind of thinking that goes into the whole keyword-worrying thing into my writing process (at least not for the kind of writing I do on here, which is kind of "whatever-I-feel-like-writing" writing).  I keep telling myself I should get with the program and change my approach, but I keep not doing it.    Then again, I'm seeing a gradual increase in my traffic on some of those low-traffic Hubs; and I'm being paid every month ("by accident"), so a part of me just keeps doing what I've been doing (and being happy about it    ).

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   wrenfrost56posted 15 years ago

   OMG I thought I won the lottery when I made my first penny! LOL! You should definately post it!

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   Dame Scribeposted 15 years ago

   I am quite comfortable in my wierdness n happy with myself where I am using keywords n whatever else is recommended n extra help or ideas are never rejected...I agree, even a few cents makes my day has me skipping about go ahead n write about it, you're not alone

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   Netperkingposted 15 years ago

   Thanks everyone I did it but I have to say it sounds even weirder now that I have put my odd habits and obsessions into words!

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