Do you flag or hub hop? I see so many very promotional hubs
I like hopping because it let me see hubs I might have missed otherwise. I have seen so many "purely promotional hubs" (I am not talking about product reviews, either) How to you feel about flagging hubs?
I think it is important to flag hubs that are overly promotional. They lower the quality and undermine the reputation of Hub Pages which in turn harms the entire community.
Most overly promotional hubs only have a few pages anyway, they are not a part of the community in any way shape or form. They are just using HubPages to gain higher SEO ranking.
I also hub hop though I do not have as much time to read all the hubs i would like as I use to.
I completely agree with John B Badd. If we want HubPages to have a good reputation, it's our duty to flag those kinds of hubs, along with hubs of low quality.
When I have the time I do like to hop... and yes, many of the hubs I look at are just pure advertisement and some are poorly written or overly promotional.
I have a couple of topics that are more near and dear to my heart, and I tend to keep an eye on those, flagging not only substandard quality or overly-promotional things but also making sure hubs in those topics are categorized properly.
It's less overwhelming that way (instead of trying to grasp the entire site) and because it's on topics I have strong knowledge of and interest in, it makes it easy to do regularly.
by Mary Craig 12 years ago
Wouldn't it be nice if some explanation about the hub came with the above mentioned notices. All you get is the general notice that you hub is overly promotional or substandard and it needs to be fixed. If it is re-submitted and is not fixed properly you could be banned from...
by Perry Fender 13 years ago
I'm pretty new to HubPages (joined 6 weeks ago but got "busy" about 2 weeks ago posting Hubs) -- I got spanked last week and had a hub taken down temporarily for citing direct links to the particular information relating to multiple parties (all of which linked to SEC.gov, but different...
by Don Wilson 10 years ago
A lens of mine that was transferred to HubPages was identified as having too many affiliate links. I cleared out all the links except one affiliate link and one link to Wikipedia. The only other links on the page are all the ads that HubPages loads up the header, footer, and sidebar...
by Marlene Bertrand 12 years ago
What do you do when you read a hub that is purely promotional?The hub itself may be well-written and enjoyable, but clearly it is all about promoting a company, product, or service. Do you flag it? Do you ignor it? Do you rate it?
by Paula Atwell 9 years ago
Is there a balance of Amazon products on a page that makes a hub overly promotional? Or is it dependent on the individual hub (over and beyond the 50 words per product)?
by dave360 13 years ago
REcently few of my hubs have been banned or I have been asked ot revise them because they were considered duplicate http://hubpages.com/hub/Jack3d-warning-bad-side-effects(that one i understand why, i did post my experience on other supplement review website, and right now it is impossible for me...
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