Should I only be following the topics that I have an interest in?

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   Marla Roseposted 13 years ago

   Should I only be following the topics that I have an interest in?
   
   I read in a comment that in order to keep your Hub score high you should only follow so many topics?  Is this true?  And if so how many topics should I be following?  I want to make sure I stay consistent!
   
   

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   Seeker7posted 13 years ago

   Hi there! I haven't actually heard that  if you follow too many topics your score goes down? I follow quite a number of topics and yes in the main it does tend to be subjects that I know and enjoy writing about frequently.
   
   However, I also follow other topics on Hub Pages that I know very little about and never write about. The reason is that I learn a lot of useful things from these hubs and the hubbers. For example things like SEO, Keywords and all that kind of stuff - which is an absolute mystery to me for most of the time - but I have learned quite a lot by reading the work of others.
   
   I would honestly just go ahead and follow whatever topics you enjoy and/or you feel would be useful to you.

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   Marie Gailposted 13 years ago

   If you regularly neglect to read the topics/Hubs you are following, your author score will go down. I avoid this by only following those that I know I will be returning to and only following other Hubbers that I know I will want to read. If I learn that a particular Hubber or topic I am following is proceeding in ways that are uninteresting to me, I "unfollow."

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   Robie Benveposted 13 years ago

   Hi there! Thanks for raising this question. I'm pretty new to Hubpages, and I found very interesting Marie's answer. "If you regularly neglect to read the topics/Hubs you are following, your author score will go down." 
   I'll keep that in mind! Thanks!

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   The RV Guyposted 13 years ago

   If I were a smarter man I might be able to ascertain whether this question was serious or satirical.  It is my impression HubPages was a site dedicated to writers seeking a place to share their work and to gain criticism or praise.  Following a topic should be based solely upon individual interest and should not affect one's score.  If it does, then let my score be nil.

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   QuestionMasterposted 13 years ago

   The best way to earn money and get traffic on Hubpages is this:
   
   COMPLETELY IGNORE THE SCORES!
   
   They are there mainly to stop spammers getting quality backlinks - Google can't see the scores and will not judge your content on them. And Google is where your traffic should be coming from, if you're doing things right.

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   hillymillydeeposted 13 years ago

   It depends. I made a poem about that question because many are asking about it. I made a hub with a simple poem if want to check; http://hillymillydee.hubpages.com/hub/W … n-Hubpages
   
   The title of the poem, "Who do I follow and who do I not"

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   Marla Roseposted 13 years ago

   Hi hillymillydee.  Thanks for the great advice!  I read your poem and got my answer.  Lovely poem.

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