How much time do you spend checking hub stats: page views, feedback, traffic sources, etc?
Sometimes I think I would be better off spending less time checking my stats and more time writing. Other times I think I should check my stats because they let me know how my hubs are doing and I can use this to improve. Where is the balance?
I go through spurts of obsessing about it and then not obsessing about it at all. There's no right way, I think.
I am still quite new to all of this so Itry to focus more on the writing side of things, but it's hard not Topeka at the stats at least once or twice a day. I like the feedback and it helps direct my writing in terms of which topics are doing well.
I make it a point to reply to any comments at least once a day. Each morning when I wake up, I check my month-to-date Hubpages earnings and look at traffic very briefly. Like Jenna, there are times I borderline obsess over this information. Other times, I can go without looking, once for over a month. I've become more mindful of my statistics and traffic sources as of late, while trying to promote my hub.
I'm afraid I spend way too much time--partly why I finally decided to apply for the apprenticeship program. I know that my odds of being accepted aren't too good but I think that I'd like a fast track for trying to figure out why some things work and others don't. I have two hubs of 150 that account for 20% of my traffic. How can I hit the jackpot on other hubs??
by LongTimeMother 10 years ago
We had this same problem a couple of weeks ago and it was resolved. Same problem again today though, so I'm reporting it. (If we don't report problems, how can we expect them to be fixed?)1 day stats are abnormally low, so I checked the stats on an individual hub. The 'day' stat there is...
by Paul Maplesden 12 years ago
I’ve been reading many questions on the forums about how to get more traffic to your hubs. I’m a great believer in testing something, analysing the results, refining and sharing, and I approached the subject of how to get hub views in a practical methodical way. I’ll share my techniques below and...
by arun kuruvilla 15 years ago
from where this traffic comesIf i visits the pages to check the polls and stats..will that recorded as views
by Bill Manning 14 years ago
I have over four dozen different sponsors and places I make money from online. That is my whole income. If I was practical I would check all my stats in them once in the morning and once at night to see what I have made for the day.But I find I can't help myself and check them dozens of times a...
by rebekahELLE 14 years ago
I was checking stats on specific hubs to see where traffic is coming from, and it's strange. Is there a change?It's only showing Hubpages views and Google.com... what happened? Will our original stats return? I hope so.And it's not showing Keyword search terms.Excuse this thread if there is...
by Susana Smith 10 years ago
There are a lot of hubbers that believe that the traffic stats inform the earnings figures. Considering that the traffic stats have not been working well lately it has got people worried that they aren't getting the earnings/impressions that they should be and this is damaging writer trust in HP....
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