Can we do a hub that groups a whole lot of other hubs together?

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   lobobrandonposted 7 years ago

   You can, but it will not be moved to a niche site, because on the niche sites the hubs need to be able to stand on their own and the reader must not need to click away to get what they actually came there for.

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      TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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         lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, if the topic comes up naturally link to your other pages. This is accepted. My tomato hubs are interlinked and they are on Dengarden, so I don't see this being a problem.

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            TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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               lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               How are they ranking for the keywords you wish to rank for?

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                     wildernessposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     I have one hub that is basically a "table of contents" to a half dozen other hubs, all specialized information on the same basic topic.  Not much more than a short descriptive paragraph and a link to each one.  It's not what HP really wants, but it IS on a niche site.  It doesn't rank well in the SERP's but still gets 1,000 views per month or so - mostly the value is for those few that DO find it (perhaps from one of the other hubs that link to it?) and use it as a path to each of the other hubs.  It saves those other hubs from having the same half dozen links in each one.

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                        lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        Do you mind telling us which one this is?

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                     lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     Use ubersuggest or something like that.

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                           lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                           Thanks to DrMark we now know about it

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         Jean Bakulaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Hi Tess,
         I write a lot of hubs in series form and they have gone to niche sites. You are knowledgeable, so write each one so it can act as a stand alone hub. But then take a different aspect of your topic and write the others. I have a long 7 part series which was deemed too long when I wrote it in 2011, and it's become one of my most popular series. Maybe take a look at these for ideas about how to do it:
         https://exemplore.com/fortune-divinatio … rt-3-of-3. There are 7 of them and they are all related, HP put pictures of some of the others on each one. So they are sort of linked, but not by me.
         
         The administration doesn't like the Part 1,2,3 in the titles, but you can get around that if you are discussing different aspects of the same subject. Google likes longer hubs now, especially around 3,000 words. I hope that helps.

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            TessSchlesingerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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               Jean Bakulaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               Tess,
               I just checked the link I gave you, and it lead to a 404 page. I went on Exemplore.com and pulled up another one. If you look at it, you will see four more pictures and links to hubs in the series that HP put there, they are to the right of my text. So I didn't have to link them myself. All 7 in the series can be found that way.
               
               https://exemplore.com/fortune-divinatio … art-l-of-3

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                     Jean Bakulaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     I hope you can find the pieces you wrote! Often I find good ones on Word that I forgot about. If you can find them, I am sure they are well written enough to be featured right away. That's an interesting topic too.

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                           lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                           Nice! Enjoy the new place I remember you telling me a few months ago that you would be moving.

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                                 lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                 Wow How is the water scenario down there? Hope it's not too bad.

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                                       lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                       Yeah. But being a big city, on the coast nonetheless, this has opened the eyes of many.

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                                             lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                             For sure.

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   paperfacetsposted 7 years ago

   Some editors will cut the links and other niche editors will help you with the very specitific language to make the link acceptable.

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   SANJAY LAKHANPALposted 7 years ago

   I put the hubs into categories by assigning the same biography to all the similar hubs. We have an option to assign 25 different biographies thereby creating different categories of the articles, which may or may not be on niche sites.

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   Urbane Chaosposted 7 years ago

   Not only will they not be moved to a niche site, but I think that they would not be featured as well.  In a way, I think that would defeat the purpose.
   
   My suggestion would be to link them all together on a blog, then include short blurbs about each article.  Get a domain for that blog and put adsense ads on it.  If you do Amazon, (or Ebay - for the "old-timers") you could even create a page on the blog with an online store.

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      lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      In my opinion, if the pages are not ranking well here on the strong niche sites, starting a blog only to have snippets will definitely not rank either. It's as good as having the article unfeatured with a no-index tag.

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         Urbane Chaosposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         I should explain a little better; I use this effect and it helps generate a good amount of traffic.
         
         I started a WordPress blog for my home town several years ago.  On there, I have a variety of topics, such as shopping, history, attractions, etc.  I also link to other revenue places, such as Redbubble and Patreon.  I set up one section for HP articles as well.
         
         By blurb, I don't mean cutting and pasting a snippet of the article.  These blurbs include a photo and are written fresh and tell more about what the link is.  If I copied snippets of the article, that would probably get me put in the no-follow zone! 
         
         The question was about grouping articles together.  I use a blog so that I can monetize it in various ways.  The same could be done with a Facebook page, Reddit subs, etc.. I used to link to other hubs from a hub years ago but changed those a couple years back.  I remember when that used to be the thing to do..
         
         It comes down to how it's set up.  If it's a blog with a bunch of links to articles, that's no different than the old doorway pages from the '90s.  I built a brand around mine and it's worked very well for me, but it's also very localized.  I do get some outside traffic though, and have made some sales from people not in the area.  The outside income doesn't account for a lot, but every penny adds up!

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