Articles getting the axe

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  1. gerimcclym profile image69
    gerimcclymposted 7 years ago

    Does anybody know what the protocol is for articles getting axed? For example, an article must get a minimum of 100 views per month after a year of the original publish date in order to remain published...

    1. TIMETRAVELER2 profile image73
      TIMETRAVELER2posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      A hub must show at least some activity within 6 months or the account will stop receiving income.  They do this to make sure people are still active on the site and not just leaving garbage hubs on it that nobody reads and that lower the sites rankings.

      1. gerimcclym profile image69
        gerimcclymposted 7 years agoin reply to this

        That sounds reasonable--thank you for your feedback.

  2. DrMark1961 profile image99
    DrMark1961posted 7 years ago

    By "axed', are you referring to an article being unfeatured for lack of traffic? If you are, there have been no definitive numbers published. Paul Edmonson has said that as long as the article has "heartbeat" from Google (not social media traffic, which can be gamed) it will remain featured.
    For example, several years ago I published an article about names for a rare dog breed from Africa. The hub usually has 0 traffic every day, but a few times a month a Google searcher will adopt a dog of that breed and look for a name. Almost all of the traffic is through Google, and since it has a heartbeat (albeit a slow one) the hub has never been unfeatured.

    1. gerimcclym profile image69
      gerimcclymposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, that is what I'm referring to and thanks for your response. That does sound somewhat encouraging, although I should revisit some of my articles with a very slow heartbeat to see what I can do to improve them. Thank you again!

 
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