Amazon capsules - when to use?

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   Rada4Healthposted 7 years ago

   Hi, Hubbers! When it's correct to use the Amazon capsules in the article? Recently, in my article "All about flying or paragliding with your dog", the hubpages editor have removed the Amazon capsule offering some canine harness suitable for paragliding. This is despite the fact, that the article contained the information about this harness and recommendations from the real life paragliders.
   I saw many hubs here containing Amazon products, but without personal recommendations and they were not cutted by the hubs team.

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      theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Use an in-text link instead. So when writing about this product, highlight the item name. Click the chain link on the toolbar. Select the Amazon tab and the product should be right there. Click it and the link will be created automatically.

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         Rada4Healthposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for the help! Those hubs were actually with in-text links. Now it's a little scary to add a link again, because they warn that if to add back problematic elements article has a very high chance of moving back to hubpages or becoming defeatured.
         So an in-text link may be even without personal experience with product?

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            theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            No, you still have to demonstrate that you recommend the product because you have used it.
            
            I don't add Amazon links to all my hubs, only where it seems natural to do so.

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               Rada4Healthposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               Can I recommend a product citing other person's experience?

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                  theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  You could probably say "my sister uses hers all the time and it has made her life considerably easier"... That sort of thing might work.

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   Wesman Todd Shawposted 7 years ago

   Also, some of the team are very new, and I'm not always sure they know what they are doing. More than once they've removed my amazon text links. I simply re-added the links, and the page went to niche site.
   
   Oh I'd get smoking angry, but that's just how I'm wired up. It's not that big a deal to re-add things like that. Everyone makes mistakes. I did get messaged once to ask had I really used that product? The point is to make sure you explain some how and why you felt the product was great.

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      Rada4Healthposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Interesting points. Thanks for sharing!

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   Natalie Frankposted 7 years ago

   I have also seen numerous recent articles (in the past few months) with Amazon links just added without any type of recommendation or personal use stated, also with numerous links in an article that doesn't meet word count requirements.  It is frustrating when it seems that most of your Amazon links are taken out when they do meet the requirements and there's only one in a 2500-3500 word article.  There are a lot of editors here and unfortunately that makes for a lot of inconsistencies.  When it effects our potential earnings it can be a problem but other than adding back what was taken out and hoping for the best there's not much that can be done about it.  Good luck.

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      Rada4Healthposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe some editors simply don't read our articles properly and to the end? Imagine how many articles need the edition for a day. But everyone is supposed to be good at his job. It would be good if there was a virtual book of complaints and suggestions

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   theraggededgeposted 7 years ago

   Most of these sub-standard hubs will be on hubpages.com, not on the network sites. Hubpages itself, is now just a holding area. Articles which pass the quality standards will be moved to the networks. Those which don't may have been hanging around for years. They won't be getting any traffic, so just ignore them. I have a few of my own

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