Should I contact HubPages or DenGarden?

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   Bills Placeposted 4 years ago

   I just noticed that the category isn't right for one of my recent articles that got placed on DenGarden. Could this hurt my potential traffic?
   
   The following article is about "Common Uses for Wood Ash", but they choose to put it under Home Improvement > Fireplaces - makes no sense?
   
   https://dengarden.com/home-improvement/ … ome-Garden

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      chef-de-jourposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Email the team and ask for it to be moved. Seems a logical transfer to make.

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   Ameen2002posted 4 years ago

   If you write the appropriate permalink for your article, it won't hurt your potential traffic.

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      theraggededgeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Ameen, your answer has nothing to do with the question being asked.

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         Ameen2002posted 4 years agoin reply to this

         So why did they put the permalink?
         Answer: To get traffic.
         What is your answer?

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      lobobrandonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Yup. But being in the right category would help with internal traffic.

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         Bills Placeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         That's what I was thinking, just couldn't think of the correct wording!
         
         I went ahead and sent a message to through the help section to see what they say.

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   DrMark1961posted 4 years ago

   As far as I know search engine traffic is determined by the words you use in your article and has nothing to do with how hubpages decided to categorize it. Even if it is moved, it will not matter to your potential traffic.

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      Will Apseposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      How do you feel about spiders being categorized as insects?

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         Bills Placeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Well, it's easier to spell, but for those with English as a 2nd language, easily confused with the spelling 'incest'?
         
         Sorry, reading your comment reminded me of a time I was chatting with a co-worker from India and he spelled insect wrong. ^_^

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      OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with Dr. Mark.  As far as I am concerned, all of my hubs are about gardening, but the editors have moved some to Owlcation, Holidappy and Delishably.  I'm never concerned which niche site my hubs are on as long as they are on a niche site.  When people search, they are not searching for the niche sites, they are searching for topics.  I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even notice which site the hubs are on.

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         Bills Placeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Yeah, it makes sense. Thanks for responding!

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      Bills Placeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, it does make sense. Just wanted to be sure since so much has changed the last few years.

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 years ago

   The team is helpful, so it shouldn't be a problem to move it over to the appropriate category. I agree with Brandon. It's beneficial for internal traffic.

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      DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      He can correct me if I am wrong, but I do not think the OP asked this question because he is concerned about the 10 or 15 views a day he might get from internal traffic. (Which would be 0 impressions, by the way.)

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         lobobrandonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Yesterday I got 200 plus views from Dengarden to a single hub. They may be from Google originally. Why do you think it's not useful?

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            DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

            If someone goes into Google and then finds Dengarden, and from there they find your hub, does that really count as internal traffic?

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               lobobrandonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Yup it does. It they go to Google then come to another author then come to you as a related hub it counts as a dengarden visit.

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                  DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                  What term do you use when a hubber visits one of your hubs?

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                     lobobrandonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                     If a hubber visits it shows as social traffic under hubpages.com unless they are visiting through the niche site.

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