Broken Links icon pops-up on two Hubs, but nothing is broken.

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  1. Savio Dawson profile image76
    Savio Dawsonposted 5 years ago

    Anyone else facing this issue? Both the hubs have no broken links and even the video which is shown as broken works well. Have no clue what to do. Any suggestions?

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    1. ziyena profile image96
      ziyenaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      This happens to me as well and quite often lately.  I've noticed when this occurs, it's usually on one of my top performing articles and afterwards my traffic suddenly drops for a while.  And like you, I test and find nothing wrong with the video link.  It's really starting to test my patience.  Most of my articles can stand on their own without bells and whistles, so this last time I've resorted to removing the video as I'm tired of dealing with the hindrance of traffic. But that's me having seen it all in the past 7 years and realizing a few things.  Good Luck to you

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  2. Savio Dawson profile image76
    Savio Dawsonposted 5 years ago

    Yeah, my traffic has dropped too... Is it HubPages asking us to remove videos? Crazy. Thanks, Ziyena!

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  3. Rupert Taylor profile image77
    Rupert Taylorposted 5 years ago

    There have been several threads on this issue over the past month or so. The team says it's working on the bug and they seem to suppress it for a few days and then the little rascal sneaks back in again. Click on the icon and then click "Ignore" on the offending items. It's a bit of a pain, but just be thankful it's not me who is trying to fix the problem.

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    1. Savio Dawson profile image76
      Savio Dawsonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Rupert!

      This happened before and I went ahead and changed all the videos. This is the second time and appears to be a useless effort to correct something which requires no correction.

      Anyway, I have gone ahead and clicked "Ignore", but unable to do much about the drop in views, though.

      Thanks again, buddy! smile

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  4. Trihorus profile image80
    Trihorusposted 5 years ago

    I've been facing the same issue with one of my articles. The video link seems to be working fine and yet HubPages keeps telling me that it is broken. I tried the 'restest' button and it said that it is a 'bad link.' I have no idea what really to make of it, but if many suggest in the treads here to ignore it, then I guess I'll do that as well.

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    1. Savio Dawson profile image76
      Savio Dawsonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Trihorus,

      Yeah, ignoring is the best option. Hope it does not impact the traffic.

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