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   hclpdposted 5 years ago

   Of late, I've noticed a worrying trend with network sites, at least in my case. I used to get of my pieces accepted to Reelrundown, Turbofuture, and Levelskip without any hassle.
   
   Things have been different for the last few months or so, however. While Levelskip is still a accepting everything I churn out, the rest of these sites have changed their stance. New articles are not being picked up for those websites. On the other hand, the manually submitted ones are either outright rejected or remain in limbo with no response.
   
   I wonder if anyone else is experiencing the same issues. If you have figured something out, help out a fellow hubber. Maybe take a glance at a few of my recently published Hubs and point out what I'm not doing right.

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   Marisa Writesposted 5 years ago

   If you're routinely being accepted for Levelskip, then it sounds like you know what's required. 
   
   Bear in mind that there's an individual editor who's managing the queue for each site. It's always possible that the Reelrundown and Turbofuture editors are sick, or on leave, and in these unusual times it may not be possible to find a replacement.   So it may just be that there's no one working on those queues temporarily.
   
   The only other explanation is that your articles are on subjects that are already over-represented on those sites.  For instance, I recall a time when someone submitted a Hub of scrambled egg recipes to Delishably and it wasn't accepted - not because it was badly written, but because there were too many other Hubs about scrambled eggs.

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      hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      The first possibility seems more likely. I suppose I'll have to wait and see how it plays out. Maybe I'll spice up my articles a bit more in the meantime.

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         lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         From what you've said in your original post, the first option is less likely because you said that you were receiving rejections. If it were just no response, it would be likely there are just long queues. Maybe write an email to the team and ask them about it.

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            hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            How do I mail them? I mean, at what email address?

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               lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Glen gave you the address. I was wondering the other day why you don't have the imitation game on your list of genius movies to watch. Unrelated question.

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                  hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  Oh, yeah. I totally should add that movie on the list!
                  
                  And yes, I'll send them a mail and hopefully get a concrete response. Thanks.

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         DrMark1961posted 5 years agoin reply to this

         I dont think spicing up the articles will help. I started to follow you because I read several of your things when doing a Google search. They are fine just as they are.
         I think the problem is no HPs end. Try Brandon´s solution.

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            hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks. I usually pay someone to have a look at my articles before I publish them. Contacting them seems to be a good idea. Do they have different email addresses for every network sites?

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               Glenn Stokposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Write the team at team@hubpages.com

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                  hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  I mailed them. Thanks! Though it was lengthier than I thought it should be. Well, I'll update if and when I get a response. Might help others in the same predicament.

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      samanthacubbisonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Would like to confirm that our Reelrundown and Turbofuture editors are alive and well! Please email the team for more information!

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         hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you. One of my manually submitted articles to Turbofuture hasn't been accepted or rejected. It's been over 15 days. About time I contacted the team. Thank you, Samantha.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 5 years ago

   Glad you asked this question Rahul, because I am experiencing the same issue.
   
   At random, I picked four moths ago. I published 12 articles of which 11 were boosted to niche sites such as Owlcation, Exemplore, Soapboxie, and Axeladdict.
   
   The same for nine months ago, of 12 articles 11 went onto the likes of Owlcation, Hollydappy, Howtheyplay, etc.
   
   Of my 24 most recent articles (excluding those posted during the last few days because they may not have been considered yet) only 12 have received the exalted seal of approval and elevated to where they might make a bit of money. Mostly, these pieces are likely to be of interest to Owlcation, Soapboxie, and Exemplore.
   
   So, I've rather quickly gone from a 92% acceptance rate to 50%. I haven't changed the amount of effort and research I put into writing. By my own unbiased accounting, I've written some pretty good pieces that haven't made the cut.
   
   Something has changed and I don't know what it is.

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      hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Blame the cut-throat competition. In my case, I got a detailed reply from Samantha, stating what I need to do to have my pieces accepted.
      
      My articles usually go to ReelRunDown, TurboFuture, and/or LevelSkip, so suggestions from the editors of those websites were included.
      
      I'll forward the mail to you, if you want.

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         hclpdposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         I'll update all of my overlooked Hubs according to the guidelines. Will update on the proceedings.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 5 years ago

   It looks as though my comments of yesterday have nudged a couple of articles loose from the oblivion in which they rested and are now busy earning vast wealth on the network sites.

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