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   Art Westposted 4 years ago

   I have recently returned from a long hiatus from HubPages.  I have several articles that have very low scores and are not featured due to quality.
   
   When I was last writing on here the requirement was 400 words per article.  The new suggestion is 700 or more.  I know that is part of the problem with some of my articles, however, I still have articles with over 700 words that are not scoring well.
   
   I am attaching one of the recent articles that I have written and would appreciate so guidance.
   
   Thank you for your help.
   
   https://hubpages.com/health/How-to-Run-Walk

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      erorantesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Good evening mister Art West. You need to read the hubpages learning center to check for the requirements. Then, you will know the new rules for hub pages articles. You need three pictures in your article. I wish you a good night.

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   Glenn Stokposted 4 years ago

   Your article is about a good subject that I’m sure people search for on line. I’m not sure about the competition though, but if you make your story stand out as suggestions from an avid run-walker, I think you could do well with it. 
   
   To help your with the issues standing in the way of getting featured, here’s what I found.
   
   • If you do what I mentioned above, change the title to something like this: "How to Run-Walk: Suggestions From a Marathon Runner" - Notice the extra keywords.
   
   • The image needs attribution and needs to be available for commercial use.
   
   • Your article is not a review of the ASICS Men's Running Shoe, so you need to remove that Amazon ad. Ads need to be 100% related to the subject. Your subject is about how to run-walk. That’s different.
   
   • You can use that Amazon ad successfully in another article if you write a review of that shoe, and make it clear that you are using it yourself (That's also a requirement for Amazon ads). 
   
   • It would be better to break up your paragraphs with more white space. Paragraphs should only contain one thought each. 
   
   • You have a subtitle that is not ASA capitalized. All titles and subtitles need proper title-capitalization.
   
   Good luck, and welcome back to HubPages.

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   Art Westposted 4 years ago

   Thank you erorantes and Glenn Stok.

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      DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      One image is fine but it does need to be something of your own (preferably) or creative commons-available for commercial use. If you make the title part of the image (Made for Pinterest image) people seem more likely to notice and click on it during an image search.
      I just read your article, and it is fine but "How to go about run-walking" needs to be capitalized in the same way the others are. The article is also not very interactive, so a reader will glance at it fast and get out of there fast. Look into reader engagement, write things that encourage comments. (You are only going to get decent traffic if this is moved to a network site, so read some other articles and fix your article to be similar in layout.)
      Finally, you really need to take Glenn´s advice about the title. Think about the searcher that is looking to find out about the subject. Why should they even bother to click on and read your hub? The way that Google works now it will still come up for the same search phrases even if you make the title more interesting.

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         Art Westposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks DrMark1961.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 4 years ago

   It's a good topic to pick, but the article is way too short.
   
   Get rid of the Amazon capsule, use a link to Amazon if you want to promote a product and use at least a few sentences to explain why you recommend that particular product.
   
   The language, especially in the titles needs to be more assertive and punchy. For example: "How to Run-Walk: 20 Essential Tips".
   
   In the intro you should lay out what you are going to do for the reader and explain why you are qualified to do this.
   
   List your tips/suggestions in a punchy, easy-to-read way. Bullet points is one way. Or dedicate a text box with a title to each particular tip.
   
   Find similar articles to yours that HP have put on the front pages of the niches and study them, copy the style/format/tone (but obviously don't plagiarize the content!).

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