Apparently all hubs progress through these levels as they are evaluated, and I've been trying to understand that process better. I've looked for a specific discussion and have yet to find one, so maybe someone can explain. Many hours have been spent editing various articles in the past month or so, and it seems a few articles got attention but not exactly in ways I might have expected.
Until recently, I had assumed that published & featured to be one and the same, but apparently not. I've no clue what 'Discover' means, but assume that's a good thing. Oh and I almost forgot, then there's also another status called 'HubPro' and what is THAT? pray tell, gonna guess a good thing and maybe same as moved to a network site?
Thanks in advance. Carolan
HubPages.com is no longer monetized. It's basically where we create and publish our articles and that's it. Any new (not previously published and edited) articles go to Discover once published. It's sort of a holding ground if and until they are moved to niche sites. When your articles are on Discover, you can earn. Any articles that remain on HubPages.com are basically dead in the water as far as earnings go, no matter how many views they receive.
I'm not sure "featured" applies anymore, since that's an HP thing. It did mean that unless your article was featured, meaning it passes QAP and has some activity, HP wouldn't put it in the spotlight. You can opt to have all articles, regardless of feature status, show up on your profile page. You do that by going into your profile by way of the Activity option that only you have access to, and clicking on the option to show all articles. You'll find it at the bottom of your profile page when in edit mode.
HubPro means it's been edited by the HP staff. Those usually end up going to a niche site. They don't bother editing articles that they don't deem worthy of moving beyond Discover, which is the new landing ground for HubPages.
I hope this helps.
Excellent tutorial Shauna.
One thing I don't understand though is that I see articles in Discover whose level of English skill I would describe as mediocre at best. There have even been cases recently of articles with plagiarized content appearing on Discover. They were only taken down when Hubbers alerted the Pooh-bars to their existence.
Without better vigilance, isn't Discover in danger of becoming the pariah that HubPages was and that angered Google so much?
Rupert, I agree with you. Discover is a dumping ground that doesn't appear to be monitored by HP staff. We writers are left to do the dirty work.
All new articles remain on HubPages.com for a very short period after hitting the Publish button, then they automatically go to Discover regardless of the quality. That doesn't seem like a very good plan to me. I think HP should look at each article and deem it featured before moving to Discover, for the very reason you cite above. From there, the writers can work on improving the article(s) to qualify for the niche sites.
Improper English, plagiarized articles, etc. have no business landing on Discover, where they can earn, without first going thru QAP. HP needs to rethink the process.
Thanks for these replies, appreciated. I feel disappointed to hear that 'Discover' may also be a dumping ground, same as HP. Since only some appear to be chosen to actually be reviewed or monitored, maybe safe to assume those getting traffic? I mean that choice to LOOK at certain articles over others must be based on something. Yet if they remain in a 'dumping ground' then HOW might they even have potential to GET traffic?
I looked at one article that is on a network site since it is about a topic similar to one of mine, and to me it was clearly obvious that a certain keyword phrase was repeated over and over. So why is that article approved when mine is still dumped as 'overly promotional' after numerous edits, same topic, NO links at all, etc? Feels like trying to hit a moving target, SO confusing.
Of about 60 articles, that one remains unpublished? Not sure why and lately I've just ignored it and focused on improving others. To some success I suppose, since all but a handful of mine are now 'featured' (whatever that means) & hubscore rising (whatever that means) and most I suppose on Discover (whatever that means) and at least a handful have been moved to network pages.
THX again for your responses as I continue trying to solve this puzzle. Carolan
CrossCreations, please send us the link to the article to which you refer in your latest response.
As explained earlier, when your articles go to Discover, you have the potential to earn. That's because the annoying videos and ads are splintered throughout the article. However, not with the frequency that they are on the niche sites. That's a good indication that Discover is not a money-maker for HP or its authors.
As far as your other "whatever that means", I explained them to you.
Hubber scores are a mystery. Mine go up when I comment in the forums and go down temporarily when I post something new. Basically, participation, activity, and quality of articles seem to factor into the Hubber score.
If your lone article remains unpublished it's because you forgot to hit the Publish button.
'Featured' means that the article is indexed on search engines (Google, Bing, etc). You can actually search it on the engines and find it.
'Hubscore rising' means that the article is doing good. It's ranking well on search engines and attracting traffic (many internet users read it) and, of course, it's well written.
'Discover' is a sub-site of hubpages.com and is made to hold articles that are good (well written and receive some traffic) but don't meet the cretaria for the niche sites (network sites). Not all newly articles go to Discover. Some (poorly written) remain on hp.com forever unless they are edited (improved) or start to attract some considerable amount of traffic.
'Overly promotional' can also happen when your article appears to push, advertise or market a brand (except Hubpages and maybe Maven). HP doesn't allow such articles.
You don't have to wait for your articles to be "chosen" to be moved to the niche sites. You can submit them, one every two weeks, to a niche site.
On second thought, if your article is "pending" on your activity page, that means it's going thru QAP. From there it will either be featured or unfeatured. If featured, it'll go to Discover unless it fits into a niche site. HP will deem which niche site it fits, if any, after passing QAP, unless you submitted it to a niche site yourself after editing and publishing.
Right THX you did answer and appreciated, The phrase 'whatever that means' was only expressed as sort of general confusion about these terms, not aimed at you. Now showing as 'pending' on that link, so don't think I can post at this time anyway. Was hoping for discussion in general about all these terms over any particular link, since I had not found such. THX again.
THX Jan. Your explanation makes it a bit clearer. I didn't even discover 'Discover' til recently. And yes that 'overly promotional' can mean many things. Even when there are no links nor intent to market anything, I mean in one case it was apparently due to a certain word repeated. It seems maybe the assumption was keyword overuse, whatever. That one was related to parenting, and I found it tough to create text naturally and still rarely use the word parent, but I did at least reduce it a bunch by changing to spouse or mom or dad or whatever, and only then was the article finally released. Thanks again. Carolan
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