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   Misbah786posted 13 months ago

   Hello Beautiful Souls,
   
   Has anyone else noticed that when we click the author's name on network sites, it takes us back to their HubPages profile? I was reading on forums yesterday that Google search engines are not picking up articles that were once ranking high on Google. Is it something that is affecting the search engines? Curious to know.
   
   Thank you in advance

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      eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      Don't know. I mentioned this in another thread. Maybe Hubpages has been released from Google Purgatory and its soul is clean. So it's OK to link to it from network sites.

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         Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

         I see. Thank you for your kind response.
         Blessings!!

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      HubPagesposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention again, Misbah. Our engineers are working to fix the issue now and hope to have a solution soon!

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         Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

         @HubPages: We appreciate you taking the time to respond to our questions. I'm hoping the team will try to fix it soon.
         
         Best Wishes!

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            HubPagesposted 12 months agoin reply to this

            You're very welcome, Misbah! Our engineers have been working on this issue and should have a fix shortly.

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               Kenna McHughposted 12 months agoin reply to this

               Good news!

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               HubPagesposted 12 months agoin reply to this

               We're pleased to report that this error has been resolved!

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                  Kenna McHughposted 12 months agoin reply to this

                  Great news! Thanks for letting us know.

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         Kenna McHughposted 13 months agoin reply to this

         Soonest is the bestest.

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   EricDockettposted 13 months ago

   Not only is there a link to the authors profile, but there are links back to the profile of every single writer with an article in the Related Articles section.
   
   The article I just looked at had 21 links back to the HubPages domain. 21 links!  There were seven instances linking to the same profile page.
   
   Even if the HP site is no longer seen as harmful, which I didn't think was the issue anyway, this is still a horrible practice.
   
   It would be really great if HP staff were to hop into this thread and explain why this is happening, why we shouldn't worry about it, and how all of the SEO advice that has been passed along for the last 10 years -- including policies established by HubPages itself to protect the health of the niche sites.-- has changed.

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      Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      While looking at Google Analytics, I discovered that I was receiving referral views from Tatring to YouMeMindAndBody, LetterPile, my profile, and other sites, as well as vice versa. I assumed that network sites were being interconnected at the time, but the reality is quite different.

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      Shesabutterflyposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      The editorial policy has a link that will take you to HP and the write for us links also takes you to HP.

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         Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

         I'm hoping that one day someone will come across this path and address our concerns.

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   Jodahposted 13 months ago

   We do need an answer from staff on the reasoning behind this. As has been said, we have been told ever since the introduction of the niche sites..Do Not link back to HubPages! If it is now ok to do so, they need to clearly state that is the case.

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      Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      I agree!  You are absolutely right. They do everything very silently without an announcement or anything
      
      Blessings always!!

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   EricDockettposted 13 months ago

   Bumping this with the hope that HP staff will see it and address our concerns.

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      Kenna McHughposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      The HP staff need to answer up on so many things. But this one is a big deal.

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      Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      You may say I'm a dreamer, but good to see I'm not the only one. I hope someday they'll join us in this conversation.

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         Jodahposted 13 months agoin reply to this

         

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            Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

            

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         Kenna McHughposted 13 months agoin reply to this

         Exactly, I love your spirit of play!

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            Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

            
            
            

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   Pamela99posted 13 months ago

   I have been absent too much lately, but I want to thank you Misbah for bringing this to the attention ofd the HP staff and to all of us.

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      Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      Pamela, you are always welcome, dear friend. I hope you are doing well.
      Blessings and love to you!!

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