Sitewide Editing Update

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   HubPagesposted 11 months ago

   Hi there! We're reaching out with an exciting update. As some of you may have noticed, we've been experimenting with sitewide editing for some time and have seen a boost in site traffic overall as a result.
   
   Until recently, we had only worked on a handful of sites, but we are now expanding to our entire network. For those of you with many articles on a given site, this means you will receive many emails from us while that site is undergoing editing. Thank you for your patience!

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      Kenna McHughposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      Thank you for the edits and increased traffic. This is great news!

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      bravewarriorposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      Will you also be editing Discover and moving worthy articles to more specific niche sites?

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         HubPagesposted 11 months agoin reply to this

         Great question! We will not be editing all of Discover (at least not now), but we have started editing more content from that site with the goal of moving it to our Network Sites.

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            bravewarriorposted 11 months agoin reply to this

            Excellent. Thank you!

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      Miebakagh57posted 11 months agoin reply to this

      This is great and is welcomed. You've taken your numerous writers into consideration in informing them of the venture.                                     But when exactly is the 'many emails' start rolling in? This to prevent an overload in our inboxes?

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         Brenda Arledgeposted 11 months agoin reply to this

         Miebakagh...
         I hear ya.
         Hopefully it's not empty promises.

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            Miebakagh57posted 11 months agoin reply to this

            But can we bank on that? When the commemt button was still in the making? The later is suppose to be roll out first.

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      TheShadowSpecterposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      I'm glad to read about this.  I know this may be a little off topic, but I have one pressing question.  When will the comments sections of our articles be restored?  I understand that your team was attempting to piece together a better system than what we had for posting comments.  However, it has been a couple of months since we had comments sections for our articles.  I noticed how much it bolstered how many views my articles got when that feature was still available.

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         Miebakagh57posted 11 months agoin reply to this

         I hear you well. Rolling out the comment button first is the right thing to do.

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      Thelma Albertsposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      Great! Thanks for the update. Have a wonderful Easter everyone.

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   Glenn Stokposted 11 months ago

   That's great news, but please remember not to edit any articles that have a pending copyright infringement as noted with the copyright symbol on our stats reports.
   
   I discussed this with Matt and I understand he placed a note for editors to avoid such updates since the date change can interfere with the success of Hubbers filing DMCA takedown requests.

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      alexadryposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      I wish there was a way to retain the actual publication date when we update articles. It would be great if the copyright symbol at the bottom had an actual month and day rather than just the year. And when we update, it would be nice if it would say "updated on" with the date. It would make it all easier.

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         HubPagesposted 11 months agoin reply to this

         Hi Adrienne! The original publish date is retained on the back end in our code. We did test having both the original and updated date side by side, but it looked very funky on the page. As for the copyright, it does show the original publication year, just not the month and day.

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         Brenda Arledgeposted 11 months agoin reply to this

         Agreed

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         Glenn Stokposted 11 months agoin reply to this

         Adrienne, whatever it is, it's causing difficulty with Google accepting DMCA takedown in some cases. There is more to it than the "updated" date.
         
         I have two articles that were plagiarized with copies on blogger . com. In the past, it was always easy to get copies removed from blogger since Google hosts that domain. 
         
         However, recently Google doesn't accept it when I point out where my copyright statement is located. They only seem to see the "Maven Media Brands" copyright at the bottom of the page and refuse to accept my takedown request, stating that I am not the copyright holder. Matt tried to help, but we were both stuck with Google's decision.

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            bravewarriorposted 11 months agoin reply to this

            Good point, Glenn, and you're not the first one to bring it up.
            
            Editing team, please take heed. This is a serious problem.

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            Kenna McHughposted 11 months agoin reply to this

            This is disconcerting and needs to be address by HP or Google.

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            alexadryposted 11 months agoin reply to this

            Hi Glenn,
            I have had some issues like that and screenshots from the Wayback Machine (Internet Archive) have helped me prove my article was written first. In another case I had to take a screenshot using the stats option with the published date. This helped me with copyright issues sent to hosting companies.
            
            With Google it's a pain since they don't have the option of sending screen shots. I wished they would make things easier for us. In some cases, when they cannot find the proof easily, they reply with an email and that allows me to attach screen shots with proof. We shouldn't go through so many hassles! I hope you are able to resolve this.
            
            Another similar issue I am having is a website that has stolen my articles with pictures of my dogs. I wrote these a while back so the editors have removed the pictures therefore, if the violator disputes this I no longer can prove they are mine.
            
            I can try to re-institute the pictures, but there's always that exact original date missing so the violator may say I just added them later.
            
            In some cases, old comments can provide some proof of dates with month and day, but with no more comments being added lately, we can no longer even rely on that.

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               Glenn Stokposted 11 months agoin reply to this

               Hi Adrienne, You gave me an interesting idea to try. As you mentioned, I also have emails going back and forth with Google when they ask for proof of ownership. So I can include a screenshot to show where my Copyright notice is located.
               
               I think they keep giving me a hard time because their reps only scroll to the bottom of the page where they expect the copyright stated. Unfortunately, that's where the Maven copyright is located, and they overlook mine.
               
               Matt suggested I resubmit my takedown request after a waiting period, but I had the same results when I did that. So now I'll try again and include a screenshot. But I need to wait a while since it's too soon since the last time they denied to honor the DMCA.

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                  theraggededgeposted 11 months agoin reply to this

                  Hi Glenn, you can also take a screenshot of the relevant section of your 'My Traffic Sources' page. I've used it a lot.
                  
                  

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                     Glenn Stokposted 11 months agoin reply to this

                     Thanks Adrienne. I do that when I reissue the request.

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                        theraggededgeposted 11 months agoin reply to this

                        Bev xx

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                           Glenn Stokposted 11 months agoin reply to this

                           Oh silly me! So sorry I didn’t notice that last one came from you Bev. Thanks so much, that was very helpful. I already went ahead and made a screenshot of mine to send to Google. But I need to wait a while before submitting a takedown request again after being denied (twice).

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   EricDockettposted 11 months ago

   Will you be going over sites you recently edited in the near future? For example, you just did Spinditty a few months ago and Pethelpful not that long ago. I'd hope you're not addressing them again anytime soon. As you say, for those of us with a lot of articles on a given site it is a lot of extra work, in addition to our own edits and updates we do.

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      HubPagesposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      We won't be circling back around to Spinditty for a while yet, but we are currently editing PetHelpful again, partially because it is one of our most popular sites. You are always welcome to create a filter in your email that sends messages from us into a separate folder that you can check at your leisure so that your inbox doesn't get clogged up.
      
      Any articles that you've edited recently will not show up in our queues, so you don't have to worry about us editing something you've just made changes to yourself.

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   Misbah786posted 11 months ago

   In the mid of October 2021, I wrote two articles for Halloween, one about Halloween makeup and the other about Halloween hairstyles. Luckily, the editors made quick edits to the articles and moved them to  Bellatory within a few days. I received an email about 3 days ago informing me that the editors had made a few changes to both articles. I'm not sure why the editors felt the need to do so, because both articles were well written and edited. Furthermore, it is not Halloween season.

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      psycheskinnerposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      Well, they are saying it is site-wide -- meaning they are editing everything on the site regardless of recency or topic.

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         Misbah786posted 11 months agoin reply to this

         Thank you, psycheskinner. I'm aware of that, but I was curious as to why they felt the need to make an edit to recently edited articles. It's great if it can help to increase traffic.

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            HubPagesposted 11 months agoin reply to this

            Hi Misbah. If the most recent author edit falls outside a certain window, it will show up in our queues for sitewide editing. If the article is already in good shape, changes will likely be minimal!

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               Misbah786posted 11 months agoin reply to this

               Thank you for your very kind response.
               Best wishes!!

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                  HubPagesposted 11 months agoin reply to this

                  You're welcome! Have a lovely day

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 11 months ago

   Cool! Thanks for the update!

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   Peggy Wposted 11 months ago

   That is great news if it is increasing traffic to our sites.  Thanks!

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      Brenda Arledgeposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      That's true.  Increase in traffic is welcome.

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   thooghunposted 11 months ago

   Noticed the editing, thanks for the great update!

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   theraggededgeposted 11 months ago

   Before comments are made universal across the sites, I would prefer that we can approve them via our dashboards. 'Comment central', please. I don't want to be chasing them down via individual articles.

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      bravewarriorposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      Good idea, Bev. They'll have to reactivate the comments link that appears on our profile page in order to do so, but I like your thinking.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 11 months ago

   I do hope this helps, because right now my views are earnings are back down to January levels!

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      bravewarriorposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      According to GA, my traffic is less than half yesterday from what it was on Wednesday. My highest traffic seems to happen on the weekends, consistently. However, I'm seeing lower traffic than ever in the last couple of days.
      
      Although I haven't written anything new in the last couple of years (Maven/Arena merges have been a major contribution to my lack of inspiration), I still earn on evergreen topics that appear in Dengarden and Delishably.
      
      So, why the extremely low views? Are the HP/Maven/Arena sites being pushed to the bottom of the SERP totem pole?

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    Solarasposted 11 months ago

    I write almost exclusively for Perthelpful and my views are 50% of what they were in January.  Unless something is broken on the counter and blue arrows this week are meaningless, things are terrible on PH from my perspective. 
    
    Does anybody know why The Spruce is so popular with Google? The editing I have seen is appreciated, but it's just fixing typos (which is appreciated) and not addressing the underlying issue of falling views and SERPs.

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    Miebakagh57posted 11 months ago

    Some are now recalling and even wants the comment system back. Cool.

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