Editors Leaving Feedbacks On Articles - It is Encouraging!

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   Misbah786posted 2 years ago

   Hello Beautiful Souls,
   
   I have an article on Tatring that I wrote in June of last year. The editors decided to move the article to Tatring; I never submitted it. They wrote me an email saying the article is eligible to move to a network site and asked me to include an introduction to the piece so the readers can learn about my tattooing experience as it helps to build readers' trust. I edited the article and submitted it. The editors approved it and moved it to TatRing. Then in October, I received a notification about a basic edit to the article to fix some grammatical errors.
   
   Again, a few days ago, I received an email from the editorial staff for the same article, saying, 'your article, The Mysterious Secrets of Sunflower Tattoos, on TatRing is in our editing queue.'
   
   The editor who edited my article left fantastic feedback.
   
   
   
   They gave it a super duper cool edit. And I am so happy with it. I am only confused about two things:
   
   1 - One of the editors asked me to add the intro, but the second editor who recently edited it removed all the intro A-Z and just edited the summary in which they mentioned a little about my experience. I am confused: why did one editor encourage me to add an intro, and the other one removed it?
   
   2 - Secondly, the editor also added some links to Instagram to showcase some great examples of sunflower tattoos, it was to inspire the readers. This was something new to me. I never knew we can add link(s) to social media accounts. I always thought HP considers it spammy.
   
   Note: The article was already performing well, but now even better. For me, it was on the second page of Google in the second slot, but now it is on the first page of Google in the fourth slot. I am super happy, but a little confused about the intro thing.
   Have you ever experienced something similar?
   
   Thanks a lot!

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      EricDockettposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Regarding the outbound links to Instagram, I wish editors would consider that when they do things like this they are sending people away from the niche site.
      
      The goal should be to keep people ON the niche site. With so many ads and so little internal linking, they should not be purposely sending people somewhere else.
      
      It is the same with citations and sources. I prefer to see them at the end of the article rather than linked throughout, so they don't send readers somewhere else partway through the article. I've seen editors do it both ways.

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         Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Eric, thank you very much for your insightful comment. I really loved what you said. The Instagram links they added are at the bottom of the article. But, I agree with you that it is always beneficial to keep readers on the niche site. Ads, I agree, are always annoying. Even I can't read my own article with so many ads on it.
         
         I wish you a wonderful weekend!
         
         Blessings always!

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            EricDockettposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            Didn't realize they are at the bottom. That's not so bad.
            
            It's the links in the middle of the article that I don't like so much.

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               Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

               

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      Kenna McHughposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Trying to get into the minds of editors is impossible. I am just grateful when an edit makes sense, and I am encouraged to continue to write.

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         Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

         You are right, Kenna! 

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   Jodahposted 2 years ago

   It is great that the article was moved to Tatring, Misbah, and that you received such positive feedback. Glad to hear its Google ranking improved too. Unfortunately, different editors have their own ideas and don't always agree. If you are worried about the introduction being dropped, after first being asked to write one, I would mention that to the current editor and see if you get as reply.

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      Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Great advice, John. Thank you so much for your kind response.
      Blessings to you!

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   Brenda Arledgeposted 2 years ago

   Don't worry about the confusion...celebrate the success
   Congratulations.

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      Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Sweet!

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   eugbugposted 2 years ago

   On the subject of editing, H3 subtitles in a lot of my articles have been changed to title case with caps at the beginning of words. This was never done before, even in premium edits. Does this follow APA style?

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      Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Hello, Eugene. They did the same thing with a few of my articles. I've always used sentence case for H3, and editors have moved articles to network sites without any problem. But, they recently changed the H3 headings in some of my articles to Title Case.
      
      Please check this: 
      
      https://www.scientific-editing.info/blo … ng_Level_3
      
      Blessings to you!

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      Ben716posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I have always used title case with caps at the beginning of words for both H2 and H3. They have always favoured this type of case for both titles and subtitles. To me, it reads better, and is presentable.

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   ravirajan01posted 2 years ago

   Yes, Misbah. The same happened with me during publication at Reelrundown. Things are looking with some great editors at work.

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      Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, Ravi, I believe that is a good change. It's truly encouraging. I'm happy with the edit, but I was confused about the intro thing, and I was not aware we can post links to social media accounts. I've always believed HP considers it spammy. I'm glad we can do so. Sometimes I want to use images but am unable to do so because they are not free to use. As an alternative, this is a fantastic idea.
      
      Stay Blessed!

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   ravirajan01posted 2 years ago

   Yes, Misbah. One thing that has always puzzled me is why HP does not allow links to other articles within the article or as further reads. This is not restricted in vocal and other sites. Any thoughts on it?

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      Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Ravi, I'm not sure if we can post links to sites other than HP, but I believe we can post links to our or other people's articles within our articles for further reading, but they should be on HP's niche sites (not on Discover or HubPages domain).
      
      In my article about domestic violence, I included a link that HP's automated system marked as spam and disabled the ads on my article. It was a link to another site (a guide for domestic violence helplines for different countries.)
      
      I emailed the team, and Matt enabled the ads on it, but he also informed me that if I edit that article anytime in the future, the problem might reappear, so I need to keep an eye on it and notify him if it happens again. The link is still live on my article.
      
      Note: we have to use the links capsule for posting the links to other articles.

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   Ben716posted 2 years ago

   Congratulations. Getting on first page of Google, and on top five results is quite a feat, and something to celebrate about.
   Editors approach an editing work from different perspectives. What works for one doesn't work for another.
   I had the same experience early 2018. An editor sent me an email that one of my articles had the potential of receiving higher views. It was a relationship article.
   Not only did she perform the basic editorial services, including working on a presentable layout of the article, she also added stuff to the article - about 2/3rds. Afterwards, I received an email to provide my feedback. And my feedback was, I was totally impressed. 
   In less than a month or two (can't remember too well), the article appeared on the first page of Google search results, and the leading result. Also, as a snippet. From that year, the ranking of my article has remained on the first page, as a leading result, and as a snippet.
   I rework it several times a year, but I owe a huge thanks to the editor.

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      Misbah786posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and for your kind words, Ben. The editor who edited my article changed the first image but didn't remove the ones I was already using, instead shuffled the capsules. It is ranking much better than before. The editor also added some more reliable sources as well. I loved the change they made!
      
      Blessings to you!

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