Most of the time when "management" (?) does this, it is minor cosmetic changes. For the second time however, whoever did this to my article has affected it in a bad way. My article, "Cool Boat Name Ideas" was changed, and then changed back (I think) to the way I had it before. This has affected it's traffic, and I don't know if it will recover, though I hope so. I say this because I had the exact same thing happen to another article (Cool Horse Name Ideas), and that article never has regained the hits it had before it was "changed".
If I sound aggravated, it's because I am. I looked at the "view changes" on my boat article and saw nothing but bad decisions. Pictures replaced in weird sizes, no captions, deleted tables, etc. It was pretty clear that these changes were made and then things put back to normal the way I had them (but traffic took a hit).
This is the 2nd time this has happened. PLEASE, whoever "changes" other peoples' articles think about what you do before doing it (unless, of course your doing it on purpose, which I hope not).
Changing articles that are generating lots of traffic in such a severe manner, doesn't offer much upside, in my opinion, but there is lots of downside if done poorly. This not only affects my income, but everyone else's as well as this is a income share type of site.
Again, most of the time, changes are minimal and appreciated, but (at least in my experience) sometimes those changes can be risky. I'd be interested if others have experienced problems like this.
I'm hoping the right people see this and take it for what it is... constructive criticism that will help the entire site.
One more thing... in my opinion, not every list needs to be alphabetized. To me, it's extremely boring to look through suggestions in alphabetical order.
This happened to me recently, and I immediately reached out to the editor to get her reasoning on headline changes that would affect SEO and weren't logical given the meaning of the article.
I got an immediate response and was allowed to change back the headings involved.
MAybe you could try to also reach out to the editor who emailed you the changes?
A reasoned email should do it.
I hope.
I hear you! Editors can make mistakes. That is why I feel working with the editors before the revised version goes live helps the overall group.
Or the editor makes the changes and saves them before officially posting them. The writer looks over the changes and gives valuable feedback. Then, the revised article goes live.
I think this would be the best way to do it.
I like it that far...the writer to be carry along in all the input. That tells you and me a thing...cordial relations.
I feel your pain. A few years ago, I had an article that was changed after being posted for quite some time. The edit changed the whole context of a paragraph. I changed it back. After a day, I received an email with a warning and it was changed back. I removed the article. I understand people make mistakes, but that really upset me. I'm glad it doesn't happen often.
Me too. I just think drastic changes to an article that is getting lots of views and quite high in Google search shouldn't be messed with that much. This is the 2nd one for me and both times, whoever did it, realized the mistakes and changed it back, but (at least with my horse article) sometimes traffic never recovers.
I just revert the changes if I don't like them. I notice too that editors no longer seem to check our articles after we change them. The last "Congratulations! We've Reviewed Your Article on <sitename> and It Looks Great!" email I got after editing was in May. I suppose they're too busy trawling through all articles and giving them basic edits.
It's best that editors work in tandem with writers. Have the editors forgot to contact the author before making any snipe? That tell you and me they'll human, and not the other way.
I do want all the editors to know that they are appreciated, as most of the time the smaller edits made are to the benefit of my articles. It just seems that when articles are "overhauled", especially ones that already draw lots of traffic and rank well on Google really make me scratch my head and ask... why? What is the motive to doing that?
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