traffic and earnings

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   letstalkabouteducposted 18 months ago

   In the fall, HubPages said that traffic and earnings would be back to normal in a few months but, sadly, that hasn't happened. Could someone from the team explain what you're doing on your end to rectify the situation? That would encourage writers like me to create more content. It would be wonderful to have a regular team member join the forums from time to time with information like they once did.Thanks!

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      Kenna McHughposted 18 months agoin reply to this

      Yes! Transparency!

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      HubPagesposted 18 months agoin reply to this

      Hi there. We are continuing to work on improving page load and core web vitals across all of our sites, but it may take time for those changes to have an impact.

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         Glenn Stokposted 18 months agoin reply to this

         I'm glad to see the staff is aware of this problem, because I suspect it has a significant impact on SEO. I noticed sections of some pages loading slowly when I click on HubPages' articles. When I view pages on my own site, they pop up quickly, so I know it's not my Internet. I hope this gets resolved soon because it will take time for Google to detect the improvement.

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            Kenna McHughposted 18 months agoin reply to this

            Yes. I agree. Please hurry up, HP!

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            eugbugposted 18 months agoin reply to this

            Page load on my phone is really slow, while it's fast on a notebook. Ads load before images which isn't a good user experience.

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               PaulGoodman67posted 18 months agoin reply to this

               Yes, I've been getting the Google Analytics warnings about slow-loading pages. It needs sorting.
               
               I appreciate that it takes time to fix things and Google doesn't react quickly.
               
               However, the SEO problems at HP have been going on for over 20 months now, it's inevitable that writers here are frustrated.

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         EricDockettposted 18 months agoin reply to this

         Is there any discussion at all about revamping the ad layout? Surely you have to recognize the impact it is having on readers. At the very least it has to play a role in page load times.
         
         I mean this constructively, and I do really appreciate that HP is making an effort, but to be blunt, it seems pointless to worry about the ratio of the top image when ads break up the text every few lines, making the page extremely difficult to read.
         
         You seem to be working on everything but this issue, which appears to be the main problem.

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            SerenityHaloposted 18 months agoin reply to this

            Agreed. I think changing top images is only going to amount to a very small, if not even noticeable, change to traffic and earnings.

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         SerenityHaloposted 18 months agoin reply to this

         Thank you for responding, HP. I know it's near impossible to put a definitive timeframe on all of this.

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      viryaboposted 18 months agoin reply to this

      I’ve been waiting on that to happen for a couple of months now.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 18 months ago

   I agree on all points.

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   PegCole17posted 18 months ago

   Seems to me that traffic views have dropped consistently as the design of the site has become more difficult to navigate. Maybe it's just me, but signing in on my one of my email notifications didn't allow me to go to my own page afterward. I also miss being able to search for fellow-writers to read their latest. And PS, my traffic is actually embarrassing at this point. Where I used to sign in to address 100 comments on one article, I now have less overall visits than that.

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   psycheskinnerposted 18 months ago

   I agree that at least part of the issue us too many ads that are to intrusive.  Please, please look into this. It will make more money in short term A B testing, but kill traffic.

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