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   AnupamaRposted 2 years ago

   Just when a new article starts doing well, an earlier article that was doing consistently well starts losing views - like from 25 views/day to zero views.
   My total views don't increase even if I write regularly. Why would this happen?

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      WriterJanisposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      By any chance are the articles you're referring to on niche sites or Discover?

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         AnupamaRposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Yes. In one instance both were on the same network site. In another instance, old and new were on different networking sites.

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            WriterJanisposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            What I have found is that if one of my articles only gets published on Discover, I get very few hits. If I get on the front page of a niche site, especially if I get the cover story, I'll get a lot of hits until I'm no longer on the front page. Then the hits plummet.

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      chef-de-jourposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Writing articles online can be a bit of a hit and miss activity as you perhaps already know but it's encouraging to see that you've had partial success with your work.
      
      With HP you need patience and consistency to build a decent audience and retain good levels of traffic. So I recommend you keep writing quality articles on the subject you love and in theory at least your views will increase and earnings should follow. But it's never straightforward - some articles will excel, others divebomb. There are many reasons as to why: subject matter, quality and length of article, competition, Google updates.....
      
      To give yourself a good chance of success create a load of evergreen articles, long and short, and give them time to mature. Review your progress. What works best? Longer articles on a specialist topic or a more generic approach? Catch up with info at the Learning Center.
      
      I'm not quite sure if the new article you mention is on a different topic to the earlier one. I presume it is. Remember that individual articles can gain a lot of views, a spike, in a short time depending on where that traffic comes from. Many can visit your article for seconds then leave. What's best on HP is to have steady organic traffic, medium to long term viewing on a sustained basis.
      
      At present HP (owned by TAG) is going through a tough time. Frequent Google updates are hitting the niche sites like never before so we have to ride the storm and hope things get better soon.
      
      Onward and upward. Good luck for future writing and views.

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         AnupamaRposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks so much for the detailed reply. Guess will just have to keep writing.

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      greenmindposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      It's cold comfort, but if you keep writing for a year or more you will find that a few articles "take off" while the rest just sit there. In my experience it's nearly impossible to predict which ones will soar, so I just keep writing. As others have suggested, if you enjoy writing and find it meaningful, then the views will come, just not necessarily from the stories you expect. I have articles that get close to 1,000 views a day, and many many more that get fewer than 10.

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         AnupamaRposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Wow..1000 views/day is awesome! Thanks a lot. I do enjoy writing. Think should write for a year before starting to worry about page views.

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   AnupamaRposted 2 years ago

   Thanks so much for the detailed reply. Guess will just have to keep writing.

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      Jan Stepanposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Go for it!
      
      For only being here a few months, you've done a lot of work. I think you'll do better and better with time.
      
      It's far from easy right now when considering everything going on, but I still believe in HubPages and that the time spent writing here is well worth the effort.
      
      It doesn't hurt that there's a nice community of writers here. It's always nice to do a bit of chit-chat and "complain" together.
      
      Enjoy your time here, and best of luck!

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         AnupamaRposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks a lot! hehe, you are right about the nice community here. Was wondering if I was doing something wrong. But yes, nothing is easy I suppose. Good luck to you too!

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            Jan Stepanposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            You know what they say: If it was easy, everybody would do it.
            
            Thank you for your wishes!

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   AnupamaRposted 2 years ago

   Yes. I've noticed that too. Just that the two articles were on different niche sites and wasn't sure why the views for an earlier article would suddenly drop. Maybe it was just a coiincidence. Like how some others have mentioned here, guess will just keep writing. Probably views will come with time. Thanks for your mail.

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