Article not found on discovery pages

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   Maggie Peraltaposted 5 months ago

   I recently submitted a new article. It passed QA and is tagged as "featured". But it isn't available on discovery pages. I can't find it published anywhere. Has anyone experienced the same thing or could it be related to the delayed view stats issue?

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      Marketing Meritposted 5 months agoin reply to this

      The one about home furniture is showing as being on Hubpages and not discovery Maggie.

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         Maggie Peraltaposted 5 months agoin reply to this

         Oh yeah. I did see it on hubpages. I was just kinda confused why it isn't showing on discovery... I'm not really sure what I did wrong...

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      theraggededgeposted 5 months agoin reply to this

      You need to credit those images and make sure they have an appropriate commercial-use license.
      
      https://hubpageshelp.com/content/Learni … -image-use

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         Maggie Peraltaposted 5 months agoin reply to this

         Thanks! I'll edit the article now.

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      Matt Wellsposted 5 months agoin reply to this

      When an article is featured it always starts on hubpages.com. If the article receives enough traffic, it is automatically moved to discover.hubpages.com.

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         Maggie Peraltaposted 5 months agoin reply to this

         Oh I see. So it could actually be related to the page view stats not updating. I remember the issue started right after my article got approved. It's stuck at 0 views right now, so maybe that's why it's not moving to discovery. Thanks so much for the insight!

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         Jan Stepanposted 5 months agoin reply to this

         I have the same issue with the latest poem I wrote. It's featured but ain't showing on Discover. But I suppose it will soon be moved to LetterPile anyway, given that all of my previous poems did.

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            Maggie Peraltaposted 5 months agoin reply to this

            Oh! So some articles are automatically moved to niche sites? By automatic, I mean the staff/admins do it for us. Lol. I thought I have to manually submit my article everytime.

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               Jan Stepanposted 5 months agoin reply to this

               Nope, not the recently published ones. Admins usually pick them up, go through them, and move them to niche sites. However, sometimes they don't – even when the articles are valuable for the niche site... If that happens, you need to submit it manually.

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                  Maggie Peraltaposted 5 months agoin reply to this

                  Thanks for sharing that info. I learn something new everyday.

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                     Jan Stepanposted 5 months agoin reply to this

                     You're welcome. And yes, we all do.

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                     PaulGoodman67posted 5 months agoin reply to this

                     Yes, ideally, after the publish button is pressed, an article is accepted to hp.com then goes to Discover, and then onto a niche without any action by the writer.
                     
                     In reality, it can be stopped at any stage for a variety of reasons.
                     
                     If an article isn't accepted onto a niche within a couple of weeks after publication, you can manually submit it but there's a good chance that it won't make it without some changes being made.

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