"unfeatured" is a certainty over time.

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   Good Guyposted 4 months ago

   I think this feature needs to be discontinued.  Over time most of our hubs will succumb to loss of traffic.  Nothing to do with the fall in quality of the hubs but simply reduced traffic.  No matter how I twigged or improved, nothing works.  Over time most of our hubs will be "unfeatured".

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      WryLiltposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Google's rules have become far more stringent over time, which means an article that was ranking five years ago, no longer meets their quality guidelines. Even if it's featured, there's no point having it sit there impacting the entirely of Hubpage's SEO footprint if it doesn't get traffic.
      You can still display it on your profile even if it's unfeatured.

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         eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Yes I would agree. They only want cool new stuff even if it's crap, rather than quality content.

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            PaulGoodman67posted 3 months agoin reply to this

            I'm not sure what you mean by that?
            
            It's true that HP want people to keep producing new stuff.
            
            However, I've not seen anything to suggest that Google generally favors new articles over old.

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               eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

               I'm  constantly seeing my guides pushed down the rankings by stuff that is newer, but much thinner in terms of length and depth of coverage. E.g a 40 line article that is just a paragraph with no structure.

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                  PaulGoodman67posted 3 months agoin reply to this

                  I've not seen any major changes like that with the algo.
                  
                  It's got harder to know what's happening, though. Updates roll out all the time nowadays so the turbulence is regular.
                  
                  However, I don't intend to publish new hubs in the near future as I don't believe they generally do better than older articles.
                  
                  There's been a slight uptick with views recently. They're still below what they were in early December, though, and earnings are worse than ever.
                  
                  The relentless decline in earnings never ceases to shock.

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         Solarasposted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Is it your opinion that have ads every 7-12 lines of text impacts the site's quality in Google's eyes?

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      Janenderituposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Am tired of this none of my hubs has gotten featured, I know I have been here for only a week but still

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         theraggededgeposted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Have you read all the material at the Learning Center (Click Help, top right, to navigate there)?
         
         I noticed on your Seven Habits article that you have mixed up the headings. It's hard to see the 'seven'. Be consistent in the formatting or readers will be confused. I thought I was reading another article when I reached the 'Working out in a group' header. You don't need a heading in an image capsule, just a caption underneath, including citing and linking to the image source.
         
         Good luck.

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            Janenderituposted 3 months agoin reply to this

            Thens for the headsup

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