404 errors on articles moved to niche sites

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   Mike Grindleposted 14 months ago

   Hey everyone,
   
   So, over the weekend I had two articles moved to network sites - one to ToughNickel and the other to Turbofuture. However, over 48 hours later, the links to these articles are returning 404s:
   
   * https://turbofuture.com/computers/debun … ut-hackers
   * https://toughnickel.com/self-employment … become-one
   
   I know from past experience that sometimes it takes a while for articles to actually show up on the network sites. But since it's been 48 hours I thought I'd seek advice on the matter.
   
   I don't know if anyone else is having this issue or if staff could advise?

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      Kenna McHughposted 14 months agoin reply to this

      Did you reach out to team@hubpages.com?

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         Mike Grindleposted 14 months agoin reply to this

         I sent a message through the help section form. I'm assuming that goes to their email.
         
         Hopefully, I'll get a response soon. It's a frustrating problem to have.

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            Kenna McHughposted 14 months agoin reply to this

            I hear you. It's probably a code error, simple to fix, but frustrating when you can't repair it and have to wait for someone else to do it.

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      Matt Wellsposted 14 months agoin reply to this

      Thanks for reporting. We are looking into this issue.

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         Mike Grindleposted 14 months agoin reply to this

         Thanks, appreciate it.

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   theraggededgeposted 14 months ago

   It's probably part of all the other glitchy stuff going on at the moment.

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      Mike Grindleposted 14 months agoin reply to this

      I suspect so. Between the blank newsletters, the endless spam emails and the frozen stats, it's looking like the staff have got their hands full right now.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 14 months agoin reply to this

         I think “glitchy” is perhaps an understatement with regard to what is happening with the site.

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            Mike Grindleposted 14 months agoin reply to this

            Almost feels like their IT support was let go or something. I know there were some massive cuts recentely.

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               PaulGoodman67posted 14 months agoin reply to this

               There's been all sorts happening with The Arena Group, which HP is part of.
               
               It's been covered in other threads, most recently the chef-de-jour one, "Valentine Message from TAG."

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   eugbugposted 14 months ago

   Meanwhile in other bad news, traffic according to GA is continuing to fall.

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      Mike Grindleposted 14 months agoin reply to this

      A shame to hear that.

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      OldRosesposted 14 months agoin reply to this

      Falling like a rock. In all the years that I've been on HubPages (joined 2008), I've never seen anything like this.  It's shocking.  My traffic should be rising rapidly as we head into gardening season.  Instead it's falling, as are the CPMs.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 14 months agoin reply to this

      The problems here aren't going away. If anything, they seem to be intensifying.

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   Gregory DeVictorposted 14 months ago

   At some point during 2023, I remember that one of my articles was moved to HobbyLark and I was also receiving a 404 error. Finally, I notified the team and the issue was eventually resolved.

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      Mike Grindleposted 14 months agoin reply to this

      That's reassuring to hear. Just weird it happened to two articles on two network sites.

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         Gregory DeVictorposted 14 months agoin reply to this

         I agree with you on that. Plus, it also happened at the same time as the page views glitch and whatever else was going on.

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