The ads are waaaay too many!

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   weezyschannelposted 3 months ago

   Holy cow! Just looked at one of my articles on pet helpful. The article was smothered in ads on top, middle, bottom, sides; everywhere! No wonder the viewers get off so quickly. It was over the top image, video ads

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      WriterJanisposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      This has been a recent discussion on the boards and many people are frustrated by the amount of ads.

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      theraggededgeposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      They are drowning the site. And the management doesn't care.

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         Miebakagh57posted 3 months agoin reply to this

         That may be. Because hubpages is under TAG directive. And they's nothing Hubpages can do in the present situation.

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      Miebakagh57posted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Agreed. It has been the subject of lots of discussion, in recent time.

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      chef-de-jourposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Ongoing debate and speculation in the forums - two years' worth and more!
      
      All the niches are suffering to varying degree for various reasons but the bottom line is Google hates HP.
      
      To sum up: too many ads, too little communication from HP.
      
      Prognosis: poor.
      Beatles' song: HELP!
      Book Title: A Day in the Life of a HP Text Capsule.
      Latin Angle: Repeat Ad nauseam.

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   Eileen Hughesposted 3 months ago

   I know our articles get lost in them and yet we can't put many amazon ads on our site without 300 words so they keep saying

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   Eileen Hughesposted 3 months ago

   I just checked my top hub pro article 29 ads and one video same one repeated 7 times. That was just a quick boring look. Who would bother to read it

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      WriterJanisposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      That is so crazy! What I have found is that HubPages isn't the only site that bombards readers with ads. I've read articles on others sites that are just as guilty.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 3 months ago

   Chef, I adore your above comment. We can entertain ourselves by communicating with each other on this issue. It is a good way of not getting tense against those HP or, is it the Google, Gods!

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      Jodahposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Good tip, Venkat.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 3 months ago

   I can't even stand to look at my own articles unless I use Author View mode, so I can only imagine how aggravating it must be for the average reader.
   
   And yet people still ask, "why are we losing traffic?" Ummm... hello?

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      theraggededgeposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      And don't they look lovely in author view?

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         Kenna McHughposted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Yes, they do.

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         eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Yes, that's the way I like to view them. Maybe someone will buy Hubpages and turn it around.

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            Miebakagh57posted 3 months agoin reply to this

            Methink hubpages is already bought? Excure me? We had a new  CEO?

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               Gregory DeVictorposted 3 months agoin reply to this

               Miebakagh, I think what Eugene means is that a company could buy HubPages and drastically modify the page layout to make it more user friendly and pleasing to the eye.

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                  Miebakagh57posted 3 months agoin reply to this

                  Yes. It's welcome.

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            SerenityHaloposted 3 months agoin reply to this

            It would be nice if TAG sold off some of its assets, including HP. I think it's mostly concentrating its efforts on the kerfuffle that is Sports Illustrated.
            
            I'm unsure if a new owner could help revive this place considering the issues with Google, but at the moment, a new strategy is needed to bring back traffic, views, earnings, etc.

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         Gregory DeVictorposted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Yes, they look magnificent, graphics and all.

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      Miebakagh57posted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Good God! The outside readers?

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   Jodahposted 3 months ago

   Thank God for “author view.”

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   eugbugposted 3 months ago

   It wouldn't be so bad if they could be displayed better with proper alignment and not break up text. The scattering and untidy appearance irritates me more than the number. However it technically doesn't appear to be possible to do this.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 3 months ago

   The option in the Adsense A/C "show ads in between text" should be disabled. It is not our job, however. It is for HP or TAG.

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      Miebakagh57posted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Those ads on AdSense a/c were placed by Google. 2 or 3 are the maximum on a page. Whereas nowadays, hubpages will placed multitudes of ads.

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