No Redirects

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  1. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 3 months ago

    So I've just noticed there are no redirects from links we've posted on the Internet to network site articles. So we've lost all our backlinks and work we've spent sharing those links everywhere.

    1. Kenna McHugh profile image93
      Kenna McHughposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      I figured.

    2. viryabo profile image85
      viryaboposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Gosh!
      What a sad situation.

    3. Patty Inglish, MS profile image88
      Patty Inglish, MSposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Cr#p!

    4. Cloverleaf profile image90
      Cloverleafposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      I don’t see what the problem is here. I have created hundreds of PetHelpful pins and they all direct to Discover HubPages as they should when clicked.

      1. eugbug profile image95
        eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

        Maybe setting up the redirects is work in progress and not all of the changes have been completed yet? I checked a Skyaboveus pin and it redirects while none of the Dengarden ones do,

        1. Cloverleaf profile image90
          Cloverleafposted 3 months agoin reply to this

          I checked what was my best Dengarden article and yes, you're absolutely right, no redirect. This is a major problem! It had many incoming links from various sources when it was on Dengarden. Those sources have probably flagged it as a 404 broken link and deleted it from their sites by now. No wonder it hardly gains any traffic these days. Have you reported the problem to team@hubpages.com?

          1. JerryFisher profile image86
            JerryFisherposted 3 months agoin reply to this

            Maybe I'm overly suspicious but it's almost like they're deliberately trying to break this site.

            1. viryabo profile image85
              viryaboposted 3 months agoin reply to this

              I have felt this same way too.
              Almost like driving us up the wall so we can throw in the towel out of frustration.
              Maybe our resilience is even irritating them, who knows.

          2. eugbug profile image95
            eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

            No, but I presume they look at this because it's in the "technical questions" category of the forums.

          3. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
            Matt Wellsposted 3 months agoin reply to this

            Have you noticed this issue with other redirects besides Dengarden to Discover?

            1. Glenn Stok profile image94
              Glenn Stokposted 3 months agoin reply to this

              Matt, the problem might relate to the fact that since Thursday, October 31st, 2024, TAG began “operating Dengarden and PetHelpful as standalone sites within The Arena Group,” as Lisa Winter posted in the forum. That could have affected the support of 301 redirects from those two domains. Redirects from other network sites that were left under the control of HubPages work fine.

            2. theraggededge profile image87
              theraggededgeposted 3 months agoin reply to this

              I've just checked one that had been on Exemplore. It works fine and goes to Discover.

              1. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
                Matt Wellsposted 3 months agoin reply to this

                It may just be an issue with Dengarden to Discover redirects, which we are already working on.

            3. Cloverleaf profile image90
              Cloverleafposted 3 months agoin reply to this

              I am only seeing the issue with Dengarden. Thanks for looking into this, Matt!

    5. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
      Matt Wellsposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      I'll look into this and see what the issue is.

      1. Kenna McHugh profile image93
        Kenna McHughposted 3 months agoin reply to this

        It also explains why stats are way down. All that work for backlinks is gone. It's so frustrating. I hope we do hear back from you, Matt.

      2. eugbug profile image95
        eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

        Thanks Matt.

    6. Cloverleaf profile image90
      Cloverleafposted 7 weeks agoin reply to this

      Pethelpful redirects are broken again. Matt, please can you fix this?

      1. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
        Matt Wellsposted 7 weeks agoin reply to this

        Send an example to team@hubpages.com please.

        1. Cloverleaf profile image90
          Cloverleafposted 7 weeks agoin reply to this

          I have emailed 2 examples to you, Matt.

          Please understand that these redirects seem to be broken for all PetHelpful articles that were moved to Discover - which is A LOT, not just mine.

          I know you'll do your best to fix this, but the longer this problem persists, the more damage is done. Referrers are very quick to delete broken links forever. So, this is pretty much killing off our backlink campaign.

  2. Jodah profile image89
    Jodahposted 3 months ago

    I was worried that might happen. I hoped the links would automatically move to Discover but I guess not.

  3. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 3 months ago

    So if you or other people have pinned stuff or posted links on social media, all that traffic will likely disappear.

  4. Venkatachari M profile image87
    Venkatachari Mposted 3 months ago

    Oh! I didn't think of it. So, you need to start again linking the articles from Discover if you want to promote them.

    Thanks for letting me know.

  5. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 3 months ago

    I'm thinking it may be deliberate to keep people on network sites that will be assimilated. I notice too that all the links on Pinterest that go to other network sites have somehow disappeared. E.g. Turbofuture ones. Does Pinterest remove dead links? I usually check pins after pinning, so I don't think I could have left out the link on all of them. There are two types of pins, ones that are created on the website and images directly pinned from websites. Usually the latter have a link that appears on cursor hover-over, whereas the others have a link below the about text. Possibly Pinterest are removing the hover-over link/tap link if it's giving a 404.The Dengarden pins are giving a 404 on the Dengarden website when the link is visited.

    1. OldRoses profile image66
      OldRosesposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Oh, Lord.  This means I have to edit a few hundred pins.  Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

    2. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
      Matt Wellsposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      It's not intentional.

  6. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 3 months ago

    "If a Pin leads to a blank page, we might automatically replace that link with a more useful one."

    https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/fix-a-broken-link

    Probably the same for 404s. I've queried this with them.

  7. lobobrandon profile image78
    lobobrandonposted 3 months ago

    If a bunch of links to the network sites are taken away it would harm the network sites a bit more than a dead link I guess. Crappy thing to do to the authors if this is intentional.

  8. Glenn Stok profile image94
    Glenn Stokposted 3 months ago

    I had updated all my pins when my articles were moved to discover. I’m glad I did. You can still do that now. It’s a lot of work but worth the time if you’d been getting traffic from Pinterest.

    It’s a shame that TAG has taken over many of the network sites for themselves and now posting their own content that looks like it’s AI generated. If it’s not a bug and they are truly shutting down 301 redirects, that indicates they are eliminating any existing HubPages content on their platform.

  9. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 3 months ago

    Pinterest is blocking all my URL edits now. I think it's behaving like Facebook and I must have triggered a spam filter.

    1. Glenn Stok profile image94
      Glenn Stokposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      When I updated my pins it blocked me after doing ten at a time. But when I went back to it a couple of days later, I was able to update another ten. It seems they only let you change URLs on ten pins in a session. So, Eugene, try waiting a few days and try again.

      1. eugbug profile image95
        eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

        Yes, I noticed that. I think I was able to change some after around an hour though.

        1. Glenn Stok profile image94
          Glenn Stokposted 3 months agoin reply to this

          That’s good to know for those who still need to change their URLs. I never tried continuing after just an hour. I always waited a few days to change more. Anyway, I’m done now, having changed all my URLs of hubs that were moved to discover.

          To the other point, I always made my pins directly in Pinterest so that I had more control over how they looked with images I created specifically for Pinterest. That’s why I was able to change the URLs. But you’re right that pins made from the “pin it” button can’t be changed.

          1. PaulGoodman67 profile image98
            PaulGoodman67posted 3 months agoin reply to this

            I agree. If you're going to pin, it's worth putting in the effort to create pins. Using the button is quick and easy but it's generally less effective at getting traffic.

            I think I will focus on updating the URLs for the pins with most traffic. While there are some success stories, I have a lot of pins that get zero or negligible engagement.

            I feel I have to justify any time and effort I put in nowadays when it comes to HP.

    2. Kenna McHugh profile image93
      Kenna McHughposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      So, you guys are going into your Pinterest account and manually changing the links?

      1. eugbug profile image95
        eugbugposted 3 months agoin reply to this

        You can only do it for created pins on the Pinterest website. It's not possible for saved pins made directly from a website by clicking on the "Pin it" button on images. I don't know whether I really want to go to the trouble of changing all my pins. Max traffic was only 200 per day in any case, so hardly worth it. Maybe Matt will tell us whether something can be done about this, although I guess no more major work is likely to be done on the site apart for keeping it alive, temporarily at least.

  10. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 3 months ago

    Well that's good news if it's just a glitch and we don't have to do lots of resharing.

  11. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 2 months ago

    I think this is working now at least on any of the Dengarden pins I've checked

  12. Kenna McHugh profile image93
    Kenna McHughposted 2 months ago

    Eugene, How do we check our pins?

    1. eugbug profile image95
      eugbugposted 2 months agoin reply to this

      Just click the links in them to make sure they redirect rather than going to the network sites.

  13. Kenna McHugh profile image93
    Kenna McHughposted 2 months ago

    Thanks, Eugene.

  14. eugbug profile image95
    eugbugposted 7 weeks ago

    Dengarden and Turbofuture redirects are broken again.

    1. Kenna McHugh profile image93
      Kenna McHughposted 7 weeks agoin reply to this

      Oh boy!

    2. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
      Matt Wellsposted 7 weeks agoin reply to this

      Please send examples to team@hubpages.com and I will take a look.

  15. alexadry profile image91
    alexadryposted 7 weeks ago

    I recently sent a list of links that are returning a 404 error, and I’m concerned there may be additional ones affected. I hope this issue can be resolved soon. Thank you for your time and willingness to assist.

 
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