Link Redirects to Dengarden Articles

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   eugbugposted 3 days ago

   I asked this before, but nothing was done.
   Can our Dengarden backlinks be redirected to Discover? One of my articles that got lots of Traffic was shared on Facebook, but now a Dengarden article is benefiting from this traffic.
   Should I send an invoice to TAG for this?
   I'll spam their X posts for a response.

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      Glenn Stokposted 3 days agoin reply to this

      Eugene, I noticed that all articles that were originally on Dengarden now redirect to the top domain or to a subdomain of Dengarden. Looks like everyone who had Dengarden articles now are losing redirect traffic.

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         eugbugposted 3 days agoin reply to this

         At least one link redirects to a similar article to mine on Dengarden.

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            Glenn Stokposted 3 days agoin reply to this

            That's interesting that any article links to a specific article. Could they be playing these games to increase their own profits? That might explain why TAGs stock (symbol AREN) went up so much since I wrote my article about buying its stock. It was trading at only 80¢ back then and closed today at $4.87 (A 600% increase in ten months!).

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            Shesabutterflyposted 38 hours agoin reply to this

            I've seen this occasionally too. I only noticed, because the title was different enough that I questioned whether I clicked the wrong link. When I checked, the URL was wrong. I was sent to a different article.

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      OldRosesposted 2 days agoin reply to this

      What links are you talking about?  All of my former Dengarden articles have discover in their URL and go to HubPages when I test them.  Also, I changed all the links on my Pinterest page and those articles all go to HubPages instead of Dengarden.

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         eugbugposted 2 days agoin reply to this

         Some of the Dengarden links I found on Facebook still go to Dengarden. I can't change them, because other people shared them. I've left messages asking them would they mind editing them, but they haven't.

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         Kenna McHughposted 2 days agoin reply to this

         I have the same question, Caren. Eugene. My former DenGarden articles have taken a steep dive since the change. So, I'm curious: how can I find out if TAG is linking away from my articles? Or, how is TAG funneling from my articles?

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   Venkatachari Mposted 2 days ago

   Is it happening even after opting out of network sites? Or, do you still have your articles there?

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      eugbugposted 2 days agoin reply to this

      No, I don't have any articles on the sites.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 2 days ago

   So, if we previously shared an article from a network site link, the link would land on that network site even if we backed that article from that site. That is what we are talking about?

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   PaulGoodman67posted 2 days ago

   The link architecture is now going to support TAG articles, I don’t think there’s much we can do, but I guess there’s no harm in trying.
   
   When an announcement begins with “Thank you for being a part of HubPages over the years”, it’s a goodbye letter.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 39 hours agoin reply to this

      While the number of backlinks that an article gets isn't quite as important for the Google algorithm as it used to be in the early years, it's still a big deal.
      
      There will inevitably be a gradual downward drift in Google traffic in the months ahead.
      
      One of the big advantages of publishing at HP used to be all the internal links that we got.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 14 hours ago

   One of the reasons why they're keeping hp.com/Discover ticking over, in my estimation, is that it's a source of backlinks for TAG articles.
   
   If they got rid of HP.com, there would be SEO implications and a traffic loss for TAG articles.
   
   Needless to say, if this is the case, there's no way that they would revert to backlinks going to HP articles.
   
   That's why my tone in earlier responses is fatalistic.

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      Glenn Stokposted 14 hours agoin reply to this

      That could be a reason why TAG increased 600%.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 13 hours agoin reply to this

         At a corporate level, I believe that they're focusing more on things like videos and AI now; they don't see textual content creation as the future.
         
         It's a greater shift than just being about putting HP out to pasture. We're a small and increasingly irrelevant cog in a big machine.
         
         So I don't see the change in share price as being specifically related to what's happening here.
         
         The world of search and media is changing, TAG are reacting and we're suffering. But ultimately, we don't matter much in business terms.

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            Glenn Stokposted 13 hours agoin reply to this

            Yeah, I agree with you. TAG is doing a lot of things to benefit the company. It’s sad that HubPages is not part of it. At least I’m glad I bought TAG at 80¢ when I mentioned it last year. I’m holding long-term even after it just went over $5.00. That makes up for the loss from my articles.

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               chef-de-jourposted 13 hours agoin reply to this

               Nice one Glenn, good to know your stock (!) is rising. You bought shares whilst a writer for TAG which to my mind is either forward thinking or a mighty big gamble, or both... anyways...when you reach billionaire status (post Trump?) wouldn't it be fantasy land for you to purchase TAG and reinvent the HP name?

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                  Glenn Stokposted 12 hours agoin reply to this

                  Good one Andrew…Reinventing the HP name. That’s kind of what I meant in my article about all of us owning TAG. lol. Forward thinking was simply based on the fact that it only would have required a $600 investment from each of the 36,000 HP writers to own all of TAG at their evaluation when I wrote about it.

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