60DC Team Complete - Questions and ideas?

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   Ohmaposted 14 years ago

   Sunforged, would it help if I were to write a hub about my blog and my web page that are both running the RSS feed. and out of curiosity even though I am not participating in the challenge will running the feed benifit me?
   I am not being greedy I just wondered.
   Whether it does or not I still want to help.

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   Mark Knowlesposted 14 years ago

   Speaking of RSS - I have now submitted our joint feed to a lot of RSS directories - you can see the full list here:
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Making-money-on … e-rss-feed
   
   Now maybe I will get around to writing something.
   
   And I think I added a bad link to the RSS feed last time. These are the correct ones. My bad - sorry if that added to the confusion...
   
   http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot?rss
   
   http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/best?rss

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      barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      thanks Mark,
      Yes there was a typo in the first one so hense the confusion from me !

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   Any further questions? Anything not so clear?

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      barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      nope !

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   englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

   60 Day Hub Challenge already a success!!
   If it wasn't for sunforged advice of writing in groups I would have never written these hubs and they would have never get featured.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   I would link to thank Rose(rmcrayne) for this snap.
   
   
   My Traffic Stats:  Before the start of this challenge I took a snap of the traffic stats and I was at 125 visitors and now on 7th day I am on 350 visitors. 
   
   Traffic on Day 1 of challenge
   
   
   
   Traffic on Day 7
   
   
   
   Also my adsense earning are now ticking on a regular basis.  I express my gratitude to sunforged for coming up with this brilliant idea and all the other hubbers and participants for promoting our work and taking part.  I really don't have the words to thank you all.  Best of luck and I am sure of everyone achieving their goals.

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      JeanMeriamposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's great. Congratulations. Now I'll probably go read your hubs and learn a few more places to backlink.

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      prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      great job enlightened!

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   wavegirl22posted 14 years ago

   Enlightened. . all I can say  . .IS YOU GO GIRL!!!

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   englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

   Thanks Jean.  I really appreciate it.
   
   @wavegirl
   
   Just read your hub.  excellent is all I can say.  Thanks for the compliments.

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   wordscribe41posted 14 years ago

   Hope everyone is doing well.  Just published two more hubs today, feeling good about the challenge so far.  I appreciate all the effort on many people's parts...  Mark and Richard, I've yet to say thanks to you both!  Gosh, if only I had more time to actually read other team members hubs...  Ugh, I've been feeling badly about that.

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   englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

   Thank you PDH!!

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   barryrutherfordposted 14 years ago

   My visitation stats are very encouraging. They have doubled in a few days & tripled in the last two weeks..

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      englightenedsoulposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Congrats Rutherford.  I am sure the every partcipants traffic would increase multiple times by the end of this challenge!!

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         barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         indeed let us hope so enlightenedsoul

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I haven't seen any improvement in my stats yet - in fact, they've gone down.  However, I wouldn't expect to see much outside traffic yet.  I'm sure it'll be a different story in a few weeks!

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         JeanMeriamposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Mine went up and then came back down. Today.... well it was awful.
         
         I'm sure as we get more backlinks things will look up. I have seen some backlinks I didn't put there. One was Mark's blog, I think. 
         
         I put out RSS on a couple of blogs and twitter.
         
         We will see.

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            Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Well, you have to remember that all most of us has done so far, is write Hubs as usual - the only difference is the added RSS feed.
            
            A bit of promotion has happened - like Mark's blog (and mine, if I can get the dratted thing working properly!), but we haven't really got started on that yet.
            
            So personally, I wasn't really expecting anything unusual.  I've probably had a quicker reaction from fellow Hubbers looking at the hubs, that's about it.

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    Boomer60posted 14 years ago

    I just completed my fourth hub for the challenge. Spring break is putting me behind on this this week. I should have eight hubs done by now so I am still 4 behind. Hope I can get 30 hubs done by the 30 days.
    
    This is really quite fun. I have added my feeds to some feed sites. Hope that helps! Not sure that is what I should be doing.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    This early boost is just hub traffic, lots of featured hubs and inter group commenting, we really wont be seeing the long term results anytime soon. I noticed from my ebay sales over the years that these early spring/summer weekends are a little less busy - Im assuming people are coming out of winter comas and getting outside
    
    Im typing this from an airport lounge - not sure that I will access the web much this weekend, Im leaving overcast central new york for sunny california ( Ill be on google time!).

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    I have the feed on 3 barely used sites, one PR 3 front page and automated on twitter.
    
    our feed is also on ohmas blog, a couple of mark sites, livewithrichards article site, bestofhubs.com and has been put into a few rss aggregators
    
    -but it has only been a week!

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    I have also put up the feed on one of my blogger blogs which i made specially for this challenge so that I can effectively track my progress and also It would be easy for me to promote.  Also started a blog on orble for all us participants, where I am planning to list every partcipants their hublogs and all their hubs(ofcourse only after feedback from sunforged).  I will make 5 posts soon so that I can I can apply for the domain.  As I read that domain blogs are more authoritative. 
    
    Also I wanted a some advice from you experienced hubbers. Is the name 60-Day-Challenge-Make Money-Online good at SEO point.
    
    And yes Sun, traffic has been a bit low today but adsense still ticking so good overall.

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    Sufidreamerposted 14 years ago

    Good work, folks - thanks to everybody for helping to promote.
    
    I have a lot of the work, at the moment, so I am concentrating on squeezing out Hubs, at the moment. I hope to spend a little more time laying down the foundations for promotion after that. Time is limited, so I apologise for not spending as much time as I should visiting challenge Hubs.
    
    This is proving to be great fun - the momentum is growing

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       prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Go Sufi,
       and to everyone!
       I joined twitter,  facebook this week, and write plus joined   different organizations who have websites like Filipino American community as there are thosands members of them who are into different websites and I am joining so as to put the rss feeds of the challenge into their websites if youre a member,
       I also email some groups by 50 batches, our challenge the log so that they can read it,
       
       plus I am reading all about SEO, from time to time I also write hubs,
       Little by little I am doing these things!

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          barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          dont forget to add me prettydarkhorse then i can promote your hubs...

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             prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             everybody is included in the hublog promotion
             
             I am following edweirdo and ms babyboomer!
             
             mine at twitter is prettydarkhorse

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    Anamika Sposted 14 years ago

    When is this challenge starting? If it has not started yet i would like to participate too.

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       Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Anamika - I'm pretty sure the challenge is closed to new people. Sorry

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    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    sunforged, congrats on being a featured hubber with your two hubs on the front page!! you're not just helping those in the challenge but anyone who is reading these hubs. great work!!

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    Susana Sposted 14 years ago

    Is everyone using one of the feeds on their actual hubs for the challenge (not the logs)? If you are, which one are you using? I noticed sunforged has put the challenge log feed on his  hubs, so I've followed suit. I was just wondering what other peeps are doing?

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       sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       The confusion problems comes from the fact I have the 60dc-logs on 2 feeds - my personal hublog AND the the team hub that showcases all the hublogs.

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          Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I did check the RSS on one of your content hubs, (rather than 60dc info hubs) and all the links were 60dc logs. I guess the feed was showing only logs because they are the "hottest" at the moment, which is why I thought you'd added the 60dc-logs feed.
          
          I'll go back and change my feeds to 60DC, now that I'm clear.
          
          Thanks

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    I am using the following feed...Correct me If I am doing wrong
    
    http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc-logs/hot/?rss

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       Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       This is the one you want:
       
       http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot/?rss
       
       The other one is for just on your log hub.

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          Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Now I'm really confused lol....well it don't take much

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             Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             The feed Mark listed goes on the hubs you create for the challenge in order to provide links to the other challengers' hubs.
             
             Th "60dc-logs" feed is only for the hublog you create - it provides links to other challengers' logs.
             
             Hope that helps

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          shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I have now adjusted all the hubs, except for the hub log, with the RSS feed that Mr Knowles has given us.  Is this the correct course of action?

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             skyfireposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Yes

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    Thank you mark for pointing it out.  I will correct my feeds right away!!

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    Boomer60posted 14 years ago

    Got all the feeds set up (I Think)! Plus I added a feed to my new Twitter account and Facebook account. Also been posting on everyone's hub. Added a beginning graph to  my hub-log, even though I started last Sunday.

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       barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       If you like please add me to your twiiter followers
       
       Look me up on twitter :  barryrutherford

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          Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Done! BTW, I am "TheRealEdweirdo" on twitter

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             Boomer60posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Just added Edweirdo and Barry to my Twitter account.
             
             My Twitter user name is: babyboomer59
             
             I welcome all who want to follow me.

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             shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             There is only one Edweirdo! hehehe
             
             p.s. anyone want to follow me shazwellyn (of...err...course!) I will return with a follow

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    Edweirdoposted 14 years ago

    SF,
    
    Even during your weekend "off" in Cali, you just can't resist logging on!
    
    Have a great time soaking up the sun while we on the east coast suffer the drop in temperature and return to some spring time weather

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       barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       mmm!  The real Edweirdo  pull the other leg ! 

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          Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Are you making fun of me??
          
          I am the REAL Edweirdo, and have been since my little sister dubbed me as such in the 1970's - but someone else took the name "Edweirdo" on twitter before I could lay claim to it, so I felt compelled to clarify when I signed up there

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             barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             just joking

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    Marisa Wrightposted 14 years ago

    Just a point, guys - I've noticed a couple of Hubs without the RSS feed.  Remember it has to go on every Challenge Hub.
    
    Also note you have to put it in a RSS capsule, not a links capsule.  The links capsule will only show one link - the RSS capsule will show a list of Hubs. Set it to 8 (the default is 3).

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       skyfireposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Good point i didn't changed it to 8,so i'll do that now.
       
       
       As for feed not related to hub-topic, i think we can place it under comment capsule.
       
       Also i found that only hub-logs are displayed as hot. So is it good idea to remove 60dc tag from them ? i mean we need linkjuice for content hubs instead of logs. (Waiting for sunforged's input on this.)

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          Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I asked this same question to sunforged in an email, and he instructed me NOT to remove the 60dc variant tags from my log.
          
          The reason why the logs are currently appearing at the top is that they are, for the most part, the first hubs we all published for the challenge and so have had the most time to gain traffic and high hubscores, which makes them both "hot" and "best".
          
          This will probably change over time as we all add more hubs for the challenge...

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    frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

    Hey 60DCers Back, finally. Readjusting and trying to find my very tired head. Scrolled through and have seen a LOT of activity - fantastic! Now I just need to make a start on my own

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       barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Jump to  it Frog ! 

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    oderogposted 14 years ago

    A question on the RSS feeds, am having a challenge. We are either using hot or best tags. What's happens if your hub never falls to these two categories. Some guidance on this so that every team member's hub get feature across the board, what's your thoughts great team

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       Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       
       
       I've had this thought too. The only thing I can think of (but maybe others will have better ideas), is to use as many different challenge feeds as possible across our content hubs. E.g. use 60dc hot, 60dc latest, 60dc best, 60daychallenge hot, 60daychallenge latest, 60daychallenge best, 60 day challenge hot, 60 day challenge latest, 60daychallenge best.
       
       This way there is more chance of hubs lower in the rankings getting some exposure.  What do others think?

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          oderogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Susan S, let team members gives their thought on this and once we are in agreement, the common rss feed should be communicated through private mail just to lock out spammers who might take advantage of our promotional effort. Your thought on this appreciated

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          skyfireposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Good idea,I was thinking about 60dc niche specific tags but i'm just waiting for josh's opinion on lifting low score hubs using niche-specific tags. Something like 60dc-recipe or 60dc-<niche> etc.

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             Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             
             
             That's a good idea skyfire, then we can promote our niche specific hubs through new feeds. Let's see what SF says, and if we need anyone to co-ordinate it I will be happy to help get a list of everyone's topics, distribute it and give a niche specific tag to use.

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                Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                I think that will dilute the whole thing and defeat the idea of all working together. We have a strong, single feed to promote at the moment.
                
                Every single hub with the 60dc tag will benefit from that promotion. The hot/best will change -but - it is the TAG we are promoting via RSS feeds - which will be on all of the hubs. every single one of them..... 'less you forget to add it.
                
                Please do not make this too complex. Here are the RSS feeds that need promoting. Either/Or:
                
                http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot/?rss
                http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/best/?rss
                
                Let me say that again - promote the TAG.
                
                Then do individual promotions - and as i said in my log, if you make 30 hubs, I will personally promote one of your hubs if you add a link to my log.
                
                TAG - you could even add links like this:
                
                hubpages best hubs
                making money online
                
                That way any hub with the tag gets promoted. Work together guys - do not break it up.

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                   Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   
                   
                   No problem Mark I do want us to work together and I will do my best not to overcomplicate things
                   
                   The difficulty for me is that I am trying to get my head round the promotion element of the challenge (maybe too soon!). I know very little about promoting through RSS and I'm having trouble grasping the overview. Can someone put it in simple terms for me and any others who don't fully understand the why and the how?!
                   
                   The benefits of RSS promotion =
                   
                   The 60dc group aims and objectives = (aims = what we want to achieve: objectives = how to achieve each aim)
                   
                   I would also love to know where and how I can promote our feeds apart from RSS aggregators so that I can start on it and not be replicating others promotional efforts.
                   
                   Deary me - I am demanding aren't I, lol I've just got the type of brain that likes to see the BIG PICTURE.

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                      Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      Ok - so - Obviously I was not clear.
                      
                      Promote the TAG. I gave you two examples of promoting the TAG. RSS feeds can be one way of promoting the TAG. But - you could use the two examples I gave of promoting the TAG, by creating a link using the TAG.
                      
                      This is the TAG:
                      
                      http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot
                      
                      These are the RSS feeds to use to promote the TAG
                      
                      http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot/?rss
                      http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/best/?rss
                      
                      but you can also create links to the TAG and here are 2 examples again:
                      
                      hubpages best hubs
                      making money online
                      
                      Broken down:
                      
                      url= http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot ]hubpages best hubs[/url
                      url= http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot ]making money online[/url
                      
                      So - if you are uncomfortable with promoting the RSS feed, and did not like the 3-400 aggregators I added here:
                      
                      http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/40229?page=5#post933815
                      
                      You could, instead, decide to add links to the TAG instead. So, as part of the BIG Picture - go out and create 50 links back to the TAG......
                      
                      This is the tag again:
                      
                      http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc/hot
                      
                      Which is just another hubpages page. Like any other hub page that you would promote. But we all share the benefit......
                      
                      Our aims and objectives are a joint promotional effort to increase the page views, exposure and ultimately income we generate from the pages we create using the 60dc tag.
                      
                      Using the RSS feed also creates a link back to the top hubs showing on the feed - but - we all benefit.
                      
                      Does that make more sense?

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                         prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         Thank you for this one Sir!

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                         Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         
                         
                         LOL Mark - thankyou! I will go out and get 50 backlinks to the tag page using the anchor text you specified. I will make it my mission.
                         
                         I'll think about the promoting the RSS later on.

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                            Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                            LOL
                            
                            Good oh!
                            
                            You can mix up the anchor text to include any tag that might be appropriate. I suspect we will have a wide range of subjects - this is the cool thing about the whole idea.

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                      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      Exactly Susana - you and Skyfire are getting way ahead of yourself. The whole idea of this Challenge is that we do this together, and we're not in the promotion phase yet, when we'll get more sophisticated with promotion.
                      
                      As Sunforged explained, right now we're just getting the main feed out there because it's a quick fix to get us started. You're supposed to be working on your Hubs right now, not worrying about inventing other ways to promote - we're going to move on to that later.  Patience!

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                         skyfireposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         I guess you're right i need to slow down. I'll focus on getting more links to "60dc" tag for now.
                         
                         I'm sure extra hubs/hubbers will be filtered in promotion phase. You can also remove their hub-URL from your tweets if you don't want them to get in.

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                         shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         Im glad you said this Marisa... I was getting a panic on here.  I like verbatim instructions, bullet pointed when the promotion time comes.  Diverting from the aim of creating hubs is slowing me up. 
                         
                         To share the hubber loooove, I really need an updated list of the team.  I am not sure that I am getting all the hubs published to leave a comment and rate up. 
                         
                         Is there a central point that everyone can access with a link to new published hubs especially for 30dcs? Is there a way of getting around the rules as regards self promoting links in threads?  Maybe we could just have a thread called '60dc - United Hubs' where we could post something like: 'Just published hub no 1 on 12th April' .  I thought it would be a good central access point for us all.  We could then just click on the profile of the 60dc hubber and leave a comment - perhaps rate up.
                         
                         I think that SF is our leader and we need to put proposals to him and for him to make the ultimate decision.  We need to accept his decision for the benefit of the team.  We all benefit, at the end of the time.  It is, therefore, the above suggestion that I put to him.
                         
                         BTW... loving the hubs that people are putting out!

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                            Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                            That's a bit how I feel, too.  Sunforged did say that if we reach our target early, we can start promoting early - so I'm thinking that's a better way to tackle it.
                            
                            
                            
                            I think that's why Sunforged wrote this Hub:
                            http://hubpages.com/hub/Goals-Planning- … n-HubPages
                            
                            He's suggested that we should all make sure we're following each other, so we all get notified of all new 60dc Hubs.  I've actually unfollowed quite a few other Hubbers temporarily so I don't get confused!

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                            sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                            Misha is a good chap, but I can also create a private forum in under 5 minutes. I was just kind of away and I was a bit surprised at how vehement the desire to begin promotion is. I will try to make up for lost time.
                            
                            There is an official team hub, there were late joiners and those that were included are listed - 2 or 3 are pointed out in teh comments and I will get them into the hub tonight - the other late joiners, well, i have just been ignoring them, with the least of research they would see I wasnt welcoming anymore newcomers.If as a group you think we should open up to more, then we can do that. Im just a little shy about trying to manage to large of a group and worry that if they were incapable of seeing that the challenge want open, that they would have issues with implementing out strategies too.
                            
                            Its very much a group effort and all the members are skilled and experienced, Im personally open to all suggestions, I have a plan for what i suggest...that doesnt mean we cant do more than I had planned.We really have an amazing team of people.
                            
                            @Shaz, sure we could probably request to be allowed to do such a thing, I must admit I was really trying to show an easier way and suggest how your time can be better spent. The 30dc thread that everyone posts in has no seo value (to many links) and I cant imagine many people actually go through and read much in there. Whats the purpose of having to go to a forum thread, when you have an rss feed?
                            
                            Thats what rss feeds are made for ! They update when new content is added. A way to see all of our hubs was one of the first things we implemented
                            
                            
                            
                            That is exactly the (one of the)purpose(s) of the personal logs...is that not working well for you? Ideally you can go to any of your team members logs via the 60dc-logs tag and see their most recent additions.
                            
                            Should that aspect be pointed out better or replaced with something else? Certainly open to impovements

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                               shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                               Edweirdo has showed me the trick to finding the feed... Ive learned something - another piece of the puzzle has been connected!
                               
                               Can I ask.... what is the value of leaving comments and rating up other people's work for the individual and the team collective, or isnt there any worth to this?

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                                  Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                                  Bumping this because it's a good question.
                                  
                                  As for ramping up the promotion aspect - I'm not in favour.  If you look at this thread carefully, you'll see that only a few people out of the group are champing at the bit to get promoting. Personally, I've got enough on my hands getting my thirty Hubs done and don't really want the pressure of moving into the promotion phase at the same time.

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                                     shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                                     Yes... it is hard work writing quality content - time consuming etc. 
                                     
                                     I know part of the criteria of HUBPAGES is to be an active community member.  This is calculated as an aspect to our authorscore.  Likewise when people give positive feedback and there are lots of comments, this helps hubscore.  But what SEO value is this?
                                     
                                     Sure, getting a good author or hubscore could rank you on the featured hubbers, thereby giving more traffic via the front page but outside of hubpages???? I dont know  - or maybe this is part of the experiment??? 
                                     
                                     Now letting my imagination run away....Can you imagine what could happen if everyone of the team rated and commented on each others hubs.... it would be such a powerful collective,, the rest of hubpages wouldnt get a look in.  Just imagine the whole dynamics of this platform would change because of a few people.  The thought is definately people power, dont you think?

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                                        sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                                        responded via email (had not seen the forum message yet)

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                            Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                            Shaz, if you enter the following URL in the address bar of your browser you will see a list of the latest published hubs:
                            
                            hubpages.com/tag/60dc/latest
                            
                            Look for the hubs by team members you recognize (ignore the parasites) - if you bookmark this and check it each day you'll have a central location to the latest hubs by other 60dc challengers!
                            
                            This is the intended use for the "latest" stream - you could also set it up in an RSS reader, but this is the "quick and dirty" method

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                               shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                               The penny drops! *doh*  I like quick and dirty Edweirdo!  Thanks for packaging a response without fluff   I do get a bit lost sometimes
                               
                               @SF...you said: There is an official team hub, there were late joiners and those that were included are listed - 2 or 3 are pointed out in teh comments and I will get them into the hub tonight - the other late joiners, well, i have just been ignoring them, with the least of research they would see I wasnt welcoming anymore newcomers.If as a group you think we should open up to more, then we can do that. Im just a little shy about trying to manage to large of a group and worry that if they were incapable of seeing that the challenge want open, that they would have issues with implementing out strategies too....
                               
                               I think more people might complicate matters.  I also think that if one has a plan, to stick to it is the best option.  Guidelines were drawn up at the beginning and we all knew the set up from the start.  However, i am a team player and whatever decisions are made I will abide and follow because I have belief in all of us to succeed and gain a great deal from the experience.

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                         GeneralHowitzerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         I think you are right with this hehehe... Patience...

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                   barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   that sounds good adding those last tags ! 

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       barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       good point !

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    Boomer60posted 14 years ago

    Just a quick question so we are all on the same page. I am still working my week one and I notice some people are on week two already. Are we going by April 1 as the start date to this hub? Or doesn't it really matter?

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    I think the official date is 2nd of April.  Though there has been no official announcement, Sunforged had posted about the 60 Day challenge on 2nd april and many people including me started their hublog on that day so our week starts from 2nd april.  1 or 2 day is not much of a difference, the important thing is to get 30 hubs published in 3 - 10 topics and start with our promotion phase.

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       Boomer60posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks englightenedsoul! I will start my new week tomorrow.
       
       I am using #60dc in my Twitter tweets. Hopefully this will help keep us all connected if that is what we want to do.

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          barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          yes it would be great if we all use @60Dc tag when posting to twiiter !

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             sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             on our later feeds and if you were aiming for best effect on twitter, one would make no reference to 60dc - our target audience has no conception of what that means and will never search for such a thing - on twitter, should you make manual submissions, good additions would be hash tag keywords related to your content.
             
             ie. #writers  #dance #(insert keyword here)
             
             
             the purpose of hot and best should prove to be of benefit in the long run - as pointed out by Edweirdo, early on, the logs, which were the first published writings with the 60dc tags for many are currently the frontrunners - 3, 6, 9 months from now it is not likely that those hubs will be "hot"anymore.
             
             I dont think we need to be to strict about when was the "official" start date - we just all need to be on the same page in the first week of next month to start our promotion efforts

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                barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                yes but we can see what each of us are doing on twitter &  RETWEET  to all of our followers.  No ?

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       Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Since SF posted the official "instructions" hub on April 6, that's the day I started counting from.
       
       But since the whole notion of this challenge is geared more towards the promotional aspects coming in Phase 2, I don't think specific dates are super critical...

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       Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree - Sunforged made the post and invited people to join, and most people made a start right there and then.
       
       I'm aiming to write my 30 Hubs during the month of April because it's neat and easy to remember.  I'm not even keeping a Week 1, Week 2 log - it's not compulsory - so which week we're in really doesn't matter.

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    Your welcome boomer.  I will follow you on twitter.

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    shazwellynposted 14 years ago

    Hi guys... I have been trying share the looove with the team but I am not sure whether the list is up to date.  Can anyone provided an official list of 60dc team.  I dont want to miss anyone out!  Sharing the hubber love should be shared with all!

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    JeanMeriamposted 14 years ago

    Has one of the challengers created a new account in the last 2 days and added it to the RSS? My twitter feed seems to have extra challnegers

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       prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I think General Howitzer just joined Mam!

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       wavegirl22posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Jean I saw the same things. .. from  . . .
       hubpages.com/hub/Money-in-Hubs  . .
       
       He is on the '60dc-latest feed'. . .and I was just coming here to post that he is not one of the challengers or maybe I missed something. Is that one of the extras that you are seeing????
       
       breakingnewz10
       0 Followers
       9 Hubs
       Joined 32 hours ago
       
       Sunforged this isnt a trick to see if we are getting familiar with the RSS feed is it???

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          JeanMeriamposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          that's the one. I took a look to see who's hub it was and noticed I didn't recognise the name. Maybe someone started an extra account.
          
          If we're promoting it's going to get a little crazy if extra people are just randomly using the tags and RSS

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             wavegirl22posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             and is tagging on to our traffic..
             
             Not good. .
             
             do we flag???

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          theblackeditionposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Yep, there are definitely persons who use the challenge tags, who aren't a part of the challenge.  How can they be flagged, if they have a right to add any tags they wish?  Thinking about a solution to this.  Sooner than we know it, there will be an overflow of persons such as this.

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             shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Are you part of the challengers.... only, I didnt see you on the list and I dont want to be rude by ignoring you and not welcoming you:)

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                barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                No!    theblackedition isa  non-starter  of this 60 day hub chalenge

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                   shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   oh *blush* he shouldnt be using our special tag, should he?  I am sure he must have been mistaken... I hope he isnt too disappointed but, I believe SF did state the application was closed on his hub.
                   
                   @theblackedition ... Sorry for any confusion theblack

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                      englightenedsoulposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      Shaz theblackedition is a fellow participant.  If you go to sunforged hub he have mentioned that in comments. theblackedition, deborah demander and I think 1 more hubber is a part of the challenge.  He is not accepting new invitations now and he is going to add them soon.  I think he might have already done that.

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                         barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         oops I thought it was closed when our with all the particpants listed on Sunforged page.
                         
                         My apologise for casting aspersions on "theblackedition"

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                         shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         Thanks enlightenedsoul... and apologises to theblackedition - I am fumbling through - I will go back and re-check the hub:)

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                      theblackeditionposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      I am with the team, with sunforged's approval   I was one of the last persons to get onboard, after sunforged placed the list on the Team 60dc hub. 
                      
                      No worries though - I understand.  I was wondering for a while if I should call myself 'theblacksheep' haha!  Hello everyone!

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                         shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         Welcome Black:)

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    wavegirl22posted 14 years ago

    there is a flag button on the Hub  .. I think it is in the same place as where you would rate or share it. .

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    frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

    Flag them. It's taking the Michael - jumping on the bandwagon of other's hard work and team effort. Besides, the hubber you're referring to is using a machine translator. His/her hubs are atrociously bad reads.

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       wavegirl22posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       thanks frogs . . .I had a feeling! Never flagged a hub before. . but I knew it was an available option!
       Hope your traveling was good! We missed ya

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       Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       The trouble is, he's not breaking any Hub rules, and this is not an official HubPages Challenge - so will they do anything?

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          Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          If his hubs are unreadable, definitely, but also there is something in the rules about using inappropriate tags.

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             Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Oh, so there is - good catch!

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    Edweirdoposted 14 years ago

    There are going to be poachers in our efforts in the 60dc, for sure. We could flag them, but unless they break the rules here at HP, there's not really a way to keep them out
    
    But keep in mind that sunforged told us in the planning hub that one element of Phase 2 may involve a private forum/external meeting place where we can discuss the *real* promotional efforts when the time comes!
    
    I agree that reporting sub-standard and/or spammy content is a good thing - even if they aren't trying to poach our tags
    
    But we can't expect HP staff to enforce the rules that our little un-official 60dc community lays out...

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    SiddSinghposted 14 years ago

    I just went back and checked ALL the tag pages - 60DC, 60daychallenge and 60 day challenge.
    
    In addition to 'breakingnewz 10', we do have another hubber, but I just noticed one hub from him. I checked that particular hub, and it ACTUALLY had the 60DC and 60 day challenge tags - even though he is not participating in the challenge.
    
    There is another 'little' transgression, but I think I will leave that. You will find it if you look closely.
    
    The problem is - since this is not an official challenge, I am not sure we can flag anyone just because some particular tags were used. Yes, we can flag for substandard hubs, but 'wrong tagging' is pretty much open subject - wrong tags mean that the tags should be related to the hub topic, that's all. It just means, for example, that you cannot use 'make money online' tag on a hub about baby products. I don't think that we can apply the same here.
    
    I suggest we keep looking out for any such poachers. How we deal with them, we can work out later.

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       Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Exactly right - we have to expect poachers, and there's not a whole lot we can do about it...

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    It seems as if all the questions in this thread have been well figured out. Sorry about not being around, Saturday was  memorial service in California and I live in nY..so has been a long weekend. Sitting out a 3 hour layover in nYc, so probably wont be around til late Monday night EST.
    
    If their are any really bating concerns I can respond via email, essentially the promotion phase (any special and concerted phase) isnt started yet. IMO, Its not best practice to completely reveal your hand on promotion tactics in an open forum. Most of our methods are outlined and explained amongst all of our hubs.
    
    Some parasites are to be expected at this stages, I never had any illusions that none would appear.
    
    Perhaps its now more apparent why the "hot/best" option were pushed rather than "latest"

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    shazwellynposted 14 years ago

    Misha has a website forum.  We could go over there and talk??? Misha is a good chap!

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    skyfireposted 14 years ago

    Private forum is good idea SF, if you can set it up then that will be good for participants. I feel that we can't post links here or discuss enough within the limit of HP TOS. We'll keep 60DC announcement/updates on this thread but any personal queries/promotion discussion could be discussed without any pressure on private forum IMO.

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       SiddSinghposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Private forum is a good idea.

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          theblackeditionposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I agree with the Private forum idea.

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    Sufidreamerposted 14 years ago

    I like the private forum idea
    
    Just been going through the feed aggregators - still a lot to get through, but it is easy enough whilst I have a morning coffee.
    
    I am hoping to knock off the rest of my 30 over the next few days and then work on a few Press Release submissions, with RSS feed links. Another angle to work on

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    I also like the private forum idea and also I have no problem going through new hubs via hublogs and RSS feed.  Infact I am amazed by the potential of RSS feed and also by it's simplicity of use.  Though I still don't know how to create my own RSS feed but would definitely learn that in the promotion phase when I am done with my exams and hubs.
    
    Also, I would again vote for discussing things in private forums especially during the promotion phase as it would not only keep parasites at bay but build up the excitement and buzz of the 60 day challenge.  I know I might be sounding childish(I am only 20, so you may be right) to some but I have a reason.  SF, at the start of this challenge, you had declared that everything we do in the 60 day challenge would be kept open to all hubbers and I really appreciate it because thats the way newbie hubbers like me learnt and learn.  But can't we delay it.  I mean release the info to everyone after the 60 day challenge then we can also add what we achieved, for the extra motivation those who want to adopt our promotion methods so that they are less skeptical about it.  Also I have noticed that people are more eager to learn or try new things when there is a buzz and only a part of information is disclosed and they know they would get the 'secret' information at a later date.  There is a eagerness to read and try.  For example, the Ipad and at hubpages Ryan's hub which will be published on 1st july where he will reveal all his money making strategies, how he has earned every single penny, do's and dont's everything.  I am already excited to read.
    
    Also, There are already a few hubbers taking undue advantage of the 60 day challenge RSS feed(good thinking on your part though to not use the latest feeds) and that too when we are still in the hub writing phase.  My guess is that such parasites would increase multi-fold when we start with our promotion stage.
    
    And when you can start a private forums in 5 minutes(Are you serious, I don't know how would you do it) if not now then in the promotion stage. 
    
    Okk, this is entirely a personal suggestion and I would happily abide what SF and the team decide.
    
    Also SF, is 3gtech.info your site by any chance??

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       shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I am with the team 100%!

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          barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Agree good time for our 1st team meeting ! 

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          GeneralHowitzerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Hi shaz and everybody... me too...

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             shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             *salutes the General*

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    frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

    A separate forum? Guess more work involved but not a bad idea. More so when some hubbers are being incredibly unsporting and tagging along for the ride, unnanounced. Oh well - that's the 'net for you

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       shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Well... *blows nail varnish and examines finger nails* where there is success, everyone wants a piece of the pie!

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          barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          nothing breeds success like success !!   

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             N. Ramiusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             But I haven't seen my success yet.

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                barryrutherfordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                really my traffic is doubled in aweek !

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       GeneralHowitzerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Good for you guys. My traffic is still the same but still, very glad i took part on this, maybe sooner or later I am going to reap the rewards, we are not on th promotion stage yet...

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    Marisa Wrightposted 14 years ago

    I just had to share this - I was starting to get stuck for ideas and Susana's 60dc Hub has got me going again!  Maybe it'll help others.
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Long-Tail-Keywords-SEO
    
    Of course, maybe everyone else is already ahead of me - wouldn't be the first time!

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       Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Marisa Yes, that's another good thing about the wonder wheel it is fantastic for generating new ideas!

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          shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I have been using this for a little while now and have integrated it into my hub routine.  I find that it is really handy when you have multiple same themed hubs... you dont have to go over it again as you already have the long tailed keywords at hand.  I also find it good when you want to find better paying keywords too.
          
          One thing that did cross my mind, though, was the effect of having a differing url with newly changed keywords in the title and, hense, the newly adjusted long tailed tags. 
          
          Would having a different URL to the title create a conflict when it comes to SEO?
          
          

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       oderogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       The tool is just wonderful, thanks for pointing this one out

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          prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I just read this and it is very useful, Thank you for this one!

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    SiddSinghposted 14 years ago

    Have I missed something? I see a number of 60 day challengers posting on another forum.

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    shazwellynposted 14 years ago

    I just want to confirm... are the following the 60dc team:
    Sufidreamer
    
    Sufidreamer
    
    Englightened Soul
    
    Faybe Bay
    
    SiddSingh
    
    Frogdropping
    
    Sunforged
    
    Marisa Wright
    
    
    Ramius
    
    Oderog
    
    Edweirdo
    
    Patty Inglish, MS
    
    PakPub
    
    Iseult Ruad
    
    WordScribe41
    
    WaveGirl22
    KeithTax
    
    Susana S
    
    Jean Meriam
    
    SkyFire
    
    Mark Knowles
    
    RMR
    
    Shazwellyn
    
    Lela Davidson
    
    Boomer60
    
    MM Del Rosario
    
    Barry Rutherford
    
    kidgas,
    
    theblackedition
    
    deborah demander
    
    Are there anymore that I have missed Sunforged?  Are there any additions?  Are there any drop outs?
    
    Just want to dismiss any further confusion - it can be embarrassing:)

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    http://60dc.hubsacademy.com/
    
    60dc.hubsacademy.com/
    
    after registering I will have to confirm ,try to use a similar username - send a message through the Hubpages mail so I know you are 60dcer and I will accept registration
    
    for ease - we will still mostly just use hubfeatures - but for anything that is super specific to the challenge methods use the private forum

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       oderogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       This is great sunforged, after this challenge I know I will be at another level, where I will be able to know what's work and what doesn't work, and this will just help me to develop my niche blogs. Thanks for coming up with this idea Sun

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    skyfireposted 14 years ago

    Registered as "sky". 

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    received a reg from MK and Sufi , please just confirm that this was in fact your own request through Hp - forum, email, comment etc.
    *edit* MK and Sufi activated, I recognized the email addresses)
    
    
    all categories are open to new topics - forum is not set to index, will open the self promo category/forum to index

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       Sufidreamerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Cheers, SF - had to dash off and lend a hand in the kitchen, so did not get around to the email

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    frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

    Registered. Great idea. Same name, pointless changing it

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    Registered.  Same username.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    OD, FD, ES and TBE all activated

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       Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Registered FaybeBay.

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          sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          activated

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             shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Ive registered shazwellyn

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                sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                activated

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       oderogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       After logging into the account S, am unable to log in into the private chart and receiving this message yet am using the same password I registered with. "You entered an incorrect password"

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          skyfireposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Email SF for the PW.

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          sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          true - but your not missing anything, Yet!
          
          email me and Ill send you the PW for that subforum

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             oderogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Thanks doing it right away

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    pIng activated - Oderog - PW sent

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    SiddSinghposted 14 years ago

    OK.
    
    I registered as "sidd". Waiting for activation!

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