Hub Forum On Google?

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   aoiffe379posted 14 years ago

   Is it my computer or does the information shared in forums go online to Google? Today I searched Google for HubPages and found Aoiffe 379 appeared twice before HubPages. In other words, HubPages was second.Was this a fluke, a mistake or real?

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Of course it does - these are public forums.  I'm surprised how many people forget that most forums on the internet are public and visible to everyone!

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      emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I discovered this when I googled my hub name and a lot of my results link back to my forum posts, along with my hubs .

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   Rafiniposted 14 years ago

   yeah, many times when I google myself I find my forum posts before my profile page or any of my hubs...I don't understand why, though. lol

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   Rik Ravadoposted 14 years ago

   Google rates new material strongly hence recent forum posts get relatively high ranking

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   Richieb799posted 14 years ago

   So it's good on your traffic to comment forums basically!

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   susanlangposted 14 years ago

   Thank goodness for google

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   Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

   I'm guessing, then, it's probably also a good idea to keep in mind how some forum posts would "present" us if someone Googles our name. 

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      Elena.posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yepsters! I keep hoping some of the forum trolls don't get hired in a job interview because of their forum shenanigans!

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   myownworldposted 14 years ago

   You mean all the stuff we randomly post in forums comes back to haunt us on google??? Scary thought that....

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      Lisa HWposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I know....         Tomorrow we'll all come back and discover the forums empty because this thread will scare away all those people who thrive on saying on here what they'd never say in their "real" life. 

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         myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I would've said something more, but I kinda lost my voice just now....
         *gulp*

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         susanlangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

           good point Lisa HW, misconduct, lawyers, courts, abuse, calling 911, all that stuff will end up on google.

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         emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         scary!

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   waynetposted 14 years ago

   If you post serious discussions that is tightly related to your hubpages then I'm sure you'll be able to get some traffic on low competing keywords....but since I just post a one line usually sarcastic forum post on many threads I won't gain much traffic from this method!

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   Jayne Lancerposted 14 years ago

   Both my forum posts and comments I've left on Hubs have come up on Google. Since realizing that, I haven't been quite as spontaneous here as I used to be.

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    wrenfrost56posted 14 years ago

    Yeah they do, I noticed that too. BTW did I ever mention how much I  love google?

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