So whats your secret Hubkarma score?

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   pinkyleeposted 14 years ago

   I have been ranging in hubberscore from 86 to as of late 96... im back down to 94 with a karma of 78

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   liljen23posted 14 years ago

   My secret Hubkarma is 91 and I like that Hubpages now has that above my profile of what my karma is?? It gives me inspiration to keep moving on to a better karma. I also like the "suggest links" tool, I am updating all of my hubs with this. Hubpages rocks!!

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3. 62

   Daniel Carterposted 14 years ago

   Mine is 62, but I was thinking how much that sucked! Who knows. I don't have time to worry about it for now. Maybe sometime else....

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   rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

   I've seen numerous posts mentioning linking to their own hubs with the link tool. I already link a lot of mine together, so in those hubs where I already have two links to my hubs, I don't link to mine with the link tool. I suppose the 2 link rule still applies?

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      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Internal links to other hubbers does not qualify in the parameters of 2 link rule.
      
      Internal links can be as many as you like. Internals do not hurt.

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         rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I realize that. I'm referring to more than 2 links back to your own hubs. I usually link within the text to other related hubs of my own.
         with the link took, sometimes our own hubs are suggested. I'm simply saying, if you already have 2 links to your own hubs, if you have too many links to your own hubs, doesn't the 2 link rule apply?

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            Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            The 2 link rules does not apply to internal links .

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   yoshi97posted 14 years ago

   It's only a number, and one I can assure you goes higher than 62 (via my own personal experience). If you're looking to raise it up, consider this:
   
   Hubkarma is all about generating links to other hubs that will keep hubbers moving around Hubpages. So, the goal is to create links that will keep readers in constant motion. Here's a tip that seems to work for me:
   
   When you create a link, consider the context. Example:
   
   This is the best *fishing rod* for catching walleye bass I have ever found.
   
   Fishing rod is the word we want to key on, so when we click to see what pages we can link to we are looking for the ones with the highest hub scores that pertain to *the best fishing rod*. Also, we are looking for hubs from *other* people, not ourselves, as we are looking to spread the links - and the hublove.
   
   Ask yourself this ... if you clicked on that link, is it the article you would expect to see? If so, it's a great Karma link. And why would you want to do this?
   
   Page value increases in Google when it brings traffic to the page and when it sends traffic out. As such, you are helping yourself by being an active part of a good chain, which in turn, benefits you and others.
   This is what Hubkarma is designed to do.
   
   As such, put your mind in the frame of the reader and try to out-think what they would expect to find on that click - and provide it to them! Also, do not place links next to each other and I recommend no more than 2 per hub, as you don't want it to appear like a Kontera page.
   
   If you follow this process through and hit up quite a few of your hubs, you'll see your hubkarma rise.

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   jenblacksheepposted 14 years ago

   What difference does it make if links are in the body of the text or in a capsule at the side? Does it make a difference to Google?

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      rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      here's a great link hub by susanna which answers a lot of questions. http://hubpages.com/hub/What-is-a-link

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7. 83

   timorousposted 14 years ago

   I think somebody's broke the knob off the Karmama machine  
   
   Last night my Karma Chameleon was 36, and now it's 77 and I haven't done anything relating to my hubs at all...go figure.
   
   Just another number to amuse ourselves with
   
   Let's just get back to writing, shall we...damn the torpedoes

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   1. 85

      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Something happened yesterday - I was in the middle of editing a Hub, when it crashed.  When I tried to get back in I got a "down for maintenance" message.  And when I finally got back in, my HubKarma had soared from 40 to 80.
      
      So I think they just tweaked the HubKarma algorithm, maybe it wasn't working quite right.

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8. 60

   NathanSyckelposted 14 years ago

   96

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9. 82

   Mekenzieposted 14 years ago

   I LOVE this new feature.. Thank you HUBPAGES .. YOU ROCK!

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10. 74

    KeithTaxposted 14 years ago

    87
    
    And I have no clue as to why.

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    It's secret . . . but if you really must know, Smith and Wesson special.

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12. 61

    Ohmaposted 14 years ago

    from a 29 to a 94 in one day! whewhew!

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13. 80

    Joni Douglasposted 14 years ago

    Does anyone else worry about linking to another person's hub without asking them first? Or is it really a win/win for all?

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    1. 85

       Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       If you link to someone else's Hub, you are doing them a favour and they would have to be a complete moron to object.
       
       The only reason to let them know, would be if you're hoping they'll be so pleased that they'll return the favour.

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          Joni Douglasposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks for your response.  Didn't want to presume something I wasn't sure of.

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             spiritualityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I would definitely advise people to let a hubauthor know you're linking to their hub. It's good PR and yes - they then have a vested interest in your hub being indexed in the search engines, so they just might link back to it from somewhere.

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    Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

    I'm 87 today...

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       Ohmaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       And You do not look a day over 40/
       Just teasing UW.

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          Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I would beg to differ...... 
          
          
          
          
          
          *no offense UW.

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             Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Where is that slap smiley?

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                Ohmaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Will this do?

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                   Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   Hey, no turning me on. That's not fair.

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          Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks!

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    Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

    

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    Ohmaposted 14 years ago

    Just being helpful to improve my hub karma!

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       Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       That certainly isn't the way to improve your hub karma. Turning me isn't a good way to go about it.

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17. 42

    wavegirl22posted 14 years ago

    I have an 89 Hubkarma

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18. 60

    07Angel01posted 14 years ago

    My KubKarma score is 61.  I wonder if that is good....

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19. 60

    MissusSmithposted 14 years ago

    Seems to me we should be here as writers, not linkers. I could live without hub karmascores, accolades, hub scores, author scores and all the rest of the nonsense. I just like to write. The rest seems like a children's game. I use to think it was serious -- and started at seventy something, worked hard for six months -- finally made my way to the nineties -- and you know what? So did everyone else. I saw someone who had been here two weeks, with seven followers and two hubs who for some reason was a 94 -- same as me with 7 months, fifty hubs and 350 followers. That's when I figured out it was all meaningless.
    
    So in answer to your question -- what does it matter?

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    spiritualityposted 14 years ago

    48 - that's from interlinking my own hubs and even having two hubs (hubographies) devoted only to my own hubs.
    
    That's something everybody should do anyhow, for search engine reasons - whatever the policy of hubpages towards linking within hubpages.
    
    I'm like many others here: I haven't really linked out to other hubs. I guess that's what they're trying to get people to do. That does make search engine sense, especially when we link to the best hubs out there.

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    Hub Llamaposted 14 years ago

    Mine is 34. Of course, HubPages already does a ton of linking to other hubs automatically, so I never really felt the need.
    
    Wrote up an introduction to hubkarma if anyone is interested: http://hubpages.com/hub/What-Is-HubKarma

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    Non-offensiveUserposted 14 years ago

    Mine is '1' !  That's right folks, I am #1 !!!

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       timorousposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Woohooo! Keep it down, NoU

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    divacratusposted 14 years ago

    45. And I am relieved to know that it's not a bad hub karma score as I thought it was.

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24. 60

    tony0724posted 14 years ago

    My hubkarma score went up two points ! I just wanted to warn everybody I am spreadin the love !

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25. 71

    LeanManposted 14 years ago

    Mine was 51 when it first appeared, I already interlink my hubs, about 2-3 links in the text and a link capsule with the related subject links.. All of course to my own hubs..
    
    I have been meaning to put in a couple more links in the text in the right places and this link suggestion tool helped speed that up..
    
    I have added about an extra 2 links on each hub, to my other hubs plus 1 link to someone else's hubs where i could find relevant QUALITY subject matter that added value..
    
    This was done about 3 days or so ago.. my karma now raised to 53 today... Not sure if this a result of what I have done or natural fluctuations as per my other scores.. but the 51 was constant from the start..

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26. 60

    dippykittyposted 14 years ago

    Mine is less than 20 and never seems to go up, even though I've gone back and added links to both mine and other people's hubs over the last day or so. My score seems a lot lower than most of the hubbers who have replied to this topic!

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    hypnodudeposted 14 years ago

    Mine is 73 with an author hubscore of 91, but I completely don't care about it. I don't really see how useful it is for a hubber and it's just what a gazillion of other websites do with karma points, karma score.... For me it's something like the hop, at best useless. We already link hubs. Having the suggested links tool was more than enough. Also, I would add, unless I really know nothing about SEO, links going out from a hub are worth 0 for big G. so for links to work regarding ranking we should have 100 links going to our hubs and 0 going out.

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       Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       It's an interesting question, hypnodude.  HubPages requires Flagship Hubs to have 10 outgoing links and I always wondered why.  Then I read that Google likes outgoing links, too, especially to authority sites - because it implies you're giving your reader a well-researched experience.
       
       I was worried about losing readers, though - so instead of linking in the text, I created a links capsule at the bottom of the Hub and put the links there.  I went back and did that for a few of my older Hubs and it definitely had an effect on traffic.
       
       Of course, those were links to related external websites - not sure whether links to other Hubs would make much difference.

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          hypnodudeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Well, I must admit I'm not such an expert, but surely linking out cannot have a great importance, at least for the writer, otherwise all spammers of the world would use that technique linking to everything. Being so difficult to be found on the net I think putting some link at the end of the hub it's the best thing to do, as I want my hub to be read completely. And then possibly that the reader proceeds to some other hubs of mine.
          It might be that linking to other sites has a positive effect on traffic, but as regards ranking I'm pretty sure that what matters are link from the outside to the hub, and not the contrary. Otherwise spammers and scammers would do it all the time.
          
          As regards Flagships hubs and other internal rules it can be that those rules or advices are good for the website as a whole, not sure about for the writer.

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             sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Your very right - most of the recent additions to the HP site are features that are good for the domain. Interlinking (HubKarma/Link Tool), SPam fighting (hubHop)-keeps traffic inside the site and the quality up.
             
             This doesnt directly benefit the individual hubber - but in the roundabout/holistic way - whats good for the site is good for your hubs and the promise that your online writing will have a solid home in the coming years.
             
             
             ya never know - what goes around may come around

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                hypnodudeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Sunforged you are probably right, the only problem is that all those great additions to the site before being an advantage also for the singular writer need time, if ever, and if the time is too long who knows where the writer has gone when the advantage arrives? As for the links, one thing is exchanging links, another one is linking and hoping that someone else does the same to you.

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             shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Arh but Google is an evovling changing thing and they get what they want.  Sure spammers in the past would have done it... but what about the future? I feel a change acoming! *wink*

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    Thamisgithposted 14 years ago

    Currently sitting at 53 (for what it's worth).

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29. 57

    Gina Cooleposted 14 years ago

    Mine is 57 - I thought that was really low but from the responses so far obviously not!

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30. 60

    Csjun89posted 14 years ago

    Wow, my hubkarma score has been steadily rising today by 10 points
    
    Argh, wondering if I may jinx it by posting
    
    but heck

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    LeanManposted 14 years ago

    Since posting earlier in this forum it has jumped 3 points to 56..

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    Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

    I dropped to 86...

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       Dorsiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Wow you got good karma Susan!!

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    Shadesbreathposted 14 years ago

    Mine is a 106 and I got an email from Google telling me they are paying off my mortgage.  I am so stoked!

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       Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah, right. And I won over $1Million in a lottery I never entered...

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          Shadesbreathposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          That's awesome!  Congrats on that.  It's much harder to win without entering.  I'm impressed.  When you have the big beer bash to celebrate, I would not like to be an univited writer. 

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years ago

    =57689

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    habeeposted 14 years ago

    Mine is 64. I don't even know what that means!?

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       Shadesbreathposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       It means you need to link to my stuff in some of your most popular articles, Habee.  I recommend my Vlad the Inhaler one, it needs traffic, and you need to raise that score.  Link it to like your top ten traffic hubs and I'm sure that will help. 

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       Friendlywordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Me either. And why is it secret?  60

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    LeanManposted 14 years ago

    I am just hoping that after a few emails that the people I have linked to link back...

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37. 62

    bgamallposted 14 years ago

    Mine is 80

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    frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

    I'm laughing at the title of the thread. It has the word 'secret' in it. You're all blabber beaks! *lawls*

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    liswilliamsposted 14 years ago

    mine is 69, I usually add a link in my hubs

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    Sandyspiderposted 14 years ago

    I don't feel so bad reading this. My score was 52. Now it is 50. I see some high score hubbers with scores lower than this.
    
    It looks high here. Even though I am bummed out with my overall score. I don't know why it went from 89 to 80 in one week.

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    Dorsiposted 14 years ago

    My "secret" karma score is 66. Guess that's pretty good but always room to improve!!

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    barryrutherfordposted 14 years ago

    I've got Karma... just waiting for Sutra ? (~)

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       Vibhavariposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       barryrutherford - are you talking about KAMA SUTRA? i have not heard of karma sutra..

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       habeeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I think the same thing every time I see the word! I guess our minds are in the gutter, Barry!

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43. 72

    earnestshubposted 14 years ago

    For no reason that is apparent to me, I have gone up 12 points in Karma. A more acceptable 54.

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44. 62

    Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

    Mine has continued to creep up.  I think Marissa's probably right about ongoing tweaking.

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    shazwellynposted 14 years ago

    I have a hubkarma score of 85 - love to share the looooove x

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46. 83

    Dobsonposted 14 years ago

    After milling around at 68 for a while, mine finally is increasing as i add more links to everywhere. Not it is at 81.

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47. 60

    katiem2posted 14 years ago

    Mine is 59...

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    donotfearposted 14 years ago

    Mine's like George Jefferson.........movin' on up!  (66)

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       susanlangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       ha..ha that was funny.

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    angela_michelleposted 14 years ago

    Mine is 77, but I've always linked a lot to people's. I always hoped they would reciprocate, but most did not.

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    Pcunixposted 14 years ago

    When this first appeared, mine was 25 or 30; I don't remember.
    
    I didn't like the idea at first, but I made a strong effort to find appropriate HP content to link to - the suggestion tool was not giving me good results.
    
    So, I manually searched and found a few places I could link and feel good about it.  My HK is now 55 and I assume it will keep going up if I can continue to find links I can accept.
    
    I can see how this is good for HP, so I will make the effort.

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