I just saw my emergency survival kit hub go from the 80's down to 40- I didn't see any flag on it- it just dropped. After going back into it I realized that the checklist information that I had put in there from a gov. site actually had 4 of the same links in it- and including the one I put in made a total of 5- so I'm assuming that's why I got penalized. Now that it's dropped should I just leave it alone ( I removed the checklist) or do more revision?
Other than that checklist everything I else I wrote was original content
That was a shocker to see the score drop like that!
0when it happened to me I changed somethings around but I left it unpublished for a week and the numbers started coming back up when they got up high enough I republished it but I bet darkside has some better tips on that one dorsi~cool~cya.
I would alter it otherwise it will stay penalised and traffic will drop.
It's rebounding since I took off the links- climbing back to 60 now. So I'll go back in and add the checklist without the links...lol...
Hmm everyday you learn something new here!
by ishwarya_p 15 years ago
I am building backlinks to my hubs, already reached 35 backlinks which are all been indexed by Google, still no SERP boost. Typically how long it will take to see effects and boost in SERP?
by TessSchlesinger 8 years ago
They've replaced the name 'HubPages' with 'Storyteller' on every page.Edit, I've emailed the team, but I would suggest that you post again in the Technical Questions forum as staff are unlikely to see this under Help for New Hubbers.
by John Hollywood 11 years ago
I'm sorry to ask this question but I've got to ask. To make a long story short, I'm noticing that my personal blogs have experienced a near identical drop in traffic as my hubs here on HP. The drop started right around the end of September - the same time HP got witch slapped. I've looked at why...
by funkystock 16 years ago
So I got a warning on my hub saying my hub was being penalized because they had found something similar somewhere else on the web. The link that was sent to me by hub pages was from a financial thread on google where some super genius had copied and pasted my work under their name on a...
by gpower2 18 years ago
I have a hub about cell phones that generally has a hub score between 92 to 95. This evening it has been fluctuating between 2 and 5! Is there a bug in the system? Any ideas?
by ProCW 17 years ago
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