Hi, Fellow-Hubbers,
I have written only ten hubs and am admittedly still feeling my way around and I have a question. I hope it's not a very dumb one.
Here we go:
First, my hubscore is not terribly high.
I have visited a few hubs and I think I understand what I can and cannot post. And my content is all original.
And I think I'm not a great writer, but not terrible, either.
I am pretty sure that part of the problem is my outbound links. I create interactive resources like hangman games and arcade games for German-learners at a few sites (studystack.com, quizlet.com and a couple more) and I link to the resources in my hubs. This just makes sense to me. People who are learning a language need practice and feedback.
I asked in another post and was told this might, indeed, be a problem. Only two outgoing links to the same domain per hub, I think I saw somewhere. Well, fair is fair. If that's the policy, that's the policy, right?
I know that being active in the forums and leaving useful comments matter. No problem, I would be doing that anyway.
I know, too, that more traffic would help. I am working on that, of course.
But maybe there is something else I am not doing well. Something I am simply missing or doing just plain wrong.
I know that's quite possible. Maybe even likely. I am a newbie, after all.
So... If anyone has a spare minute or two and sees anything obviously wrong with my hubs, I would appreciate a little constructive criticism.
If not, I understand. Everyone is very busy these days.
Thanks
Art
have fun, go with your gut and you will be the one. Nothing else matters
nice to meet you btw
Sounds like you have a legitimate reason for more than 2 outbound links. If the links are not promotional, you can use more than 2. HP can usually tell the difference. If they make a mistake and flag it, just let them know.
your hubs look well written and informative. as far as the outgoing links to your site, I think I read somewhere that you may not want to use them in all of your hubs going to the same site. I may be wrong, but I remember seeing it in the forum a while ago.
do you know about Hubpagesacademy.com? it has a lot of very helpful info about writing to bring in more traffic, etc.
Thank you for responding to me, rebekahELLE.
And I appreciate your kind words.
I have not spent much time at Hubpagesacademy.com yet, I admit, but it's on my list for sure.
Guess I should head over there now!
Regards,
Art
Hmmm... Hubpagesacademy.com seems to be out of business: "Firefox can't find the server at www.hubpagesacademy.com."
Maybe this is it? -- http://hubsacademy.com/
- Art
Art, I checked out your profile page and saw that you have been a hubber for 15 months; however, you have posted only 10 hubs. That's not very many for such a long period of time.
I am not comparing you with me, but I just joined 14 days ago, and I have posted 32 hubs already. So my first suggestion for you is to post more often. I set a goal of writing a minimum of 2 per day. Usually I surpass that number.
Hi, revmjm,
Thank you for your reply.
You are right, of course.
I joined well over a year ago, but I only started posting on Jan. 17, 2011. (This post - http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Present-Tense-of-Lesen )
Maybe that is hurting me, though. I was not active for so long. Hmmm...
Regards,
Art
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