Over promotional?!

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   MissEposted 14 years ago

   HELP!  One of my hubs was flagged for being overly promotional.  I've been trying to delete links like crazy and it won't go away!

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   relacheposted 14 years ago

   You're probably going to have to submit the Hub to admin for review to get the Hub republished.

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      MissEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      It hasn't been taken down yet.  I need to fix it so it wont be.  I gets over 1000 visits a day! 

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   Cagsilposted 14 years ago

   If you've been flagged, then you need to reduce the number of links out-going to one domain to two links. The rules regarding over promotional is that you cannot have more than 2 links to any specific domain.
   
   You can have two links to one domain, then have 2 more links to another domain, but you cannot have 4 links to the same domain.
   
   I hope that helps.

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      MissEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Do you think it matters if the links are in the comments?  People put links in the comments all the time and because I have over 1,000 on that article I have no idea if they have been repeated?  Thanks for trying to help.  I would be sad if it got deleted!!!

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I think you should email Team@Hubpages.com and ask them that specifically.
         
         I know links outgoing from hubs cannot be more than two. I don't know if comments with links to more than one domain would cause problems.
         
         I don't think they have an effect, because you didn't put them there and the links are inbound to your hub, not outbound. At least to me, that's my understanding.
         
         I also know, you cannot use a "Link" capsule or "RSS" capsule linked to the same domain either, if you already have two links outbound.
         
         Again, I hope I helped.

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            MissEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks!  You have helped!

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               Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               You're welcome. I'm glad I could.

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         rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         do you want all of those outgoing links in your comments?

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   Website Examinerposted 14 years ago

   Outbound links in comments are no-follow, and it is my understanding they do not count towards "overly promotional."
   
   As a general remark, there is more to the overly promotional issue than excessive outbound links. Hubs with duplicate content can have no promotional links at all, landing page-style hubs are not acceptable etc.

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   Wendy Krickposted 14 years ago

   I could be wrong, but I think it only depends on the actual content of your hub and not the comments.

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   Remember that links in your photo captions count as well.

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