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Seen any Hubpages Staff since Maddies brief we are on it?

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Mark Writerposted 6 years ago
I may be wrong but since the site has nosedived only one thing has been issued from hubpages and that was Maddies we are on it.

Just 4 words for all the work put in by the writers on here and I think we deserve more than that. It's clearly obvious that hubpages is sinking and they haven't the decency to even respond.

Hubpages are nothing without it's writers and it's time we demand some action from them.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  http://blog.hubpages.com/2011/02/recent-google-changes/
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  And that said what exactly?
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Did you care to read it..?
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What did you expect it to say. How about:
  
  "Here we are on day two of a massive algorithmic change and we really don't know what changes, if any we will need to implement, but just to keep Matk Writer happy, here's what we are going to do - subject to immediate change on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as we find out more!"
  
  Sheesh!
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I've been involved in fire and emergency management for years.
  
  When a fire alarm goes off, it amazes me how many people pick up their phone and call me or one of my staff.
  
  I feel like saying to them, "What would you prefer me to do? Sit down and explain what's happening, or actually go and do something to ensure your safety?"
  
  The HubPages team are working on it. What else do you need to know?
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Nothing is enough, the sock puppet is just having great(?) fun around here!
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  darksideposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Settle down Chicken Little.
  
  How long have you been here? How many hubs do you have published? What makes you think you can demand explanations?
  
  I've been here for a little while and the number of hubs on this account is only about 10% of the total hubs I have published across the site.
  
  I'm not demanding anything from them. They're smart individuals, and their collective talent and skill has seen this site make it into the Quantcast Top 50. Their livelihoods rely on this site far more than any of us.
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  lorlie6posted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Thanks, darkside, for such refreshing words. I think it's time for Hubbers to stop pointing fingers at staffers and engage fully in improving this site at the grassroots level. Why do we insist on interrogating, blaming them when there's plenty we can do to rid this site of substandard, duplicate content and spammers. Let's take some responsibility for the current Google situation-flag and report if need be.
  How about improving this site?
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  darksideposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Indeed. And in the last 24 hours I've published another 3 hubs (on other accounts).
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  Mark Knowlesposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Is the sky falling?
  
  I was fine with Maddie's "we are on it," because I am certain they are. I cannot imagine they are not going to be "on it," and I would be worried if they were all over the forums telling us not to worry about it.
  
  As for the sock puppet - grow a pair and use your real persona.
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  Andrew0208posted 6 years agoin reply to this
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Footballersposted 6 years ago
You have already commented on the Paul Edmondson comments, you quoted it in another thread.

Of course, as you don't have any hubpages, it doesn't really effect you does it
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  David 470posted 6 years agoin reply to this
  LOL!
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skyfireposted 6 years ago
Just curious from your trolling, are you religious ?
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
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  David 470posted 6 years agoin reply to this
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  CMHypnoposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Seems strange - if someone really feels that negatively about the future of HubPages and the HP staff, why can't they at least have the courage to use their main identity?
  
  Wonder how long it will take us to work out who's sock this is?
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  He/she is quick to criticise under the guise of a fake login, bet they wouldn't be so quick using their primary login.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think sockpuppets are among the worst features of HP.
  
  Fine, let them write under different names. But don't allow that in the forums ever.
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yeah, alternative accounts may not always mean sock puppets unless and until they use it for gaming in forums.
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  CMHypnoposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You know a lot more about web technology than me Pcunix, would it be possible to implement a fix so that if a hubber has multiple accounts that only one of them can post in the forums?
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Of course.
  
  It could also be that if you try it, it immediately exposes all your accounts as punishment. THAT I would like to see!
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
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  CMHypnoposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Well as some people don't seem to be able or willing to follow a simple rule, then it should be implemented. It would be interesting to see how many hubbers have spent whole threads talking to themselves! LOL
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  bgamallposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  PC, are you that guy who sat behind home plate with the rainbow hair and the white gloves back in the last century? Not sure exactly when that happened but I think you could be him.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I detest all professional sports. I have been to one baseball game in my life and that was only because my father took me when I was very young.
  
  Zero interest in watching overpaid jocks run around.
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  skyfireposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think there is a rule for not using alternate accounts for posting on forums. I'm sure this guy is going to enjoy weekend inactivity of moderators.
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  rmcrayneposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  
  Not my experience. Moderators have been very responsive, including weekends and late hours in removing spam from the HubMob threads.
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Len Cannonposted 6 years ago
He has a classy picture of a pen; I feel like I can trust him.
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David 470posted 6 years ago
I smell a sockpuppet somewhere...
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Perhaps unchanged boxers?
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  kirstenblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Love the smell of toe jam in the morning
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  EmpressFelicityposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Does anyone else feel a bit Harry Hill today?
  
  Sockpuppet fight! Sockpuppet fight!
  
  OK, so I know this comment is probably completely lost on most people here, unless Harry Hill's TV Burp enjoys a wider, more international audience than I'd hitherto thought
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  mistyhorizon2003posted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I get it, I love 'Harry Hill's TV Burp' so much. Hilarious
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weblogposted 6 years ago
May or may not be a sock puppet, but definitely a troll.
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  They new what 'blue arrows' were, so definitely a sock puppet. Of course, I am just a sock puppet too, but not a cowardly one.
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  David 470posted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Both lol
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Mark Writerposted 6 years ago
Sock puppet, not a troll.
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  simeonvisserposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What is the difference in this case? Why do you need a sock puppet to critize HubPages?
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  It is cowardice.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Because I am taking a stand for you cowards.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think you deserve banning.
  
  Just my opinion. Feel free to take it personally.
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I suspect that the main account is already banned from forums, and hence the puppet is playing.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Looking at your photo, your age I don't think I would listen to your opinion, does anyone?
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Ayup. About a quarter million people every month.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Nice going, I am about the same myself so you have my respect.
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Pcunix must be very proud, he has always dreamed of the respect of an anonymous sockpuppet, the stuff that fairytales are made out of.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I don't respect people who feel the need to criticize from behind a mask.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Damn I won't sleep tonight.
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  Jim Hunterposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  How many people are you again?
  
  The chance of you receiving a quarter of a million hits a month is as about the same as me ever caring what you have to say.
  
  That would be zero.
  
  But thanks for the comedy relief.
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  darksideposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Jim, head on back to the Political sub-forum. I think there's an argument or a debate feeling lonely without you.
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  Uninvited Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
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  Sufidreamerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think you will find that his main site does receive that many hits, Jim
  
  Why don't you let the people who actually use Hubpages for writing hubs discuss these important developments, without being subjected to snide remarks? PCUnix's internet experience and input is proving invaluable here.
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  viryaboposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  About PC, i agree with you Sufi.
  
  He's been screaming his head off about such issues for a while back now. To the chagrin of many it seems. But he is right in ways.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You are right, Jim.
  
  After all, "every month" also includes this February, which is a bit light at only 218,000 uniques so far.
  
  So, as usual, you have caught me in a heinous lie.
  
  I should have known better than to try to fool you, Jim.
  
  So, in the interests of total honesty, I went back to Analytics and asked for yearly figures, which I then divided by 12. After all, not every visitor shakes their head in horror and never returns - some keep coming back, and of course that means a lower yearly average of truly unique readers.
  
  Because I can't lie when the eagle eyes of Jim are watching, the true figure was only 2,433,171 yearly uniques, which is a paltry 202,764 per month on average.
  
  So, I fibbed, Jim, and you caught me. Thanks for making me be honest.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  By the way, Jim, I have to thank you for something else.
  
  I forgot that I had added Quantcast measuring to my main site some time ago. Because of my shame at being caught lying (again!) by you, I went and checked that site there and was horrified to see that they only see 183,000 monthly visitors!
  
  I knew that was wrong, so I investigated and found that I had left off the Quantcast javascript from a significant section of my site!
  
  That's not good, because potential advertisers use that data to see if they want to bother with you (I'm sure YOU know all that, Jim - I'm just explaining for the others).
  
  So, your catching me out will actually help me in the end! Thank you, Jim, thank you so much!
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  lorlie6posted 6 years agoin reply to this
  YOU, PC, are a wonderful, knowledgeable spokesman here on HP. I really mean that. Another thing, my friend, sarcasm becomes you!!
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  skyfireposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  says prof internet troll tksensei? Hear hear
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think it is interesting how the folks who plague the political and religious forums don't seem to have anything to say about all this shakeup.
  
  Of course they don't care, do they? They aren't here for any reason but their forum agenda.
  
  i really, really wish HP would not let these people post.
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  thisisoliposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I use edweirdos filter, has made me much mroe productive
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I do also, but then I use my iPad a lot and..
  
  Anyway, Jim popped in here. Not to say anything about the algorithm or HubPages, of course.
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  Aya Katzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Would you rather they came in here and started praying for Hubpages' traffic to be miraculously restored through divine intervention?
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You have a point
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  Mishaposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think google worshipers should be banned from posting first.
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  viryaboposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Oh, you can bet some of us do.
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  No, because you are being a scardy cat. You logged out of your primary account to post a message criticising ryankett and to call him a "big girl", because you didn't have the guts to come out and say it to his face - if you wish to prove otherwise then feel free to log back into your primary account and call him out like a man
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  skyfireposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Really ? Please explain. I'm in desperate need for weekend entertainment.
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  For that you felt a need to feed the troll?
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  skyfireposted 6 years agoin reply to this
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  simeonvisserposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Wait, you need a sock puppet to say what you want and we are the cowards?
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Nelle Hoxieposted 6 years ago
What can HP ownrs say except that they believe in their Biz Plan? Don't forget there are venture capitalists and investors involved as well.

Really, no one except for the guys at Google know how this is going to shake out.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  They can keep their bread and butter writers informed, they are totally selfish and leave their writers in the dark.
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weblogposted 6 years ago
The puppet admits
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Sock puppet, give me my dignity.
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Mark Writerposted 6 years ago
Footballers 6 weeks in and still no avatar, sort it out man you look so the new guy.
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yes, the difference being that I am unable to use my primary login and you are choosing not to. I don't think that you need to ask who I am.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You are a nothing.
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You know who I am, who are you? A coward, weak, pathetic, the cretinous type who doesn't have the balls to stand up and be counted, instead hiding behind a fake identity in order to dish out remarks in an attempt to discredit or hurt people, without the security to allow them the opportunity to do it back.
  
  You, it seems, are nothing.
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Hauntyposted 6 years ago
Very well-written, informative thread. Voted up and useful.
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  skyfireposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I totally agree with you, Haunty.
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Welcome, better late than never
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Mark Writerposted 6 years ago
I like Haunty, he loves his animals.
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Mark Ewbieposted 6 years ago
Please can I point out in case of confusion this is nothing to do with me.
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  weblogposted 6 years agoin reply to this
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David 470posted 6 years ago
Trolls, sockpuppets, and anything similar are poor corrupted souls that are not aware of neither their arrogance or ignorance.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Probably why I am on your friends list David lol.
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  And do you follow him?
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  Footballersposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Can I just point out that I am not currently a sockpuppet through choice
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  He just follows me about ; )
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Pcunixposted 6 years ago
And just as another point of reference, my Google traffic here is down only 10% - if that, it's the February vacation weekend for crying out loud! - and I see a bunch of pretty red triangles in my traffic reports.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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  David 470posted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Are you referring to your hubs alone or everything?
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Say what??
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Just hubs. Traffic isn't down at all at my main site.
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  Mark Writerposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Nor mine.
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  Pcunixposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  So?
  
  As you are cowardly hiding, what does that mean to us? We can't look at your hubs, can we?
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thisisoliposted 6 years ago
my personal sites are all on the upswing, my Hubs took a hit. My personal opinion is that duplicate content has had a greater affect on hte domian trust of Hubpages, which has in turn negatively affected the page trust of individual articles.

I also think that we all need to wait for the dust to settle. This is a big change, at a slow time of the year. Most of the real complaints have been coming from sites which are notoriously filled with spammers and dupe content users.
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Nelle Hoxieposted 6 years ago
Thisisoli, does this include your revenue sharing site as well? BTW, this wasn't a slow time of year for me until two days ago. I was going gangbusters.
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  thisisoliposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yes, the revenue sharing site is holding steady with a fairly significant boost in traffic over the last few days. I don't want to claim all of that as a change in the google algorithm, since it coincided with a rash of stumbles on one of the articles, but half of the above-average traffic was organic.
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  Nelle Hoxieposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  That's great news. I'm glad to hear that!
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earnestshubposted 6 years ago
Track record speaks louder than assumptions.
Hubpages have always kept us informed at other times, and their track record is damn good by any standards.

If Maddie says they are on it, then as far as I am concerned it is all in hand and we will hear back as soon as there is something to report.
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Me too. Like I said: when your house is on fire,which would you prefer - that every firefighter is in there trying to save it, or that some of them sit with you and hold your hand while you're waiting?
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  ryankettposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Good analogy
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Dolores Monetposted 6 years ago
Not that I know anything but I would imagine that the hub staff needs to think some things through, have some meetings, discuss strategy before jumping on it. Also, maybe some hubbers have made helpful suggestions they may take into account.

Now ezines, for example, has already said they are going to no follow and drop the do follow. I think that is jumping the gun.
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  ryankettposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What Ezine have also said however is that they are going to increase the rejection rate from 40% to 50%, block posts which are less than 400 words long, and refuse ALL duplicate content.
  
  I doubt that Hubpages blocks 50% of content, and neither do they have a filter in place which blocks short hubs, neither do they block all duplicate content. So there is plenty that perhaps can be learnt from Ezine.
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  It's funny, because I remember when Ezine used to insist on unique content. Then they changed their rules and accepted duplicate articles - in fact they were so keen on the idea, they published a video encouraging people to re-post their Helium articles and even auto-publish using a Wordpress plugin!
  
  So it looks as though they're just going back to their original philosophy by returning to original content.
  
  The 400 word minimum is interesting. Helium has had that in place for a long time - I know it doesn't guarantee quality but it does force people to make more of an effort, and it would be easy to implement.
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  ryankettposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Have Helium been slapped? By the way?
  
  The wordpress plugin is being disabled too
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yes, Helium didn't get a mention on any of the analysis sites for a while - I think because it's a much smaller fish - but it's now listed as having lost 66% of keywords.
  
  As you know, you don't earn affiliate income from Helium, they pay writers rev share themselves. And you don't have access to traffic stats. I suspect there's a fair lag before they pass on the earnings, so there's no sign of a change yet. Heliumites over on their forums are congratulating themselves on surviving the storm - they may be in for a surprise!
  
  I haven't written an article there for three years, the earnings are so absymal - but I do have to go and "rate" to keep the existing articles earning, so I pop in to the forums now and then and stir things up a bit...
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  Rising Carenposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Heliumites can have links in their articles and I've seen a few with affiliate links.
  
  Also the Helium Zones (that everyone forgets about) have amazon, and I think adsense too. So Helium isn't completely devoid of affiliate income.
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Interesting, I didn't think they allowed affiliate links. I do know their links are "no follow" so Helium isn't useful for promotion. I may have to go and leapfrog a few and see if I can get some affiliate links in there!
  
  Yes, they do - but as you say, everyone forgets about them! I wonder how many visits they get? The zones do have Adsense, but then so does the main site - that's the source of the passive income side of the site, but you don't get paid directly by Adsense.
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Hmm. So EzineArticles doesn't pay their writers anything, and now all their links will be no follow? How are they going to get anyone to contribute articles, then?
  
  Edit: I just looked at the blog post, and they've struck that idea out. I think it's dawned on them that they'd lose a lot of their writers if they did it!
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  earnestshubposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I'm glad of that Marisa. I was going to stop contributing if they had gone on with that. Thank you for letting us know.
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  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I found it amusing that they were surprised by the backlash.
  
  Their reaction was (I'm paraphrasing), "but we stopped advertising EZA as a source of backlinks in 2005". Their argument is that you write on EZA so real people will click on the links in your resource box.
  
  It makes you wonder how savvy EZA's management really are. On a site that's so Adsense-heavy, most readers will have clicked on an ad long before they get down to the resource box. And on blogs which re-use EZA material, the resource box is often stripped out anyway. Surely EZA know that - who are they trying to kid?
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Dolores Monetposted 6 years ago
Exactly - because, since they don't pay anything, why else write for them?
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  Randy Godwinposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Scumbags at Helium! My stolen Helium articles outrank my Hubs now! I'm beginning to think there are no honest sites to write at, at all!
  
  I abhor liars and thieves! I do my best to torment any I find out about. Ask Helium!
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