A Backlinking Opportunity for Hubbers (experimental)

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   quotationsposted 12 years ago

   Hello Fellow Hubbers -
   
   A few weeks ago I posted a question to the forums asking whether any hubbers had used Reddit.com to create backlinks. Most people reported negative experiences, saying that the reddit community had reacted badly to their attempts at self promotion.
   
   It occurs to me that the problem is trying to post links in the wrong reddit categories or subreddits.
   
   So I have come up with (maybe) a solution. In my capacity as a reddit moderator (okay, anyone can do it) I have created a subreddit dedicated to promoting hubs. The idea is that hubbers can post links and descriptions of their hubs. Hopefully the reddit pages will be crawled and create backlinks to our hubs.
   
   The subreddit is in need of contributors and links so I invite all my fellow hubbers to post links to their hubs and a short description of the hub.
   
   The address is: http://www.reddit.com/r/thehubhub/
   
   Don't be shy, someone has to be first to post a link.

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      melbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Alright! I'll check it out! Thank you!

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   I am reddit illiterate.
   
   Have they been hacked?
   
   I did a goggle search for reddit and got this:
   
   "FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU- - Reddit"
   
   Multiple entries at top of page. And it's the reddit homepage entry. I did not click it.

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      quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      This link works for me:
      
      http://www.reddit.com/r/thehubhub/
      
      Please let me know if there is a problem. I may not have worked out all the kinks yet.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Something is going on.
   
   Google page has already changed, but there is still one of the "ffffuuuu"
   
   Your 4 years here assures me this has nothing to do with your link. This is something else entirely.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Unless someone knows for sure otherwise, my guess is someone is messing with reddit. I will defer for now, but will definitely revisit after they get the situation cleaned up.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   And if this "ffffffffuuuuuuuuuu" stuff is normal for them, I guarantee you that I'm not the first person that's been scared off by it. Hacker paranoia is rampant. And I would consider it an extremely poor Sales & Marketing gimmick. And it's tacky.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Plus, the last time I checked them out (many months ago), that stuff wasn't there.

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   AEvansposted 12 years ago

   paradigm, I didn't have any problems when I placed my links there. I just registered and wah la I added two links. I believe it is fine he trying to assist us. Robert is reputable he really is.

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      paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Are those google homepage entries normal for reddit?

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         AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yes. Robert is an attorney in real life. He is as normal as you and me. He isn't trying to pull the wool over our eyes. He could be disbarred and I believe he will not ever let that happen. There page looks odd and unusual but they have been around for awhile.

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            quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks AEvans. And congratulations on being the first hubber to post a link to their hubs. I hope that this exercise in self-promotion works as planned.

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            paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I'm not saying Robert isn't normal!!!
            
            I'm concerned about the current entries on the Google homepage.
            
            Are the "ffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu"'s that are posted there reddit's doing or a hacker's doing?
            
            And are you viewing this thread in chronological mode? (just checking)

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               quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Now I see it. What you are seeing is actually a link to one of the more popular sections on reddit which is entitled "fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu"  The moderator says that it is a subreddit dedicated to "creating and sharing rage comics." It has 279,178 followers. Rage comics are not very funny in my opinion, but they are a sort of internet meme these days. You can google "rage comics" to find out more.
               
               There is nothing wrong. This is the actual title of one of reddit's sections. Our section dedicated to hubbers so far has no where near as many readers, but who knows if enough hubbers sign up we might make it to the top of the google search results.

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                  AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I believe you will.

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                  paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  OK.
                  
                  If I ran across that in a subpage, it wouldn't scare me, I'd be fine with it, I'd even visit it.
                  
                  But a first time visitor seeing that on the goggle frontpage sitemap of a reputable name like reddit, I can't believe I'd be the only one scared off because of wondering if hackers were messing with reddit.
                  
                  I will send reddit's Sales & Marketing my bill for these consultation services.

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               AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Hey Fung Gu, I'm Sandra Dee! lololo! What would we do without you?

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      paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I don't dispute that.

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         AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Here is there actual link  http://www.reddit.com/  with any place there are pros and cons. I added two of my hubs to his comments box. What the heck maybe it will bring in more traffic.

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      paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I went there. I didn't see your links. Just the original 2 starting the thread.

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         AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I am working on them.

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         paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Found Them!
         
         "[–]JuliannaEvans 1 point 39 minutes ago"
         "I will be the first to get my feet wet. I am not worried and what the heck we will see what happens..."

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            AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Lololo! Yes my feet are wet and now I have to write summaries and add more hubs. I even earned a pacifier for being a newbie! I do have to say that is funny! lololo!

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               paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Just an fyi. Your second hub didn't completely hyperlink. I thought you would want to know.

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                  AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I will go and fix. Thank you

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               paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               We get pacifiers!?! Maybe I will sign up now instead of later. I'll go see how much of a project that is...

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   quotationsposted 12 years ago

   @paradigmsearch - not sure why you are getting these strange results when you google reddit.com. I am not getting anything unusual and their site is functioning fine for me. You can visit their main page at reddit.com

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      paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Here's what I'm seeing. DON'T CLICK THE COPY/PASTED LINKS
      
      reddit: the front page of the internet
      www.reddit.com/
      User-generated news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.
      8,098 people +1'd this
      fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
      www.reddit.com/.../fffffffuuuuuuuu...
      reddit:{name}: find things ...
      Pics
      www.reddit.com/r/pics/
      A place to share genuinely ...
      Programming
      www.reddit.com/.../programming/
      reddit:{name}: find things ...
         
      Gonewild
      www.reddit.com/r/gonewild
      Verification is here! Read all ...
      Gaming
      www.reddit.com/r/gaming/
      A subreddit for anything ...
      Funny
      www.reddit.com/r/funny/
      DON'T PUT THE FREAKING ...

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         AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I am not getting that either and I use Chrome. That is strange. Yes I am viewing it chronologically, but I am not getting what you are getting when you Google search them. I would recommend that you log out of your computer and go back in. I don't know who your provider is but I am not having any problems here.

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         I am DB Cooperposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Reddit veteran here (5+ years). You're seeing Google's listing for Reddit, which as a popular community site gets both a mainpage listing along with sublistings for multiple popular pages within the site. The links you are posting are called subreddits, and any Redditor can make one, just as quoatations noted in the post that started this thread.
         
         Here's a quick rundown of the subreddits you listed, which are obviously among the most popular (tens of thousands of subscribers):
         fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu - Rage comics. Very popular on Reddit. There are many memes (if you don't know what that is, look it up) that are also connected to rage comics.
         pics - Pictures, obviously. This a very broad subreddit for user-submitted pictures. At the moment, it's mostly pictures of Halloween costumes. That will obviously change tomorrow.
         Programming - Many Redditors, especially those who have been around for a long time, work in IT and have an interest in programming languages.
         Gonewild - This is pictures of people (mostly women) flashing their bare chests, for the most part. It's obviously NSFW (not safe for work).
         Gaming - For video game topics.
         Funny - Mostly funny pictures or videos. Also obscene joke threads from time to time.
         
         I'm really not sure how much a link on a random subreddit with few followers is worth. Reddit front page links get linked to by blogs and various copycat sites around the web, but the front page of a subreddit is not the same thing as the front page of Reddit, especially when that subreddit isn't popular.
         
         As I've said before, the Reddit community is very hostile toward suspected spammers and basically any new members who are posting links. While there's little they can do to stop a subreddit that they don't moderate, they can see that subreddit and track who posts there. They won't worry much about one subreddit, since very few people will see it anyway, but I would strongly advise against submitting links on other parts of the site unless you're absolutely sure your link adds something of value and interest that the average internet addict hasn't seen before.

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            quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks for your insight. As I said this is an experiment. I don't think that it will generate click thru traffic, but it may add some PR value by way of backlinking. This way at least we won't get attacked by the larger Reddit community for posting links to hubs.
            
            If you are concerned about the rest of the reddit community noting what you post, feel free to post your hub links using a throw away account. Reddit does not prevent you from having several aliases, just like Hubpages.

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               I am DB Cooperposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I think the PR boost is going to be limited by the links being nofollow, but I suppose it won't hurt anything.
               
               Reddit actually has an active SEO subreddit, with plenty of excellent information about getting your website seen by more people. Unlike most other sites offering SEO advice, the Reddit community weeds out most of the hustlers and salesmen and downvotes their comments and submissions into oblivion, so only the valuable and interesting stuff survives.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Meanwhile, I shall now click you hubhub link (famous last words).

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      quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Trust me ....

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         paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I do.

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      AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You are a complete nut! lolololo!

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         paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         You go girl!

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    Haven't found my pacifier yet...

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       AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       You are going to get one. It is coming.

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          paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I discovered the pacifier. And the games. That place could turn into Time Kill Central real fast... I'm gonna have to watch that.

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             AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Me too. I noticed the same thing.

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             quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Reddit is a real time killer and seems to have an endless number of communities (subreddits). No one seems to know how many there are. Just hit the "random" button on the very top left hand corner of the screen and start exploring all that there is to reddit.

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    JEDIJESSICUHposted 12 years ago

    I have never really had problems with posting links on Reddit. In fact, a huge part of my traffic came from that site in the beginning. The problem with posting hubs to a hub dub-Reddit is that only HubPage readers will see and care. If you take the time to find the right sub-Reddit, you'll get more exposure.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    Submitted my first link. It's not showing everywhere yet. Needs to be moderated? If so, I'm fine with that. Also, my last comment there came back with a 504 error. Also no problem. It's all still in beta testing after all. Bye for now.

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       quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       You may not be seeing the links because I need to review and approve them, since I am the moderator of that forum. Sorry for the time lag, but it's early morning where I am. Keep on posting. I promise that I will review and approve them all.

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          WriteAngledposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Much appreciated. Thank you for making the effort to turn round what was a very negative experience for many. I've put in a couple of links.

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          paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Good morning all.
          
          And an uh-oh. As previously stated, I posted a link. However, I unfortunately did not post it via the comments section as I now see we were supposed to do.
          
          I posted my link via the big, blue, rectangular button located at the right of the screen that said "post link" or whatever. The good news is that I did also fill in the box specifying to post the link in thehubhub.

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    CMHypnoposted 12 years ago

    Hey quotations I'm in and have posted a link!  Thanks for setting it up

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       quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Welcome aboard!

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       quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Your're welcome!

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    Howard S.posted 12 years ago

    I think I submitted a couple of links, but I have no confidence that I knew what I was doing.

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    homesteadboundposted 12 years ago

    I posted a couple links. I guess I did it right, because I saw CMHypno there, unless we both wound up in the wrong place!

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       CMHypnoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I saw you there too Homesteadbound - so it must have been the right place??????

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          homesteadboundposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          no place like that place.

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    LYSposted 12 years ago

    Let's see how this expirement works out long term. As a little known sub reddit it really is upto us to develop the popularity........

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       quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Given the number of hubbers, this could be a very large community. Let's try to get more people to sign up.
       
       Also, if you have outside sites or articles on squidoo etc, feel free to promote those as well. The only criteria is that you have to also be a hubber.

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          LYSposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I'm a hubber and proud,
          a recent addition maybe but thanks quotations

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          homesteadboundposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I will be putting this thread in my weekly Hub Luv Series on Sunday.

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             quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Great idea. I hope we get more people joining our project!

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                homesteadboundposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                I posted it in the hub I published on Sunday, and have mentioned it in a couple of forums where appropriate. I am seeing some traffic from it. Should we eventually enter all our hubs?

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                   quotationsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   I am glad that you are seeing some traffic from our little experiment.
                   
                   I think that it might be better not to enter all of our hubs there, or at least spread out the posts over a long period. If Google sees that this page points to all hubs on a certain subdomain it might see these links as spam. I think it would actually help if hubbers could also post links to other projects of theirs such as articles they have written on squidoo. This way the page would seem more "organic" and not so obviously just meant to promote hubs (which of course it is).

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                      CMHypnoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                      I have posted hubs from other hubbers that I follow and a blog post or two - agree that it is best to spread it around and be diverse.  Thanks again for setting this up

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    mel22posted 12 years ago

    If you don't mind being called a TROLL continually by liberals. On only my third post there i wrote the comment 'mind-boggling' about a tech article and got a negative response ever since.. i quit because it wasn't worth my time arguing with people who EXcessively use the word TROLL at the drop of a hat, but maybe i'll rejoin since there's an individual 'hubredditt' group.

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       homesteadboundposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I have not had any negative from my interactions. And I have gotten some traffic. I have not used any other sub-reddit

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    Azure11posted 12 years ago

    Thanks for setting this up quotations, I joined a while ago but haven't really used it much so I will for sure post my hubs in this section now :-)

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       dungeonraiderposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I'd recommend submitting an article or two to the hubhub subreddit.  I've done so, already.  If you are going to do so, while you're there, look at the marketing strategies used by others on other subreddits.  You'd be surprised what gets voted up in computers.  You'll delight that others like what you like in the Nostalgia subreddit!  There are so many subs that every article really has a home there, it's just marketing it properly in a non-spammy way.
       
       It took me about a month to get comfortable with Reddit.  Just go slowly, don't post a bunch of stuff all at once.  I post less than an article per day (mine or someone else's).  I do not use it as a site to draw views from the site itself.  I use it to reach DDO players, and other gamers, so I can provide them with relevant, and entertaining, material - and thereby draw quality views.  I've grown a fairly steady viewership at one of my blogs.  My Gygax article gets views from there (Nostalgia).  rpg subreddit is another I use frequently.

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