I don't understand Hub score

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   mary615posted 12 years ago

   Just curious,  I have a Hub that has had 47 views but it has a score of 90.  I don't understand. I have Hubs that have many more views, but a lower score.  Anybody have an answer??

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      This is how Hubscore is computed:
      
      HubScore takes into account many factors and will change over time as data about its performance continues to stream in. It will also fluctuate quite a bit, seemingly at random, and that is nothing to worry about. The most important HubScore components that you should be concerned with include:
      
          Amount of traffic - including percentage from reputable sources other than HubPages
      
          The reputation of the Hubber - your Hubber Score and contribution to the community
      
          The response of readers to your Hub - including comments, thumbs up, etc.
      
          The uniqueness of content - copying content already available on the web will be highly penalized

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   Cagsilposted 12 years ago

   Hubscore fluctuates and it's based on many factors.
   
   It shouldn't matter, simply because Hubscore has nothing to do with earnings. It's an internal rating system for HP's Community. It doesn't add or subtract to the value of the content either. Again, making it meaningless, except to boost the ego.

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      mary615posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks.  I don't usually even look at the Hubscore.  I care more about the total views on a Hub.

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         Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Total views aren't really your best indication either.  Views that come from search are more usually more important than referral views (not always, though) and both are (again, usually) more important than views by other hubbers and rss feed readers.

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      Julesterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I think the hub score may affect any links in your hub. So if you link to a website, and your hub page ranking is below a certain figure, the link will be a "nofollow" type - making the link less advantageous.

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         Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yes that is true. However, the standard of content HP's continues to provide(aside from much of the junk written) and other various rules and guidelines HP has provided, should grant ANY individual from having to deal with it's so-called minimum requirement for "nofollow" and "dofollow" links.
         
         I've produced many hubs and I watched as the scores went UP mostly and then settle between a range. That's being said, that range is 67-96. I have had ONE hub start out at 50 go down to 44, but presently resides between 75-85.
         
         The scoring for "nofollow" and "dofollow" links is 40 score for a hub AND an authorscore/hubberscore of 75. If you have a hub that's that low and while at the same time have a 74 or lower score on your profile, then YOU are doing something seriously wrong.

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            Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            What he said :-)
            
            And yet some do manage it..

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               carol3sanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks. I didn't unserstand the scoring procedure either.

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                  mary615posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I guess there are things we are just not supposed to understand......I will continue not to be cocerned about it!

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