Is HP counting our own editing page views?

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   capricornrisingposted 11 years ago

   Every time I create a hub and save the draft, I notice there are page views that show up BEFORE I publish it. Sometimes the page views show up before I've saved it as unpublished. Is HP counting all our editing page views?

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      mary615posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I asked the same question about two weeks ago.  A Hubber said that when you go back into edit, it does count as a page view.  So, before publishing I might go back several times to edit something I forgot to do.

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   psycheskinnerposted 11 years ago

   Yes, that is counted.

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   rbe0posted 11 years ago

   Maybe this is a hidden incentive for editing our work.. lol.

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   Cagsilposted 11 years ago

   All views are counted.

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   capricornrisingposted 11 years ago

   Sure - but why are the page views counted BEFORE we publish the hub? I even create the first few drafts on my word processors offline, then paste it in. I only review the draft on HP, before publishing, to see how it will look, so I can adjust things like paragraph spacing and capsule formatting.
   
   I also should mention that sometimes, after I publish a hub, I've gone back to look at it, but the page view isn't counted. So weird.

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      Cagsilposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      When editing a hub, it's automatically considered a view. If you just travel to a hub, then you need to be on the for a period of time for it to register as a view. If you managed to get off the page before it's counted as a view, then it won't register.
      
      As for why are unpublished views counted? Because, that's the way HP prefers it.

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   calpol25posted 11 years ago

   I think its big brother spying on us to see how many of us have OCD when we edit our hubs...

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      capricornrisingposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Ha! Thanks for the chuckle. I'm certainly OCD about the way my writing looks online!

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         calpol25posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Your welcome I am the same when it comes to my writing,

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   capricornrisingposted 11 years ago

   Well, I decided to do what I should have done. I visited one of my hubs that has had no page views in the last 72 hours, and had the window open for about 15 minutes. I'll check my stats periodically to see if the page view got recorded.

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      calpol25posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      It probably will do, I call them ghost views
      
      

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         capricornrisingposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Well, nothing so far...

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            calpol25posted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Maybe the ghost at the other end is on a coffee break???
            
            Its okay have found him :lol
            

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               capricornrisingposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Ha ha ha! Cute rat. I mean dog...

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                  calpol25posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Glad you like Capricorn x

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                     capricornrisingposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     Oh whoops - is s/he yours? I apologize for my snarkiness. I own a chihuahua beanie baby named Tiny...

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                        calpol25posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        He aint mine he is my friends dog his name is Chip and he is soo cute

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            Cagsilposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            They update the statistics page once an hour or something like that. Your statistics page is a rolling 24 hour clock. So it will appear sooner or later.

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               capricornrisingposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Yep - sadly, it turns out all our editing page views are counted. I can't for the life of me come up with a good reason for HubPages to do this.

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                  calpol25posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  They love us that much they want to give us a helping hand and be the first to view our work  

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   calpol25posted 11 years ago

   Thanks Cagsil I always wondered if they updated it..

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