Improvements in traffic to my hubs
Although still down by over two thirds, the traffic to hubs on my best niche is slowly going up a bit. But then, it always does this time of year. So sadly, I can't say it's anything out of the ordinary.
And you were doing so good too! No one is immune to these slaps, even you Richie! Until we all get together and demand some sort of explanation of what is going on, HP will simply let us wander around confused with the silly roller coaster ride. If they have no idea what is going on then we are even in worse trouble than I suspect.
Many of us had top ranking articles which have been pushed away from the top SERPS. It's not merely coincidence, you know!
No, I am saying HP has way more data than we have because they have access to all of our accounts and thus, a better overall picture of what is happening to our traffic and accounts. Do you seriously believe they are telling us everything they know pertaining to the obvious ups and downs we are experiencing here? I don't believe you are that naive, Simey.
But perhaps you don't remember when Google slapped HP in the mouth over a year ago because they were allowing extremely spammy and misleading hubs which were garnering literally millions of views and which many of us reported--several times, as a matter of fact, before they were reluctantly removed.
I can't say I blamed them because this cr*p was making them money too! But those of us who were trying diligently to offer REAL information for the searchers were slapped right along with those who caused the problems or allowed them to remain published on HP.
Remember all of the Indian Auntie hubs which showed full nudity and were flooding this site? We took the fall because of HP refusing to listen to those of us concerned with such junk. This type of behavior does not normally engender much faith in the powers that be. Unless you are a favorite or BN. of course!
Not to mention the latest contest fiasco!
I do truly appreciate your input and opinions Simey, I don't wish you to think otherwise. And I do believe HP is trying to improve the site and also understand they cannot please everyone. But I'm sorry to have to say I am not impressed with the way they deal with the obvious problems they have and I certainly have aproblem when they fix contests so as to achieve the desired result at the detriment of honest hardworking members of the site.
I gave them every opportunity to address the contest controversy, and either they didn't care if the whole thing smelled of dishonesty, or they knew they were caught and decided silence was the only option. I am still open to having them reveal the AP mentors and the judges names to show I am completely wrong about them.
Honestly, nothing would please me more than to have them prove to me I am completely off the mark in this aspect. I would be more than happy to apologize to staff as well as the extremely coincidental winner of the weekly and grand prize. The offer is still open if HP wishes to have any future contests not suspected of being rigged by the staff.
Contrary to popular belief, I wish for this site to be considered one of the best, otherwise I would have moved on long ago as suggested by a certain staff member several times.
This could actually be the case Simey, but if this is indeed so, doesn't it show a complete lack of forethought by those involved? And how does this look as to the professionalism exhibited by those we depend on to treat everyone here with respect? There mere coincidences of a staff chosen elite being one of only 30--once again chosen by staff--of the very first members out of literally tens of thousands, and then-chosen once again by staff-- who also happened to be mentored by--yes, you guessed it, staff-- and who just also happened to be judges, who knew what they were looking for in a winning hub and chose the staff chosen elite, staff mentored AP , and staff judged weekly and grand prize winner. Ye gods! The odds for this to happen have to be in the millions to one.
I mean, I don't claim to be the brightest light on the Christmas tree, but dang! And yes,I would have respected HP much more if they would have merely said "Duh, we never even considered how bad this would smell because we figured everyone would simply trust us implicitly because we've always been so honest and never shown any favoritism whatsoever. Unbelievable sure, but it is better than simply keeping quiet and reaffirming the suspicions.
Figure the odds of all of the coincidences, Simey. And then tell me the first APS were not told what the staff/mentors/judges expected them to learn and what type of hubs they were aiming for in the new AP program. Then reassure me the winner did not take this information and use it to provide the exact type of hub the staff/mentors/judges were looking for in the contest.
And last but not least, tell me this was fair for all of those who thought it was a fair contest with no one being helped to provide what the staff/mentors/judges were looking for in a grand prize winner. Take a look at Simone's blog after the contest was over. Not very many people who were involved in the contest even took the trouble to comment on the post. I wonder why.
Of course, there's plenty which can be done now to regain at least a modicum of trust from those who feel betrayed by HP in the last contest. Own up to it like a man/woman should. Don't hide like a scared rabbit to keep from having to admit they made a mistake. And it was surely a mistake t do the things they did, whether it was intentional or not.
For all we know the entire contest was planned just for the purpose of promoting the controversial new AP by choosing one of the first students. And frankly, I wasn't too impressed with the choice of the winning hub either. And from what I have learned from many others, I am not alone in this feeling.
All 3 of your suggested rues above should have been implemented. I'm not too sure staff has the ability to be judges in the first place. I see nothing outstanding written by any of them.
But no, I don't expect them to come clean about the contest. Admitting fault is not their usual fare. Excuse me while I go outside and cuss a tree or two. I'm sure I'll get much more reaction from them anyway!
I have also and had a serious upward spike for a few days this week. Now the weekend is here and its down as usual. I am cautiously optimistic.
Wow Paul, one day you're posting traffic improvements and everything's fine and dandy. The next day your traffic falls and you post this too. Why don't you simply give us a report once a month or something. Now you're posting your traffic is down on the very thread where you reported it was improving.
It's strange how so many of us have different experiences here. Ever since my traffic and earnings were devastated last August my account has ever so slowly recovered and is now back to roughly 1/3 of the former amount. I'm back to where I was 2 years or so ago.
Adsense clicks and Amazon sales are slowly picking back up too, but as you said in an earlier post, we can't get comfortable for a moment for fear of another downfall. I am totally ridding my account of both EBay and HPads as they seem to kill both Adsense clicks and Amazon sales.
Mine have dropped by over 50% despite adding new hubs that did well in google
Of course you think this, Rebekah! As do apparently everyone who is asked about the contests. This is why it is so ludicrous to believe staff never took this in consideration at all. If someone from staff didn't have this cross their minds, when anybody who has ever read almost any other contest rules knew this, then what does it say about the abilities of the staff to know anymore than we do about other aspects of the writing world? I just can't believe they are this naive, can you?
This is why I have fought so hard--to no good end, apparently--against the silly "elite" badges given to those by staff. This type of favoritism RUINS community cohesion every single time on writing sites. So now look what we have because of it! Simply nauseating!!
Thanks for your opinion, Izzy! You are one of the very few here who I can depend on to say what you think. I always respect your view because of it, and I know for a fact others feel the same way. And this goes for whether I agree with you or not on any subject here.
My traffic is slowly picking back up and is the highest in a long time. I think removing the EBay capsules from my hubs has helped a bit too. What a cr*ppy useless affiliation it turned out to be!! Only pennies for over $1000 worth of items sold!! I sure wasted lots of time installing and removing them from my articles! Your traffic any better?
Well Marlene, I don't believe the majority of us are reporting increases in traffic, and for some, quite the opposite. Unlike it was a little over a year ago before the first Google slap, traffic here is much lower for many. We keep hoping it will return, but lately it seems to bounce all over the place.
We've got our fingers crossed--as well as our eyes, legs, wires, etc.--hoping things will eventually settle down to something we may depend on, but who knows. I wish I could encourage you more. But I can't.
Thank you, Randy. Maybe I am just reading "hope" between the lines of all the comments. Still, I am encouraged to keep on writing. At least, if we keep everything crossed there is bound to be success at the end of all of our efforts. This is me - staying positive.
(P.S. I'm so "rookie" I don't even know where you all go to get the cute little emoticons.)When replying to or making a post, click the formatting button at the bottom right of the text box to find the emoticons, Marlene.
Glad to help, Marlene! There are supposed to be some greeters here whose job is to help those such as yourself, but they are perhaps too busy in the new apprenticeship program to bother. Just ask if you need to know anything else you don't understand. Some of us commoners will usually be around to help, and we don't require special perks to do so.
You're welcome, Marlene. Yes, this is a friendly and helpful community for the most part. We help each other and in the end, it helps us too. Making HP a better place for writers who really try to produce well written articles can only raise the value of the site itself.
Glad you are pleased with our community of writers!
My traffic is the highest today it has been since I had a 2 day peak back to normal in December. My Adsense earnings are also the highest since the same period. I really believe removing the EBay capsules and HPads is helping me get more traffic too. Either way, I surely won't try using EBay or HPads again. They're the worst paying affiliates for those with a good niche.
i'm still not earning Adsense this month but i get some on HPads..
Of course you aren't! You only have 4 hubs. For those who don't get much traffic, HPads and Ebay will pay you pennies for even those hubbers viewing your articles. But for those with a good bit of non-hub traffic, these programs hurt both Adsense and Amazon earnings.
For some reason mine has dropped from middle to upper 90s to high 80s. Go figure.
I had a title tweaking session the other day, and this morning my traffic has more than doubled. Don't know if the two things are related in reality, but at least it makes me feel as though it was productive
CMHypno, I did it at the end of march to a single hub and the traffic increased. At that time I had 25 hubs and I made it a point to tweak all the hubs I felt were good enough. Did it to 15 more hubs. Here's the traffic improvement graph:
The small dip is in March when it began falling reached 30 views a day!! Now it's averaging 200 a day. That's big for me The new hubs I published are mostly review hubs and hence the max internal traffic was 6 visits to each (average) so that made no difference and my internal traffic overall never crosses 20 a day so it's all search engine traffic.
I hope it was the tweaking and not just something random. It is tomato growing season and I got some of those; but, all my hubs have moved up after the tweaks.Was there another Panda update released?
Title tweaking does work, but only on accounts that Google actually looks at.
No change here
Thank you. I remember now that I found out how to do this once, but forgot again.
You've got steady traffic that's nice
Just as you said the week ending variations
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