My First Hub - Need Suggestions

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   andygrantposted 13 years ago

   Hi,
   
   I have just started with Hubpages and made a new hub just now about Zurich and tourist attractions in Zurich. Here is the link:
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Know-About-Zurich
   
   Can you please suggest something to improve my hub.
   
   Thanks

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      CASE1WORKERposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      i think the hub was lovely and left a comment to that effect. What I didnt put on the comments box was that it would be better if you could work a little more on your grammar as it would then be easier to read. However a brilliant first effort

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         andygrantposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you very much for your suggestion. I will surely work on the factors you have mentioned.

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      rizwan_isriaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      If you want your hub to be viewed by many you should share it, there is an option available at the end of  your hub.

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         andygrantposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for providing this information Rizwan. I was not aware of this facility.

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         Good Guyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         May I know what is this "share" icon?

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            Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            It makes it easy to Tweet  it, put it on Facebook and so on.   Of course you need accounts at those places.

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   SteveoMcposted 13 years ago

   In a travel hub, I would like more photos.  Writing is not bad at all and this is a great first hub.   Grammatical errors are important to flesh out and correct.
   Would like to see photos placed in half screen so that the reader can scan the text and look at the photos.

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      andygrantposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for feedback. I will add more photos and will try to remove grammatical errors.

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   lrohnerposted 13 years ago

   In additional to grammatical errors, you need to substitute "Zurich" with other words. You've used the word almost 50 times in the hub, and it really makes it hard to read. And stuffing a webpage with keywords isn't going to help you get traffic.
   
   For instance, the sentence "Zurich is one of the world's most important financial centers with most banking giants having their headquarters situated in Zurich." Could be written "Most banking giants have their headquarters situated in Zurich, making it one of the world's most important financial centers."

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      andygrantposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for this valuable suggestion Irohner. I will look into this matter.

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   mythbusterposted 13 years ago

   I agree with lrohner - take the "Zurich" keyword OUT of about 40 places lol
   
   Having the keyword splashed in almost every sentence or paragraph makes the hub look more "spammy" than you were probably intending...
   
   I like the landmarks-list and 'places to visit' information on the hub.

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      andygrantposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      LOL . I have tried to revise the language so that it doesn't looks spammy. Thanks for the feedback anyway.

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   Polly Cposted 13 years ago

   Hi Andy, it's a good first hub but I definitely agree with Steve about adding more photos.  In my opinion, travel hubs need many photos to encourage the reader to stay on the page.  I don't think people will even read the text without more photos, they will just back click to the page they came from.  You do need them to run down the right hand side of the page. People searching for travel information want to know what the place looks like before they read about it. I think it would be helpful if you had more pictures of the attractions you have listed.
   
   I see that you do have pictures of the attractions, but they are in a slideshow - they would be better off running down the right of the attractions section - more eyecatching and people cannot miss them.

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      andygrantposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for feedback Polly. I will try to adjust the pictures as you have mentioned.

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   Info Bucketposted 13 years ago

   Promoting and providing the link of your hub is against the Tos of hubpages forum rules

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      Dame Scribeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Not in this forum its allowed for constructive commentary and assistance.

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   Rockerzzposted 13 years ago

   I must say its a great hub

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