HubScore Dropped During HubChallenge?

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   belief713posted 14 years ago

   Has anyone else noticed their HubScore drop since starting the Hub Challenge? I know it goes up and down based on traffic, so you'd think with publishing more Hubs, it would go up, right? Weird.

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   bgpappaposted 14 years ago

   Mine has as well.  Mine usually goes down upon submission of a new hub, so now that I am submitting more hubs in a short period of time it has been lower than its has in months.

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   Lissieposted 14 years ago

   Up and down  -"lissie" seems to be more up than down - which is not usual normal I see a drop too when I publish a new hub - maybe its because I  have so many hubs now one more doesn't make much difference?
   My new ID has climbed slowly to 87 and seems stuck there - I have only published 17 so far so I'm a little surprised tbat this one is not bounced around more. Gonna add a whole bunch of hubs to it over the next couple of days and see what happens :-)

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   Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

   Not mine Although, I haven't posted one in days.

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   blondepoetposted 14 years ago

   definetely

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   I seem to be bouncing around from 92 to 96 and back. Had one shining moment at 97.

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   Mark Knowlesposted 14 years ago

   As far as I can tell, hubber score is graded on a curve based on a number of factors including traffic, so I would expect everyone's score to be bouncing around with the hubchallenge pouring new content into the site.
   
   Only a few more weeks 'till normality is resumed.

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   Everyday Miraclesposted 14 years ago

   What about those of us who have "dropped out" of the challenge or dropped back? I am getting weirded out not being at 98-100 all the time lol

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      Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Have you quit already?
      
      What I meant by "graded on a curve," is the hubber score is a reflection of performance in comparison with all the other hubbers. So - for instance, my score has jumped up since I started publishing again - which will have had an adverse affect on everyone else's score. It used to be there would only ever be one hubber with a 100 score - but that has changed recently, so I don't know how many 100s there are in the box.

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         RGrafposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you, Mark.  That is the clearly stated explanation to much of this that I have seen.  It makes a lot of sense now.

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   BristolBoyposted 14 years ago

   Well even though I am not taking part in the challenge my scores over the last few weeks have consistently been higher than before the challenge started, although of course this may just be coincidence.

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    Susan Ngposted 14 years ago

    My hubber score jumped up since I recently started publishing hubs again after a long break.  I didn't know other people's scores could affect mine, though.

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    belief713posted 14 years ago

    Wow, a lot of responses, thanks.
    
    I've always noticed the little drop after publishing a hub, I just never thought about others scores affecting yours. I was just thinking along the lines that because the site is being bombarded with new Hubs, it makes for more competition for some of mine, decreasing their traffic?
    
    @ EM - did you drop out? I only committed to 30 and not all of them are of Flagship quality, only a few.
    
    
    Yes, and a lot more sleep on the way ...

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    David Verdeposted 14 years ago

    I don't have too many hubs, so it's not a large sample size but I'm noticing a drop in my overall score. It's very slow and steady, so maybe Mark Knowles is right about everybody's score affecting the whole, they're churning out more hubs daily, I'm not, so they're affecting the curve more than me.

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    Dame Scribeposted 14 years ago

    I am sure everything will settle down once the input has time to catch up with the output cheers to our awesome Challengers I say!

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    belief713posted 14 years ago

    @ David - I think that really is what's effecting the scores. I mean, it makes sense.
    
    @ Dame - It will be neat to see how this challenge affects the site, community, SERPs and all that. That's why I'm doing it - we're making official HubPages history! What an honor

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    dineaneposted 14 years ago

    I've finally hit 100 a few times since the challenge. And my traffic is not significantly increased now (it was the first couple of days, but it's settled back to average).

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    SEO Expert Keralaposted 14 years ago

    My hub score is increased after hubchallenge

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