Anyone ever notice if they get more traffic with a summary or more traffic witho

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   viveresperandoposted 12 years ago

   Anyone ever notice if they get more traffic with a summary or more traffic without a summary?
   
   Have you ever taken the time to compare and try to evaluate if a summary by the system generates more traffic or one that you write your own generates more traffic?

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   Novel Treasureposted 12 years ago

   I haven't actually done any comparisons, but I think about what articles I would click on when I'm searching. If they don't have a summary of what they are on 9/10 it's a spam article or a link to other links. It seems that those that actually have a summary are actually articles, not just a bunch of links to other links. At least in my experience when I'm searching.

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You are so correct, I realize when I do a search; I quickly check out any summary information to see which one I click on first!  Thank you for your time.

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   CZCZCZposted 12 years ago

   I have not done a comparison, but believe a summary is critical.  It helps with your search rankings, as well as being a better way to showcase your article in the first sentence or two under the search result. I would take the time to complete a summary of each hub.

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Going to have to edit all my hubs and write a summary, did not realize how important this was.  Thank you for taking the time to comment.

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   austinhealyposted 12 years ago

   When I first started publishing hubs on Hubpages, I didn't see the necessity of using the summary feature. Then I read a post by someone who said that it had increased her views tremendously. So I tried it and I have to say. it works. I can't explain why but it just does, so now everything new I publish has a short summary.

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for letting me know, apparently it does help.  It is nice to hear that it improved your views/traffic.  Very encouraging to hear.

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   Rosana Modugnoposted 12 years ago

   I have not compared but I know the more you write about your article, will mean more traffic.  Summary triggers more finds on searches.  It's a numbers game.  The more you put out, the more you receive.  Well, in writing articles, I mean.  lol

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for your time.

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   Rock_njposted 12 years ago

   You should get more traffic with a summary, because in some search engine results, the summary is what is displayed, and if it isn't there, some people may not click the link.  It's a good idea to write an enticing summary to get people to click.

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That makes so much sense, thank you!

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   Goody5posted 12 years ago

   I've never really made a comparison between having a summary, and not having one. However thanks to your question, I'm now going to definitely look into the matter. 

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Apparently others have noticed an increase when they started doing summaries.  I will see if I do see an increase.

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   Barbara Kayposted 12 years ago

   I didn't use a summary for a long time. When I did, I suddenly got much more traffic and the traffic has continued.

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      viveresperandoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Great to know thanks!

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