Internet Mentality in a Nutshell

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   helotposted 15 years ago

   Write a hub page about curing cancer:
   
   9 hits in 2 days.
   
   Write a hub page about sex:
   
   87 hits in 4 hours.
   
   Make of it what you will, but if you are struggling to get traffic there just put a few key words in your title.

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      cosetteposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      HubPages has sex hubs?
      
      i never read those. there's so many interesting hubs out there, and i just don't find people's sex stories all that interesting.

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      AdamGDposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      you could just write a hub about sex and cancer you know to cover your bases

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   cameron eslinposted 15 years ago

   Predictable. Most people will look at the hub about sex because they happen to see it in the title and are curious (and alright, everybody loves reading about sex). To read the hub about cancer, you have to *search* for it because you are already interested by the subject. Many topics and hubs don't get many hits because only ten people want to read about it, and it's not just cancer.

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   fishtiger58posted 15 years ago

   Just goes to show you what the majority of the people want to read. There is more sex going on then cancer ( at least I think there is ) hence more people are interested in sex than cancer.

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      Sean Leongposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I can size up a person by knowing what she/he likes to read.

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      Diskobolosposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I disagree, it's probably the other way - there is more cancer going on then sex. So people at least want to read about it... and remember how it was with nostalgia.

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      DogSiDaedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Sex is also considerably more fun than cancer

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   Gemsongposted 14 years ago

   As much as I would love the traffic, I can't think of anything about sex I want to write about.
   
   I guess I'll just stick to what know.

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      Simply Untangledposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I hear you. Maybe we should go for a titles like "Not about Sex" or "Sex and more - wont find it here" 

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   Marisa Wrightposted 14 years ago

   It's not the traffic you're looking for, it's conversions.
   
   The cancer Hub may get less traffic but I bet a higher percentage of it is paying traffic. 
   
   Hubs about sex and photo Hubs of sexy actresses get lots of traffic but readers are coming to look, not to buy. So they earn very badly.

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