Cannot get my Hub score up to 75.

japhyryder · 11-26-2010, 05:07 AM

Would appreciate tips on this. I've now written 6 posts on Hub, with varied links (not too many), good internal linking, have commented on others hubs, you name it,and still I'm on 59 - which means all my links are no follow. What's going on! So frustrating.... and would really appreciate some advice from fellow Warriors.

x3xsolxdierx3x · 11-26-2010, 05:10 AM

Unfortunately, since I don't use HubPages, I really don't have any insight that can help you....except...like Squidoo, a functionality that is meant for good and to deter certain activities, IMHO, is actually counterproductive to keeping GOOD writers from contributing to the site...

(You aren't the first person to get frustrated from that....)

I do like HubPages Community though.

Alexa Smith · 11-26-2010, 05:28 AM

Do you comment on other people's hubs, ask questions and give answers, take part in their forum, and plant the occasional high-PR, context-relevant backlink to your page to attract a bit of external traffic? It may also help you to have a least one photo there, with your page's main keyword in its title.

japhyryder · 11-26-2010, 05:30 AM

thanks Alexa. I comment but haven't asked questions etc. I have backlinked but not High Pr - will try this now. much appreciated.

x3xsolxdierx3x · 11-26-2010, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiggs

I am an IT Expert with a lot of experience. Contact me on mamta786 at gmail.com and I will show you ways.

How about you just share them here? Are these legal?

japhyryder · 11-26-2010, 05:37 AM

very kinds Quiggs. Will do.

x3xsolxdierx3x · 11-26-2010, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiggs

I am an IT Expert with a lot of experience. Contact me on mamta786 at gmail.com and I will show you ways.

How about you share your expertise here, instead of posting your email address in every thread? (This is the second thread I've seen your email addy posted...)

japhyryder · 11-26-2010, 07:24 AM

Yes Quiggs is a spammer. Wasn't even him but one of his 'assistants'....

x3xsolxdierx3x · 11-26-2010, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by japhyryder

Yes Quiggs is a spammer. Wasn't even him but one of his 'assistants'....

Yes. I see that now.

x3xsolxdierx3x · 11-26-2010, 08:33 AM

Also, you don't just have to obtain that score, but, you have to maintain it, as well.

Matt Ward · 11-26-2010, 11:14 AM

Is it worthwhile to develop some hubpages backlinks? I'm almost at 75, but I posted a bad hub that they deleted for "self-promotion" and I'm wondering if it's even worth the trouble to maintain a hubpages account.

x3xsolxdierx3x · 11-26-2010, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattward

Is it worthwhile to develop some hubpages backlinks? I'm almost at 75, but I posted a bad hub that they deleted for "self-promotion" and I'm wondering if it's even worth the trouble to maintain a hubpages account.

As of about 2 or 3 weeks ago, HubPages had actually made a post (I believe a video was included) that openly told users not to backlink.

What were you actually promoting with that hub? ....there's a thin line...and, it would be interesting to see what exact criteria they use in determining self-promotion?....(Too many links to your website? etc)....in that case, it would be nice if they had a system in place that simply told you to only post 2-3-4-etc links to your site.

GrowTallerNiche · 11-26-2010, 12:02 PM

I had the same problem. I just kept writing hubs and bookmarking the hubs. Now I have a hub score of 89. It took about 2 weeks to get to 75. Time helps your author rank a lot.

socialbookmark · 11-26-2010, 01:10 PM

Make backlinks for it from any quality website you can. For example article directories, social bookmarks or forum signatures. You don't have other choices because you should make backlinks for it to rank high/

Matt Ward · 11-26-2010, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x

As of about 2 or 3 weeks ago, HubPages had actually made a post (I believe a video was included) that openly told users not to backlink.

What were you actually promoting with that hub? ....there's a thin line...and, it would be interesting to see what exact criteria they use in determining self-promotion?....(Too many links to your website? etc)....in that case, it would be nice if they had a system in place that simply told you to only post 2-3-4-etc links to your site.

I posted a product review verbatim from my website with links at the bottom saying something like "blah blah check out my site for more reviews."

They deleted it and told me that if the content isn't 100% unique to Hubpages you can't have any self-serving links.

japhyryder · 11-26-2010, 02:05 PM

Yes, interesting to see others have had the same problem. Clearly, they would be out of business if people couldn't make links to them at all. However, by making it essential for people to build quality hubs with original content, and pushing them hard to work for their link, so to speak, they're in a win win - because let's face it they like having thousands of links built for them!
Will keep at it... and thanks for the help warriors...

scoopy · 11-26-2010, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by japhyryder

Yes, interesting to see others have had the same problem. Clearly, they would be out of business if people couldn't make links to them at all. However, by making it essential for people to build quality hubs with original content, and pushing them hard to work for their link, so to speak, they're in a win win - because let's face it they like having thousands of links built for them!
Will keep at it... and thanks for the help warriors...

SO Basically Backlinking to your hub will increase your rankings. Or any other web 2.0 site like squidoo, blogger etc.

deloriagod · 11-26-2010, 02:20 PM

My hubber score sits between 87-91 on most days. It's really simple, you just need to set aside some time here and there to work on your account. First of all, you need to write high quality hubs. Things people will want to read about. They don't even have to be promotional for/related to your website. Provide the best information you can. Then hop over to Google and search for images related to the topic that allow you to use them (generally require a link back to their site). Write a couple of good hubs then participate in the community. Ask/answer questions, chat on the forums, comment on other peoples' hubs, etc. The more you're involved, the more likely people are to read your hubs.

You'll find at some point that your hubs will sort of "top out" their hub scores and fluctuate around that score. If all of your hubs reach that point and your hubber score is still under 75, then just write some more hubs. I think it took me nearly 10-15 hubs to get my hubber score up to 75 (although I have written some purely self-promotion garbage).

11-26-2010, 05:07 AM	#1
japhyryder Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 47 Thanks: 31 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. Would appreciate tips on this. I've now written 6 posts on Hub, with varied links (not too many), good internal linking, have commented on others hubs, you name it,and still I'm on 59 - which means all my links are no follow. What's going on! So frustrating.... and would really appreciate some advice from fellow Warriors.
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11-26-2010, 05:10 AM	#2
x3xsolxdierx3x Army Officer/Nurse/IM'er War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 4,074 Thanks: 315 Thanked 686 Times in 528 Posts Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. Unfortunately, since I don't use HubPages, I really don't have any insight that can help you....except...like Squidoo, a functionality that is meant for good and to deter certain activities, IMHO, is actually counterproductive to keeping GOOD writers from contributing to the site... (You aren't the first person to get frustrated from that....) I do like HubPages Community though.
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11-26-2010, 05:28 AM	#3
Alexa Smith Wordsmith (& Skepchick) War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 15,286 Thanks: 8,671 Thanked 11,416 Times in 5,807 Posts	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. Do you comment on other people's hubs, ask questions and give answers, take part in their forum, and plant the occasional high-PR, context-relevant backlink to your page to attract a bit of external traffic? It may also help you to have a least one photo there, with your page's main keyword in its title.
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11-26-2010, 05:30 AM	#4
japhyryder Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 47 Thanks: 31 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. thanks Alexa. I comment but haven't asked questions etc. I have backlinked but not High Pr - will try this now. much appreciated.
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11-26-2010, 05:37 AM	#6
japhyryder Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 47 Thanks: 31 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. very kinds Quiggs. Will do.
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11-26-2010, 07:24 AM	#8
japhyryder Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 47 Thanks: 31 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. Yes Quiggs is a spammer. Wasn't even him but one of his 'assistants'....
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11-26-2010, 08:33 AM	#10
x3xsolxdierx3x Army Officer/Nurse/IM'er War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 4,074 Thanks: 315 Thanked 686 Times in 528 Posts Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. Also, you don't just have to obtain that score, but, you have to maintain it, as well.
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11-26-2010, 11:14 AM	#11
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11-26-2010, 12:02 PM	#13
GrowTallerNiche Active Warrior Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 85 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. I had the same problem. I just kept writing hubs and bookmarking the hubs. Now I have a hub score of 89. It took about 2 weeks to get to 75. Time helps your author rank a lot.
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11-26-2010, 02:05 PM	#16
japhyryder Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 47 Thanks: 31 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. Yes, interesting to see others have had the same problem. Clearly, they would be out of business if people couldn't make links to them at all. However, by making it essential for people to build quality hubs with original content, and pushing them hard to work for their link, so to speak, they're in a win win - because let's face it they like having thousands of links built for them! Will keep at it... and thanks for the help warriors...
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11-26-2010, 02:20 PM	#18
deloriagod Motivationally Challenged War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 360 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 38 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts Social Networking	Re: Cannot get my Hub score up to 75. My hubber score sits between 87-91 on most days. It's really simple, you just need to set aside some time here and there to work on your account. First of all, you need to write high quality hubs. Things people will want to read about. They don't even have to be promotional for/related to your website. Provide the best information you can. Then hop over to Google and search for images related to the topic that allow you to use them (generally require a link back to their site). Write a couple of good hubs then participate in the community. Ask/answer questions, chat on the forums, comment on other peoples' hubs, etc. The more you're involved, the more likely people are to read your hubs. You'll find at some point that your hubs will sort of "top out" their hub scores and fluctuate around that score. If all of your hubs reach that point and your hubber score is still under 75, then just write some more hubs. I think it took me nearly 10-15 hubs to get my hubber score up to 75 (although I have written some purely self-promotion garbage).
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