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Deleting Lot of Hubs

  1. DJ Funktual profile image86
    DJ Funktualposted 6 years ago

    I just recently went through my many hubs and came to realize that almost every hub I did involving youtube videos had broken links. So I went to go fix the links only to find that these hubs were lame.   I started deleting all hubs that don't generate traffic or are just plain substandard.

    Went from 227 hubs to 167 in one night.
    Has anyone else had this pleasure of cleansing?

    1. Aya Katz profile image88
      Aya Katzposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      I've never done that. I have a couple of unpublished hubs, but I haven't deleted any. One hub I unpublished because Google said it violated TOS (I don't believe it did), but I just didn't want any trouble. Another hub I unpublished at the request of a family member.

      But if a hub isn't getting any traffic, I would not delete it. I would try to think how to get it more traffic.

    2. thranax profile image50
      thranaxposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Most of my Hubs (96 percent) are evergreen but some dont turn views more then one or two a week! What I do now is improve the seo on them and maybe rewrite and retry them out in the world, although they get 1 or 2 hits a week there all from Google and generally they get 1 to 2 clicks a month - worth keeping!

      ~thranax`

    3. Lisa HW profile image82
      Lisa HWposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      I just wiped out several, but not that many - at least not yet.   It wasn't really about whether they were performing.  It was more a matter of "that was then/this is now" as far as my thinking they were even at all worth posting.  Some I decided I could make better use of.  The only way to "fix them" would have been to essentially write a whole new Hub about the same subject, but with a different approach.  I feel good.  More are going.   smile

  2. Ivorwen profile image84
    Ivorwenposted 6 years ago

    I occasionally go through and weed out all of the hubs I have started but am never going to finish, either because I found the topic too narrow or too broad.

  3. Cagsil profile image59
    Cagsilposted 6 years ago

    I rarely delete hubs. I sometimes unpublish them, so as to work on later. If I find something that needs to be completely re-worked on the hub that I have to scrap the entire hub, then I delete it.

    Otherwise, I try not to delete any hubs, because 80% or better, a hub can be re-written or re-worked to be better. smile

    1. sofs profile image89
      sofsposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Not yet for that reason,  but i once as the title had to be changed.

  4. wilderness profile image95
    wildernessposted 6 years ago

    Don't do that!  Shock from the thought that you just deleted more hubs than I've written nearly stopped the old ticker dead! big_smile

    So far I've deleted nothing, though I've thought about it for a few that just don't get any organic traffic at all.  I'm still concentrating on writing new stuff, while trying to understand good SEO, but one day I hope to re-write the older stuff that is of poor quality or just can't seem to pull any traffic.

  5. sabrebIade profile image84
    sabrebIadeposted 6 years ago

    I reversed my earlier position on that.
    I once said to NEVER delete a Hub, but if nothing you do makes it perform any better, why keep it?
    It lowers your averages, not only average Hub Scores, but Adsence eCPM as well.
    But I only delete a Hub after I have tried everything with it.
    As a matter of fact, I have one with a bullseye on it now, just waiting till months end.

    1. wilderness profile image95
      wildernessposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Not arguing about deleting non-performing hubs that cannot be "fixed", but why would you care about averages for hub scores or eCPM?  Neither one affects actual earnings or performance of other hubs...

      I understand that if it affects the hubber score it might affect an organic readers willingness to read other hubs, but I would find that doubtful as well.

  6. Joy56 profile image59
    Joy56posted 6 years ago

    well i have decided to delete myself twice from hub pages, and took all my hubs down, this time i am keeping them all...... good or bad.

  7. Bard of Ely profile image86
    Bard of Elyposted 6 years ago

    I would never delete any of my hubs! I have worked hard on them and am proud of even the ones that don't get much traffic. They can all be improved and I am learning about how to do so!

  8. Pcunix profile image88
    Pcunixposted 6 years ago

    I could see how you could argue "smart pricing" (if it exists and if it affects whole sites) as a reason, but  I have not seen convincing evidence of that yet, and even it were true, that would be for poorly converting hubs, so you would just take Adsense off and try Amazon or whatever.

    I could see deleting something that is so bad that it might cause someone to not read anything else you write, but that is a bit unusual, right?

    Also, a "bad" page can be a gateway to a better page.

    1. WryLilt profile image86
      WryLiltposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Smart pricing? I haven't heard that term before in my search for internet knowledge. Please explain!

      1. sabrebIade profile image84
        sabrebIadeposted 6 years ago in reply to this

        Now not everything you read on the interwebs is gospel, but here is an article about smart pricing...

        http://www.adsensehowto.net/google_adse … _works.php

        Note: "One poorly converting site can result in smart pricing impacting an entire account, even sites completely unrelated to the poorly converting one."

        Taking that idea, what about instead of deleting the poorly performing Hub, just remove Adsense from it?

        1. Pcunix profile image88
          Pcunixposted 6 years ago in reply to this

          Yes, but what people often fail to understand is that poorly converting doesn't mean low click throughs.  It means too many click throughs that don't convert to sales (or whatever the advertiser wanted like diwnloads).

  9. nicregi profile image63
    nicregiposted 6 years ago

    Holy cow! That is a huge number.

    I seldom delete my hub unless for some matters. One of the main reason or when I will delete a hub is when I just started writing, and within the next few minutes I lost my interest in it.

    With that, there's definitely comes the Delete button smile

  10. Randy Godwin profile image94
    Randy Godwinposted 6 years ago

    I personally doubt poor performing hubs affecting one's hubscore!  I have some too, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on my profile score!

    1. Pcunix profile image88
      Pcunixposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Even if it did, so what?  Show me that they affect Adsense and I'll be deleting stuff like mad, but otherwise, who cares?

      1. Randy Godwin profile image94
        Randy Godwinposted 6 years ago in reply to this

        I agree, Pcunix, besides, one never knows when the subject of the hub might become a hot topic!

  11. DJ Funktual profile image86
    DJ Funktualposted 6 years ago

    I have no idea about hubscores, i just know that when I first got here, i made hubs at a pace that scared some people.  Now most of them are tweakable but there are some that just wreak of desperation.  Putting something out just to keep stimulating the community, so to speak. 

    Some of them were poems, which do not really belong here anyway.
    I make lists mostly so none of them could possibly be deleted considering how much time went into them.  But hubs about non-evergreen topics will get u every time.  I made hubs about my favorite baseball team, predicting the Oscars, American Idol, zzzzzzzzzzzz.  STALE!

    1. WryLilt profile image86
      WryLiltposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      I'd agree that non-evergreen hubs are not the best way to go.

      However on a brighter note I remember Marisa Wright mentioning that she had a hub that did nothing for 15 months then took off and earnt her $200 over the following 9 months. So you never know!

    2. relache profile image87
      relacheposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      If you watch the new Hubteam video from Nora, she goes into how purely personal content isn't right for HubPages.  If a total stranger wouldn't care about the info or be helped by it because it's just about you, it's better to delete that stuff. 

      I bet over the course of the next few months, you see much better performance from your Hubs.

      1. sofs profile image89
        sofsposted 6 years ago in reply to this

        Relache where can I watch this vedio , this is good advice!

        1. relache profile image87
          relacheposted 6 years ago in reply to this

          It was on the site blog recently, which is worth following in general.

    3. Dorsi profile image91
      Dorsiposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      Hey DJ I know what you mean. I wrote some hubs that were very "of the moment" and now look back and wonder should I just unpublish them or?? I don't have the heart to delete them though...
      That was alot of hubs for you to delete but hey, if it makes you feel better then whatever works...
      Good to see you by the way!

  12. Life at DrTom's profile image79
    Life at DrTom'sposted 6 years ago

    I deleted half my hubs last week.  They were too similar to what I have on my blog site, and I want traffic there more than here.  Plus, I have come to realize that hubs that get traffic are not bloggish essays.  The public wants to know how to bake a chocolate cake, how to put socks on in the morning, and how to pet your dog.

  13. cindyvine profile image87
    cindyvineposted 6 years ago

    I would say just unpublish, polish them up and publish again.

  14. profile image0
    sord87posted 6 years ago

    I deleted 3 hubs which hubscores is below 55 and the rest get more impression !

  15. Cordale profile image76
    Cordaleposted 6 years ago

    Hubscore affecting click-through is ridiculous. Get that out of your head.

  16. thisisoli profile image61
    thisisoliposted 6 years ago

    I dont often delete hubs, instead I improve them.

    1. DJ Funktual profile image86
      DJ Funktualposted 6 years ago in reply to this

      and that is exactly the attitude most should have.  However there doesn't seem to be a way to improve a hub on a season of American Idol that has passed or an Oscar prediction hub.    Some topics do not belong here. I do agree Cordale and oithers that deleting something just because the hubscore is bad is rediculous.  It won't get you more clicks on other hubs either. 

      My achilles heel has alwasy been hubkarma.  I work my ass off on a piece and now I gotta go seek out people to refer you to?  it's rough.

      1. relache profile image87
        relacheposted 6 years ago in reply to this

        Just ignore it.  The effect it has on Hubscore is utterly insignificant.

        1. lakeerieartists profile image79
          lakeerieartistsposted 6 years ago in reply to this

          I agree with relache.  Don't worry about Hubkarma.

      2. Maddie Ruud profile image82
        Maddie Ruudposted 6 years ago in reply to this

        Don't worry about it too much, Jamie.  It's just to encourage relevant interlinking, not to stress you out.

        PS>  I emailed you back like two weeks ago.  You going to leave a sister hanging?

        1. DJ Funktual profile image86
          DJ Funktualposted 6 years ago in reply to this

          Oh shoot.  never got it!  Thought you left ME hangin'   lol.

          1. Maddie Ruud profile image82
            Maddie Ruudposted 6 years ago in reply to this

            Resending.  Check your spam folder if you don't see it.

  17. profile image0
    ryankettposted 6 years ago

    I have deleted perhaps 10 hubs since starting. Those were so bad it was unreal, and I couldn't be assed to rewrite. One never went over 50 for a hubscore, another never above 54. I deleted them both, published a new hub, tagged my newest hubs, and hey presto... first 100 hubberscore in yonks...

  18. nikipa profile image15
    nikipaposted 6 years ago

    I know some of my hubs need to be improved and I will do that but I will never delete them (besides I am speaking about hubs that are above 58).

  19. anniedee profile image81
    anniedeeposted 6 years ago

    I had some hubs I knew would never be relevant again, so I scrapped them. But I'm constantly re-organizing everything in my life, so it's just a part of my personality.

 
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