Hubpages is a Squidoo type website where members can create individual webpages, called Hubs, and earn money directly into Adsense and other affiliate or ad accounts. There is definitely a potential to earn money through Hubpages so let me go through some of the how-to’s, whys, benefits and potential downfalls of hubpages for you. You can see some of the hubpages I’ve put together by checking out my Hubpages Profile. (Note – if you sign up after clicking that link I do get a small credit for the referral.)
How to Start Writing for Hubpages
Sign up and create an account. Everything is explained very step-by-step and I have found the hubpages VERY easy to put together. I like to put my little off-topic ideas up there that don’t really fit in anywhere else I write at. I’ve also reworked and expanded some of my articles previously published elsewhere. Easy, easy, easy.
Each component of the hubpage is easily added or deleted using the Module editor feature. Easy. SO easy. And, it’s like having a miniature website all your very own with none of the management/server/etc issues because Hubpages owns the website.
How Does Hubpages Pay?
The revenue modules (Amazon, Adsense, etc) are split 60/40 between you and Hubpages website. So if you have 100 people visit your hubpage one week, 60 of those page impressions will show an Adsense block with YOUR adsense information (ie YOU get the money if someone clicks the ad) and 40 of them will see an Adsense block with the company information (ie Hubpages gets the money). 60/40 is a decent split from other sites I’ve seen.
Benefits of Writing for Hubpages
It is easy to put a hubpage together. They go together rather quickly, and it’s easy to tackle the writing in a module- by-module way. Also, if the idea of putting together an entire website feels overwhelming to you, then consider making one hubpage. Then later, when you have time, make one more. And then one more. 🙂 Because each hubpage is individual, you are finished with THAT hubpage as soon as you finish it. As opposed to this website which is never finished. Sort of like my laundry. Ugh.
Probably one of the best parts about Hubpages is that your content is completely yours at all times. Which is significant if you ever want to reuse the material elsewhere at a later time.
Are There Downsides of Writing for Hubpages?
As with all web content sites, you end up sharing some of the revenue with the website owners. But, as I said, 60/40 is a rather generous split, and the revenue comes to you daily. I can check and see which hubpages are getting adclicks, see immediately when someone purchases a theatre makeup kit from Amazon.com using my affiliate link, etc. I have found that for me personally, Amazon affiliate links were more successful than adsense, but one of my colleagues average $300 in revenue from a single hubpage so that is very significant. I’m not there yet with hubpages, but I’m working on it! *laughing*
My colleague supports her and her daughter as a single mother from her hubpages and writing at BellaOnline. Amazing. She said she has over 300 hubpages, which is similar to the number of articles I have at Suite101. Her income from Hubpages is currently higher than my income at Suite101 but my traffic and exposure at Suite101 is higher, so it might be a trade off.
I found Hubpages easy to write, a joy to put together, and I love the fact that you keep all rights at all times. Unlike many of the other content sites currently available.
Hi Angela,
First off, LOVE your blog. In fact, it’s cos of you and a couple of other fellow Suite 101 writers that I sent in an application to Suite a month ago. And again, being inspired by you, have decided to take the plunge to start my own blog.. Really new to al this but enjoying it..
Have a quick question about Hubpages.. I signed up there but they need an Adsense account and my blog is too new (just the one post) to get an account, (I did sign up and got rejected) does that mean I can’t write for either Hubpages or Type-A mom?? Hoping you can help!!
Thanks..
Post a couple more posts and try again. Or you may be able to apply using your Hubpages profile when you sign up to Hubpages. Google may just want to make sure you are on the up-and-up. 🙂
Angela <
hi angela..
thanks.. yes, would do both those things.. first sign upto hubpages and if that doesn’t work, then use the blog.. guess, Google would listen to me then:)
Just get a Google account. The start a Blogger blog through it and then apply for Adsense. It’s pretty much automatic as Google owns Blogger and wants you to be able to earn through Adsense from your Blogger blogs.
prerna – I would make a few hubpages (really good decent length ones), promote them and then wait for three months before applying for Adsense. Adsense are getting picky about who they accept, so important to ensure that your hubs are decent quality to impress the Google engineer who will inspect before deciding whether to allow you an account.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing this. hubpages sound like a good business option.
Thanks for the info on how to make money with hubpages. This is of great help!
hub-pages is an easy to use tool .. Its simple.
the main benefit of hubpages is that once you have a good fan following there is lot of traffic.
Thanks. I have an account in hubpages. Just start writing back new content.
Thanks for the Hubpages review, Angela! I figured I should branch out a little and had settled on Hubpages and eHow (through Demand), but was unsure about my decision. I think I’ll give Hubpages a real shot after reading your review.
Hi! I just came across your blog when I was researching Hubpages. I want to know more about how adsense works. How do I know that people who visit my article are clicking on the ad? Personally I usually stay away from those ads cause sometimes they are just spam and Im afraid they will hurt my pc. It would be great to hear back from you. Thanks!
While some ads are spammy certainly, Google adsense vets their advertisers to prevent virus laden ads and things. You have to sign up with Google Adsense as a publisher in order to use the adsense pay model with hubpages. There are also amazon and other affiliate links.
hi ! , im a newwwbiee …. , i wanted to try eHow …but it pays only inside the US …., does hubPages pays regardless of what country your in ?
im from the philippines , a student .
Thanks !!!♥
Angela, are you allowed to link to your own articles from your blog (in order to drive traffic, promote your hub, etc.)? I like the idea of having a place to stick the oddball articles that don’t fit on MoneywiseMoms.
This is an excellent blog note on the advantages of HubPages.com I have been a member for 16 months and am nearly at the point where I can make some decent money. It is work, but the staff at HubPages.com have put together a platform that me be the easiest writers platform out there. The traffic to HubPages is great, and the daily summation of earnings from various ad sites is super.
If you are a person just starting out in article writing, I would highly recommend this as a starting place. You won’t regret it.
Hi, thanks for this. I have a question!
I’ve just logged into hubpages for the first time in about a month. I’ve found that i’ve been getting really great ad revenue. This has happened all of a sudden. Only, i have about 50 hubs and i’m not sure if hubpages can show you which hubs are the ones generating the ad revenue??? What do you think?
Hey there,
Very useful. I just started with hubpages myself and found it quite good. Like you said it is a great site for putting together articles.
I think HubPages is a great way to supplement other online income streams and build backlinks. But I would urge people to carefully read their terms of service before signing up, especially if they are not a native English speaker. Many contributors have their accounts and articles deleted for not following the rules and for submitting poorly written articles.
You said one of your friends averages $300.00 on HubPages. Do you mean $300.00 a day ?
Thank you
At the time I wrote this it was 300 per month. It’s likely more than that now.
When you say “one of my colleagues average $300 in revenue from a single hubpage”. Do you mean weekly or monthly? Or is it just one time? Thanks.
A single hub per month. It was crazy popular and she made a killing with it. But she also worked hard to build up a large network of interrelated hubs and participate in the community there.
Thank you so much for posting this informative blog! I just recently joined hubpages and hope to write at least 3 hubs per week for 3 months, then apply to Google Adsense to generate income. Your article was very informative and helped me decided that this is the best route to reach my goal.
I was on HubPages for a little over two years and was greatly disappointed. I’m sure some make money but they’re few and far between unless you want to spend all your free time writing just on HubPages.
I also found their forums very restrictive. If you opinion was different than that of the forum moderators, their knee jerk reaction was to suspend you for a period of time.
IMHO, they tend to be a very left-leaning website, particularly in their political forums as well as articles submitted.
Writing for Hubpages is now almost impossible. They’ll flag your content for the most stupid reasons. Stay away!
Thank you for sharing this post. It was really helpful. I’m looking for other places to share my content at now and am thinking of joining Hubpages.