Make Money Writing for Hub Pages
April 11, 2009 | Posted by admin Mostly I like to look at work from home jobs where you can earn enough to make at least a basic living. But is always nice to have a way to earn some extra cash. And when that way costs nothing to start, and has the potential to pay a decent amount, I think it is worth a look.
I signed up for Hubpages about 3 months ago, and didn’t do anything. Then about 2 weeks ago I went back to the site and wrote my first Hub. At Hubpages, a hub is basically a webpage. Just one page where you can write about any topic you like. The Hubpages interface is easy to use, and depending on your writing speed you can have a hub published in not more than the time it took you to write it.
You earn money on Hubpages through one or more of the affiliate systems they have in place. All Hubs have Adsense placed on them. You can also choose to participate in the Amazon, eBay, and Kontera affiliate programs. You make money when a visitor to your Hub clicks on an ad. You get 60% of the impressions, Hubpages gets 40%.
Why Hubpages is Better Than a Blog
I love my blogs, and I continue to write for them, but on a blog, it is best if you stick to one subject. That way Google knows which ads are relevant to your site. On Hubpages, I can write a hub about American Idol one day and a hub about credit card debt the next. Each page stands alone and Google will show relevant ads on the page.
Hubpages also gets Google traffic quicker. I wrote my first hub on getting out of debt, and I had Google search traffic on it the very next day. For making money search traffic is great! I also had my first adsense click the first day the hub was published. I have never had a blog start making me money the very first day it was published.
I also like Hubpages because I can make money by sending people to other hubs. When I link to another hub, I get 10% of the impressions that I send the Hub. This is taken from the hubpages side, so the author of the hub doesn’t lose anything.
Why a Blog is Better Than Hubpages
I like my blogs better than Hubpages because I have more control. I get to decide the look and the layout. I also get to keep 100% of the revenue I generate. I don’t need to share it with anyone. It might change after I have been with Hubpages longer, but right now I don’t really feel like the Hubs are mine. Even though I retain all the rights to my hubs, they don’t feel like they belong to me the same way my blogs do.
Why Hubpages and Blogs Are Great Together
I really like having both Hubpages and blogs. I can use Hubpages to send traffic to my blogs, and conversely, I can use my blogs to send traffic to my hubpages. (Like I am doing here) My very first Hub that made me money the very first day it was published, well it also sent traffic to another one of my blogs, and that made money too!
Will You Get Rich With Hubpages?
I suppose it is possible, if you wrote a lot of very popular hubs. However, no one has gotten rich yet. But you can make a little extra money each month. Many hubbers are making over $100 per month and I think a few are making $400-$500 per month. I haven’ made that much…yet. One of the best parts about Hubpage income is it can be very passive income. A well written hub can bring you income long after you have written it. You might need to tweak it now and then, to keep it current, but as long as your hub is published and getting traffic, you should be earning money.
I have really been enjoying writing for HubPages. I have made a small amount of money, and the community is fun. Sign up for Hubpages and start writing. Let me know and I’ll become your fan and help you to promote your hubs!
Happy Writing!
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Correction – I bet the owners of HubPages at least are getting rich off it – a good idea, well executed. Why didn’t I think of it…!
You could make better pennies writing for about.com, but they have pretty high standards. I believe there are writers on their making $30,000+
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You can make more money with About.com, but first you have to be accepted as a writer. With Hubpages you just sign up and start writing.
about.com is very good for this task
Are Hubpages similar to the idea of Squidoo? I’m not sure if anyone makes money with Squidoo, but Hubpages sounds like a good idea for passive income. I think I’ll check it out.
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I just now created a hub. How long do you think it takes to see some significant traffic to our hub pages? Are there any tricks to get more traffic to our hubs?
I’m also wondering what the difference is between this and Squidoo. They appear to have many of the same options like adding in adsense or amazon ads.
A quick look has more pages indexed in Google for hubpages, plus it’s an older domain, so I wonder if there is any extra link juice inherent there. Although there does appear to be a ton more links to squidoo and it’s lenses than to hubs.
I agree with you !
I prefer more than hub pages the blogs, for the same reasons as you.
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Well, if you talk to hubpages they are better than Squidoo, and if you talk to Squidoo they are better than hubpages.
The way they pay is also different. Hubpages shares page impressions, any earnings go directly into your account. (for example, when I get an andsense click on my hubpage the money shows up in my adsense account.) When I get an add click on my Squidoo page, squidoo gets the money and they pay me a share, I have to wait until I get to my payout threshold to get the money.
Hi,
I really like this idea. I enjoy writting, but I can’t really get myself settled into a single niche, I get bored with it and stop, then the blog just dies away. I think I will try this Hub pages thing, who knowes I might make a few pennies. I do like the sound of the earnings going straight to my adsense account.
Thanks
Jim
I really like the earnings going straight into my account. I don’t need to worry about HubPages going out of business, or changing their “minimum payout” and I don’t get paid!
I just made my hubpages after reading this post. I hope that returns would be good.
This is a lot better than what I’ve been seeing elsewhere lately. If we had more like it around, I think we’d be better off.
I’ve heard of hubpages but didn’t really get the idea.It seems it’s like squidoo with their lenses.It’s nice that you can write on different subjects and google will treat it as seperate.Thanks for the enlightenment.
Nice information on making money! I also use hubpages and I think they are really great source for traffic and money making. The info you gave is really helpful will try to follow it
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It would be pretty good writing for HubPages if you lived in India or somewhere like that.
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Yeah, hub pages is something I heard about a long time ago but never really followed up on. I might have to take another look.
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Hub pages r really great for traffic. But i didnt know that i can make some money with it. I sometimes write articles for blog. That brings me a good money. Thanks for letting us know more about hub pages and making money. Thanks a lot.
getting a hundred to five hundred dollars is not bad for an extra income… well i guess you will have to be quite proficient in writing to get people to visit your post, and in turn start earning…. but like what you said what is great about it is it can still make money if even if it’s an old post… plus i like the fact that the money you earn goes straight to your account…
Hub pages are great for traffic as well business. Thanks for sharing information on Hub pages.
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Wow, Hubpages sounds great and worth trying. I particularly like the passive income part. Thanks for your information.
Hub Pages is one of my favourite resources. Opportunities for a big return always bring a smile to my face
Nice Post,
Matty
The model seems very similar to Squidoo. It is pretty impressive that some people are making $500 per month. Personally I think you’ll get a lot more return by putting the effort into your own site where you control it.
If you get to the point where you are making several hundred dollars a month from hubpages whats to keep them from changing the payout ratio or just going out of business?
Glad I found your blog. This sounds like a great opportunity. I am going to have to go to the site and check it out in detail. I just briefly scanned through it and liked what I saw. My main question (which is probably answered on the site): Is there a minimum word requirement?
Thanks for the information and hopefully I can get enough answers for it to make sense to me.
Great stuff.
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Thanks very helpful posting. Will be looking into hubpages
You are pretty free to do what you want, but hubs that are very short may be flagged, as well as hubs that are “overly promotional”.
That is a risk you take with almost any write-for-pay site, however, at least with hubpages you get paid direct to your adsense or amazon account. You don’t have to hit a “minimum” payout, which can always be raised.
I also like hubpages, but I am wondering if its better than blogspot and squidoo?
I have some pages in these three free blogging site. but really wondering which is best.
thanks for sharing.
You can definately make more money with hub pages. Any earnng from hub pages go straight to your account…what could be better.
I totally agree with you that blogging can be a great source of passive income. I a blogspot fanatic but I am also open to new resource
Well I guess I’m convinced to give hub pages a try now…hope its as good as you say or else, lol j/k
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Thanks for sharing