![]() ![]() Now lets be clear in the past – hubpages didn’t need backlinks – or not very many – if you had a trusted profile and wrote a good long hub – the hub in question above is nearly 2000 words you could get the hub to rank for a non-competitive keyword using a combination of site authority and internal links. I also have a niche site sitting in position 7 for the same main keyword – frankly I haven’t built a link for either the hub or the site for at least 2 years – its not the world’s most profitable niche – but its perfect for the purpose of answering the question. This is a seasonal niche that peaks in the US summer so I want it back! In this case my hub has been in #1 position for a couple of years – after Panda 1 in early Februrary it dropped to position #2, in April’s Panda 2 (Panda roll-out worldwide) the site dropped to position 4 for its main keyword. I’m lucky because I have two cases study where I have hubs and sites which target the same keywords. ![]() However the drop in traffic from position 1 to position 7 or 8 is huge – as anyone who has been there will attest to.Įxperiment to See If I Can Get My Rankings Back My best ranked hubs have dropped – but are still on page 1 or 2 in most cases. ![]() Its against Adsense TOS to give you details but I can tell you that my eCPM is down over 50%. Ignoring this outlier – my traffic seems to have only slightly dropped – unfortunately that drop is much more dramatic when I look at my Adsense stats for the last couple of months compared to the same period last year (my traffic is seasonal so the only fair comparison is the same time of year). The peak on 1 March was because my Wellington Earthquake hub ranked well in NZ before the local news papers woke up to the fact that locals were panicking about about a barely felt shake in the wake of the wall-to-wall coverage of the previous week’s major Christchurch quake. My point is that – over all comments about the site – you need to look at your own stats and apply the data. Looking at my own analytics for the same period – its the same but different : Analytics on my main Hubpages Account - same period as Qantcast The official figures – as provided by Quantcast – seems to support this: Traffic drop on as measured by Quantcast Hubpages vs squidoo update#I’ve already written about how the Panda updated failed to deliver quality to the searcher – and still my niche sites are ranking pretty much where they were before the so-called update.īut Panda was originally nicknamed “Farmer Update” by SEO’s – because the update seemed to particularly focus on large content sites – sites like HubPages. Until recently I highlighted my pages explaining how I made money on Hubpages – the posts were genuine – but I also made money from those writers who signed up using my affiliate ID – personally I’d moved on from Hubpages, Hubpages is no scam, but I prefer to put time into my own sites – but my hubpages were still making me hundreds a month – until recently. In fact the precursor of this blog was built to support my hubpages – not the other way around! If you don't want to answer any of the questions, I'd love to hear what you individual experience has been with any one of the companies/websites in the Title.if you'd like to share.I started on – because of Hubpages I made my first $100 online and got paid out by Google’s Adsense program. Hubpages vs squidoo free#I'd like to get a gauge of which site everyone here gravitates to the most.įeel free to answer one, or all of the questions. At least these sites are so highly ranked that they have some pre-packaged favor and authority in Google already). Are there any different 'similar' websites that you would recommend and Why?Ĥ) Do you prefer writing for one of these sites, as opposed to, say, your own blog or website? (the reason I ask is because, to some earning can be quite difficult from one's own website if they don't have some skill involved. While each presents their own pros and cons, and deficiencies and functionality, I have seen many here that provide content to these particular sites.Ģ) Do you use any one of them in isolation, or do you use them in conjunction with another one?ģ) I realize there could be a difference between whether one wants to strictly do article marketing, or utilize more of the Adsense revenue share features. In my honest opinion, and in accordance with a few other factors, these websites at least appear to be very frequently. ![]() Whether you are doing some serious article marketing, or writing for these sites strictly for the Adsense revenue share, I have seen a few threads here Pop-up about these particular website/companies. ![]()
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