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   Whikatposted 15 years ago

   Hi everyone, I had a quick question about commercial hubs. I have made a hub where I advertise a website, but I am not an affiliate and in no way profit from the link. Would my hub be commercial or non commercial? Thanks in advance for the feedback.

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   Anti-Valentineposted 15 years ago

   Hubs are generally commercial anyway because of ads if you choose to have them, like Amazon, etc. If you are advertising another website, then's it's commercial, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. We all do it- well most of us.

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      Whikatposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for responding Anti-Valentine. I will take your recommendation and leave it as commercial. :-)

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   Lisa HWposted 15 years ago

   In a related question (and I know this may be a stupid, related, question):
   
   I think (if I recall for all of them) I've always selected "commercial" because I've assumed that, because they ads on them, that makes them "commercial".  Am I completely off by selecting "commercial"?   
   
   Another reason I guess I've thought of them as "commercial" is that, as a writer, I'm my "own, little, one-person, business". 
   
   Is this way off too?

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      Whikatposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Lisa, that is smart thinking. I have never thought of it that way, as every hub I make is some form of self promotion :-)

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      Ryan Hupferposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Sounds like you've got it all figured out to me, Lisa.
      
      You can basically look at it two ways, I guess:
      
      - One way is to say that it's commercial because it's got links and information about some type of business, product, service, etc. that you're trying to get traffic and attention to with intent of making money for yourself.
      
      - A second way is that it could be deemed commercial is because you wrote the Hub with intent on running ads around it so that you can have the opportunity to earn revenue from it once it begins to get traffic.
      
      Both of these would be good definitions of being a 'commercial Hub'.
      
      Now, if for some reason you just wanted to write a Hub on a non-commercial topic for fun and didn't want ads around it, that's when you can choose to make it ad-free.

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   pauldeedsposted 15 years ago

   The only effect the commercial check box has is when it's not checked you can set the ad level to none, low, or medium.  When it is checked the ad level must remain on high.
   
   If you are going to use the high ad level anyway, it's fine to just leave the commercial box checked.

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   Whikatposted 15 years ago

   Thanks everyone for all your replies. I think I have it all figured out now. :-)

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