A few months ago Google hit us hard with a harsh slap in the face, which reduced our readership and our earnings, over the past few days both hits to hubs and earnings have began to return to levels similar to those before the panda slap.
should Google recompensate us for the loss of earnings over the few months we were in the basement?
P.S Although slightly tongue in cheek I would love to hear your opinions.
jimmy
The 'compensation' wil be in the form of NOT slapping us again...at least not right away.
Lol, remember we lost out on amazon revenue as well as ebay. ohh and the mental scarring when you submit that lawsuit we could all be in for millions.....jimmy
I'm sure they're all over that; they're creating spreadsheets as we speak.
Just to muddy the waters a wee bit, I see Bing have the possibility of allowing users to earn rewards...
I wonder could Hub Pages introduce a reward system. I know they do with badges for many different things, and this is great. But imagine if "points" could be turned into other kinds of credits...have a look at Facebook. It might be a way to go, Jimmy.
If Google can figure out ways of "Monetizing" the web, I don't see why Hub Pages can't do it's own thing too! Its a free country...well, you know what I mean! LOL!
They gave the earnings you would have received to other people who jumped up into your former position after the slap. Well actually, they probably paid them less for displaying their ads on their articles than you received before the penalty which explains the massive profits Google has enjoyed since the slap.
Where else could they have come from? I doubt those paying for the Google ads saw any lowering of charges for the ads or the profits would not have been so great. Of course, those who were moved up in the rankings would consider a higher rate of earnings- no matter the size- a good thing and would not realize they were getting paid less than the previous top ranked articles. Just a guess on my part as we are in the dark in the whole mess.
Yeah, like we can expect any sort of compensation from Scroogle.
I would feel compensated if Google came to my house and mopped my kitchen floor for me.
by Dorsi Diaz 15 years ago
When you get paid, are your earnings from Kontera, Google and EBay all combined and paid at once through Paypal ? If so I am getting close to my first payout- if not how are payouts made for each affiliate?Thanks!
by John Hollywood 9 years ago
I'm sorry to ask this question but I've got to ask. To make a long story short, I'm noticing that my personal blogs have experienced a near identical drop in traffic as my hubs here on HP. The drop started right around the end of September - the same time HP got witch slapped. I've looked at why...
by Lee 13 years ago
I just got my first google pay out and my first ebay payout at the same time...Ker-ching!!!! and im already over half way to getting another google payout,man this has really helped motivate me into working harder,well over £120 in one hit!!!!
by rob24hrs 16 years ago
Some people I know on a private forum I am a member of have noticed their hub pages have been google slapped i.e de ranked and moved off page 1.I wondered if google as many suspect is tracking pages via adsense pid code?Maybe worth removing adsense from hubs if youa re after affiliate or other...
by Jimmy the jock 15 years ago
Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed in my adsense account that I have earned a few cents from a couple of hubs that have had visitors but no ad clicks, they are only payments of 1 cent each time someone visits them, is this normal?......jimmy
by Writer Guy 14 years ago
I've heard it from a few people that HubPages isn't getting the same google love that it used to. What is your take on this? Have you noticed a reduction in traffic/earnings over the past few months? I just wanted to see if it was fact or fiction.
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