Wasted Hubs
With the new Google Analytics I have been doing a study on whether it is actually worthwhile doing more hubs. Is Quantity better than Quality. I have written 43 Hubs and out of those 43 Hubs only 8 have made over a Dollar.
The thing that surprised me is that 4 of the hubs were in my first ones and were both short and crap. Some of my more recent ones that I have researched and targeted for keywords have made nothing, not a cent.
One thing I did notice though was one or two topics although not getting many clicks did get a high payout for that click. So basically it's not the keyword, it's finding out how much that keyword pays and also if it's going to be a well read topic.
So in 4 months I have wasted my time writing 35 Hubs, so the moral of the story is 30 Hubs well researched and with high paying keywords on a popular topic will get you a good monthly earner on Hubs. My theory anyway, anyone want to buy 35 Hubs ?
Don't think of them as wasted hubs, think of them as a learning experience, or as an example of what NOT to do in the future.
Remember this story:
A young man asks an old man how to avoid making mistakes. The old man replies, "With experience."
After thinking about the old man's answer for a few minutes, the young man turns to the old man and asks him, "Well, how do I get experience?"
Without skipping a beat, the old man says, "By making mistakes."
You're absolutely right BC. I discovered this a few months ago. Its all about 'high paying keywords' and 'high paying ads' which are displayed on your hub. One of my hubs, despite getting thousands of page views in a week, did not generate $$ that another hub with few hundred page views and even lesser clicks generated in a couple days only. One who's here for adsense, should not worry about page views and focus on click thru rate and $$$ earned.
Oh you smooth talker, damn you
Read hubchallenge tips, and redo your hubs and build backlinks. You can't sell them anyway, but you can convert them into something that makes money for you
- dennisemattposted 14 years ago
0 me too.
Sorry Fierycj, didnt see you hiding up there lol, it sucks only a bit
glad its just a bit.
how much you make all depends on the "niche" some niches pay a lot more than others. If you are really looking to make decent money and can devote yourself to one single topic. Look back at which topic/niche paid you most in all of your previous hubs and then start a blog based on that topic alone.
just use blogger it is free and you could make some decent money + keep your hubs up and add a few when you feel like writing about a different subject.
I read some website last night about a guy who wrote 100 hubs as part of a challenge or whatever. week 1 he made $50, week two he made $100 week three I think around $88 and week 4 i believe he made $160 dollars. So lets not rule out hubs for money yetMy experience has been like Frieda's. I have written hubs that seemed like total dogs for a month or more then suddenly I notice they're in my top ten. Sometimes they have to build momentum I think, or hell, who knows? I mean, the internet is full of people who say they know the surefire way to attract traffic but as far as I can tell, while there are some things you can do to help (backlinks, quantity, quality, keywords, good titles) there is an element of crap shoot in all of it. You work your ass off on something and some idiot makes a killing on a video of a hamster playing a piano.
It's like the wild, wild west.
Anyway, don't give up badcompany! I made nadda for ten solid months here. Now it's way better.
Spelling errors are actually recommended to be part of keyword placements
I have found in my GA that people found my hubs with misspelled words strange, maybe but it works. Also, the thing with so-called *wasted* hubs is you can work a keyword into the writing or around a amazon item to sell 
no such thing as wasted.That can easily be remedied with updates
- Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago0
- Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago0
I agree with what others have said.
But just as a point of interest, there's something else going on here, too. Based on general Internet trends, each person's personal library of hubs will show a long tail distribution--a much-ballyhoo'd statistical phenomenon that applies well to the Web, since the Web is a "land of probability".
It basically means that for large groups of data, you'll have a small number of "hits," a few "lesser" hits, and an infinite number of "tiny" hits. The larger your collection of articles is, the more evident the long tail distribution will be.
You can't really do anything to change it, any more than a group of people can change the normal curve. Even those who earn, and earn well, on every article, generally have their earnings following the long tail distribution.
And--this is really cool--each spot on the long tail has its own separate long tail.In my opinion, quality is always better than quantity. And, patience is required to achieve success. I agree about the rock comment, too. For me, the more hubs I create, the more lenses I write, the more blog posts I publish, the more money I make. Slow and steady wins the race.
I think its luck & readership. I'll be the first to say I'd be on cloud nine if I made any money writing. I wouldn't consider it wasted, but a learning experience.
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