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Hubpages Money, Fans and Other Useful Things to Know

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By jimmythejock


Hubpages

It is so easy to add a picture like this one to your pages.
It is so easy to add a picture like this one to your pages.

What is Hubpages?

To put it simply Hubpages is an interactive Website where the user (you or I) can create a simple page of text pictures and Video and have it publised on the Internet instantly. It may sound a little boring at first but if you delve a lot deeper and take a closer look into Hubpages you will find a unique website that has far more to offer than many of the pretenders out there.

Hubpages is in essence a website where you can instantly publish an article that you have written, where you can make some money through affiliate advertising on your articles, and of course being a free site the price is just right for everyone.

There are many Websites out there for article writers that are free to use, allow you to publish your work instantly and of course you can make some money from your writing too.

So Why would you choose Hubpages Over the other article Writing Websites?


What Makes Hubpages So Unique?

Apart from the 59.2 Million visitors that Hubpages recieves every month and the fact that Hubpages is in the Top 150 most visited websites in the USA and Top 350 most visited websites worldwide, there are many other reasons why people choose to write at Hubpages over other article writing websites.

Using Hubpages to write an article couldn't be easier, there is no need for coding, all that you have to do is write your article add your pictures and or videos through simple capsules add your affiliate ads and click the publish button.

The Hubpages Staff are very hands on and are always on hand to offer advice and help you in anyway that they can, they are very friendly and easy to approach and soon after joining Hubpages you will soon find that you have made some good friends amongst the Hubpages team.

The Hubbers (Article Writers on Hubpages)

If you pay a visit to the forums you will find a friendly bunch of people offering helpful advice and supporting each other through thick and thin, if you want an honest review of your work then this is the place to ask, you will soon find that you have more new friends than you can shake a stick at.

Anti Spam Spam, porn, and adult only Hubs are not allowed on Hubpages all Hubs are moderated and filtered, which helps keep the site family friendly and gives Hubpages a good reputation with the search engines.

Search Engines send a lot of visitors to Hubpages because of the good reputation that the site has, unlike some other article writing websites more visitors come to individual Hubpages Via search engines rather than internal visits from Hubpages users.

Advertising Revenue Probably the main reason most people Write on article writing websites is the chance to have your work read by others and the opportunity to make some extra money from your articles, Hubpages offers 4 different advertising affiliates including Google Adsense, Ebay, Amazon and Kontera.

Other revenue

Apart from the advertising affiliates there are 2 more ways to make money from your articles on Hubpages, URL Trackers which earn you 10% of the earnings of any new writers who sign up to Hubpages using your tracker.

The Capstone Hub program which earns you money when you complete a series of 15 Hubs on a specific topic.

FanClub

Just a writer? think again when you start writing Articles and posting in the Hubpages Forums you soon get to meet a lot of new people, before you know it when you sign into your account you find that you have aquired a small fanclub people who like what you have to say and would like to be informed when you publish another article, of course you can also become a fan of an author that you like, you can even leave or be left fan mail

You can feel like a celebrity every day when you realise that you have your very own fanclub.

There are many more reasons why we all love Hubpages and a visit to the forums will tell you most of what you want to know.


I Want to Sign Up to Hubpages

Signing up to Hubpages couldn't be much easier just go to Hubpages.com and follow the instructions, it only taks around one minute.

What Next

If your intention is to make money from your writing then before you write any of your articles or Hubs then you should enter your Hubpages accounts page and click on My Affiliate settings you will see a list of affiliates if you are already using any of the affiliates on other websites then click on Edit and add your codes.

If you are not signed up with any of the affiliates listed then click on EDIT for each affiliate and follow the instructions provided to join once you have joined them then you are set up to make money.


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SEM Pro profile image

SEM Pro  says:
5 months ago

Good introduction Jimmy - short, sweet and to the point :)

Mike  says:
5 months ago

Excellent hub Jimmy , i really like the introduction and the way you explained it :)

Mike

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rb11  says:
5 months ago

Hubpages certainly seems to be one of the survivors in the fray, and they maintain their quality to boot. Good hub.

Regards

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Gypsy Willow  says:
5 months ago

I have found that hub pages encourages me to write as the format is so easy. Nice summing up of hub pages, Jimmy. Hope you get lots of clicks!

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advisor4qb  says:
5 months ago

I thoroughly enjoy my time on hubpages. That is the important thing. It is simple and easy to use, also, which is a plus for a (might-as-well-be-a-)single mom with three kids, who can only write in spurts anyway!

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BrianS  says:
5 months ago

Some very handy information, I am off to have a look for more information on the Capstone Hub program because I have quite a few hubs on travel and should be able to get to 15 fairly easily.

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jimmythejock  says:
5 months ago

Thanks for your comments guys, I hope that this hub is helpful.....jimmy

Alexander Mark profile image

Alexander Mark  says:
5 months ago

Great hub, you reafirmed the positive aspects of Hubpages and why I like it. I also learned something new - the Capstone program. Thank you.

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forlan  says:
4 months ago

i agree with you. i am enjoying hubpages because it is easy.

LondonGirl profile image

LondonGirl  says:
4 months ago

A great general guide, nice one!

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2patricias  says:
4 months ago

Last week we had occasion to ask the Hubpages Team a question about one of our Hubs - and got a reply within about 6 hours. Considering the time difference between where we are and where they are, we were v. impressed!

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jayb23  says:
4 months ago

Excellent hub Jimmy. This hub is must read for all new hubbers. Keep up the good work.

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Paul Edmondson  says:
4 months ago

Hey Jimmy, Thanks for teaching everyone about HubPages. I did want to updated on of your numbers. HubPages gets about 18.5 million visitors a month - and growing 3% per week:)

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C. Betancourt  says:
4 months ago

And to think that people used to laugh when I said my favorite class was "creative writing." Jimmy, you're awesome and tons of help. Thank you!

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Susan Ng  says:
4 months ago

I'm going to let my sister read this article. She's thinking of giving HubPages a shot. Thanks. :)

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Rainbow World  says:
4 months ago

What am I waiting for? I am sharing this with more of my friends. Thanks.

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Leop  says:
2 months ago

Thanks for the information about hub pages and how to get started with potential to earn money and have fun. I just started 2 weeks ago an I am learning my way around. I have signed up for both amazon and google ad sense and will add the rest later. Any additional information sure helps.

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poetlorraine  says:
6 weeks ago

Hiya, just read of your success on the forums. Well done, what is your secret...... nice hub sums hub pages up, i suppose you avoid all the rubbish in forums, just get your head down and write is that it.....

techbt  says:
3 weeks ago

Thanks for the great info, very use full for novices like me.

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kachis  says:
3 weeks ago

cool jimmy. you shed a light to it. thumbs up..

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My SciFi Life  says:
2 weeks ago

thank you for this information ... makes things a little bit clearer!

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