I know I'll be banned for telling the truth... HubPages and Paul Edmondson has already banned my IP, after I raised my voice as 'God is in kitchn2' in these forum threads-
1) The "Related Searches" Ad Income not Shared: Unethical and Illegal?
2) Request to HP STAFF to address the RS Ads Issue
3) "Related Searches" ads Controversy: 2 Links versus 11 Links
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/113943#post2425070
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/114217#post2430205
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/114162
Paul Edmondson and his crew: you are stealing our money by placing the scammy and unethical RS links on our hubs during our time split. If you don't remove this fraud, there will be results...
Randy Godwin 2 hours ago from Southern Georgia
"It's amazing how quickly HP is deteriorating into just another content farm. Along with the staff, the techs have lost control of the inner workings of the site. You just can't get good help these days!
Since HP has stooped to ripping off the writers with the RS ads you can't trust a word they say. Oh how the mighty have fallen. "
http://randygodwin.hubpages.com/hub/Son … ew-Chapter
Thanks, I noticed too that the ads they run usually have nothing to do with the article. They have chosen the most popular topics or highest ranking articles.
I knew months ago that they were headed downhill and I was right.
by Bestedex 10 years ago
by sunforged 13 years ago
The title says it all - just do it , the topics are often unprofessional, the discussions are never on topic and as a basically unmoderated area of the site they should not be appearing on our carefully crafted hubs.Remove the forum widget from all hubs!!!! also "related questions" should...
by Juliette Kando F I Chor 11 years ago
We lost the keyword feature but now a list of HP chosen keywords appears as "Related Searches" in the side bar & at the bottom of Hubs. I believe that these so called "related searches" are actually links to Adsense & HP ads. I daren't click on them on my own pages...
by Len Cannon 10 years ago
Ten dollars, do you hear me HubPages? I have a crisp Sawbuck if you can let me block politics/religion/whatever other god awful subforum is spamming the HP forums with all the leftover comments CNN.com. All I want is to talk about is HubPages-related topics and maybe see gifs of cats falling down...
by God is in kitchn2 10 years ago
Well, many know, that I have been wrestling with this "related searches" ads thingy for quite a few days now. I took me some effort to figure it out what it actually is, but I got the answer. I'm finished with the calculations... almost. Here is the final analysis, with solutions:-1) The...
by God is in kitchn2 10 years ago
HubPages' staffs seem reluctant to come to the forums."Request to HP STAFF to address the RS Ads Issue"http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/114217#post2430205Silence is Golden. . .The "Related Seaches" Scandal continues...
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