Why write for Squidoo and HubPages?

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   sethpowersposted 11 years ago

   Why write for Squidoo and HubPages?
   
   Wouldn't it make more since to just write for the higher earning one, as earnings are based on traffic? I feel like it's harder to garner a following if you split your content in half. Does anyone have any experience with this, or made any significant earnings?

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   ChristinSposted 11 years ago

   rather than doing that, I would focus on a blog or website of your own and HubPages.  I do this successfully and my websites promote my hubs and vice versa.  My AdSense income has increased a lot by doing both as opposed to just my own sites, likely because of the backlinks and ability to attract new readers.

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      sethpowersposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      There still enlies the question of splitting content. Operating a blog as well as maintaining your profile on HP would require you to produce double the original content. I don't see how it's viable.

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      ChristinSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      because each backlink each other and boost rankings for both.  You create complementary content and each support the other. This is how I make my living - it works.

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      sethpowersposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Complimentary content is still twice the content. I get using HubPages as a referral tool, but at some point, why not just provide one site with a ton of content for readers to keep visiting you. That way you capitalize by having them view your ads.

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      ChristinSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      more content = more pages for ads to appear on.  More sites means more money.  Yes it's hard work, but it pays more to be on more than one site. I know this from my experience. Perhaps yours will differ, but many build niche sites with hubs.

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      sethpowersposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      In that case, why not build a separate site for every article you post, clutter them with ads, and backlink them all together? Sounds like the quickest way to the bank to me!

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      ChristinSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      that's not what I suggested - you asked a question and I answered it from my experience and what works for me, I thought it would be helpful - I guess not.

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   Lauryallanposted 11 years ago

   Seth you would think it would be better to write for the higher earning site, but this differs per person and content written.
   
   I could be making $500 on HP and $50 on Squidoo. Someone else could be making it the other way round. It's not as straight forward as that. You have to experiment with each and find out which one/s work best for you and what it is you are trying to achieve.
   
   It's also not necessarily about splitting your content in half. You may find that Squidoo is better for product reviews, so you'd write them on that platform, while HP might be better suited to informational articles, that aren't driving someone to buy something. There are other differences and it takes time to understand them.
   
   Also, you can use each of these to create backlinks. Google will see these as extra authority to your pages and can result in better search engine rankings. If you purely link each of your hubs together, Google see's this as one domain internally linking to other pages. But if you write something on Squidoo and link it to something that's related that you wrote on HP, then this is worth a lot more in Google's eyes as it's an external link to your Hub.
   
   If you have your own blog you get to keep 100% of the income but it involves a lot more work. It can also take time to rank and will involve more backlinking and other activities. However, it is still a good idea to write hubs and lenses that link back to your sites. These can drive targetted traffic and also act as backlinks. You'd want to do this instead of buying seperate domain names for each of the hubs you wrote as you have no clue how much or little money they are likely to earn you. Also HP helps by providing links to your hubs on other hubbers subdomains in the form of "other hubs people are reading" (located at the bottom of your hub, before the comments).
   
   Writing hubs/lenses costs you nothing except for time. They can also be used to find lucrative niches or topics that are profitable. Once you find these kind of topics/niches you would have a much better idea of whether it was worth setting up your own blog about said subject.

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      ChristinSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      very well explained - and I have done this taken profitable hubs and created blogs or niche sites with them.

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      Lauryallanposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Christin S. Yes I love HP for that, and how you can determine the competition in a niche from a single hub. No money lost and it's like creating a savings account for the future.

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