Niche Sites using questionable clickbait for attention?

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   Kyler J Falkposted 3 years ago

   So, I came across this on MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/wed … 99512e474e
   
   This sort of article hardly seems appropriate, nor even valuable to the evergreen authors who make up the disproportionate bulk of content on We Have Kids. Even further, the link to We Have Kids on MSN doesn't even work, at least on my end. Is this person even an author for HubPages?
   
   Don't get me wrong, I'm all for writing some clickbait-tier content every now and again for a quick boost. However, if I'm not mistaken, this sort of content is simply that, a quick boost with no real chance for long-term, meaningful traffic gains? As well, I was made to be under the impression that The Arena Group is paying HubPages-unaffiliated writers a decent sum (somewhere around the $27 USD/hr mark) to generate these sort of articles?
   
   I've been gone for so long that I have no idea what's going on in the community anymore. From what little I can garner with the short amount of time I have to spend here today, it doesn't look like staff is doing much in the way of progressive growth.

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      Misbah786posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome back, Kyler. Please see this: https://hubpages.com/community/forum/35 … s-launched
      
      There's one more forum post related to your query. If I can find it, I'll post it here.
      
      Blessings to you!

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         Kyler J Falkposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         I see that others share my same concerns.
         
         I'm only back for a short while to catch up on where the site is heading, my revenue continues to go up on what seems to be my own relevance, but after seeing clickbait on MSN I couldn't help but check in.
         
         Thank you for sharing this with me Misbah, it was enlightening. It's good to see they haven't banned any of my favorite authors.

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            Misbah786posted 3 years agoin reply to this

            You are most welcome, Kyler!

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               Kyler J Falkposted 3 years agoin reply to this

               Quite honestly, it seems like whoever is running the show over at TAG is simply trying to emulate what they see on the front pages of news sites rather than actually knowing what they're doing.
               
               Super concerned about the overall reputation of the niche sites, as following this model regularly runs similar sites into the ground by undermining public trust. Jezabelle is a site that quickly went from super popular, to absolutely loathed by the majority of readers within just a couple of years using this same model.

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                  Misbah786posted 3 years agoin reply to this

                  I see. That's something to be concerned about. Kyler, thank you very much for providing this information. I'm still looking for the other thread. I'm not sure what the title of that forum post was.

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