Is Writing for HubPages Still Worth It $$$?

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   prayerpowerposted 7 months ago

   I haven’t posted in a couple of years. I’m weighing my options. Do writers make good money on their articles with Adsense and Hubpages?

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      eugbugposted 7 months agoin reply to this

      Adsense ads were abolished years ago.
      No we only make cents now, so probably not worth it.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 7 months agoin reply to this

         +1

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      OldRosesposted 7 months agoin reply to this

      If you plan to make a living from your writing, you won't do it here.  Payouts have been reduced to pennies.

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         Rada4Healthposted 6 months agoin reply to this

         Agree.

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      Cheryl E Prestonposted 6 months agoin reply to this

      I dropped from an average of 400 daily views to about 250. It takes two months before U get the $50 for payout now.

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      AdeleCosgroveBrayposted 6 months agoin reply to this

      Do writers make good money here? Not any more. I used to recommend this site as a useful source of income, but I haven't done this for a long time now.
      
      At its peak, I was earning over $1,000 a month from Hubpages. More usually I earned an average of a monthly $450. Now, I'm scraping a bi-monthly payout.

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   Miebakagh57posted 7 months ago

   AdSense? No, not with  HubPages any longer.                                                Few years ago, Google gave Hubpages' a hard kick in the pant.                                  As to whether it's worth writing on on hubpages again, that's every man's opinion and consideration.

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   Miebakagh57posted 6 months ago

   Adding pennies and pennies, and pennies is tiresome.

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   Kobby95posted 6 months ago

   I still don't understand why they just don't pay whatever you have earned but wait until you accumulate up to $50, with no interest paid. With Paypal they will incur no costs in paying us whatever we have earned. It's so sad this form of exploitation of helpless writers. What injustice!

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      eugbugposted 6 months agoin reply to this

      It's the same with most companies. Medium have started this too. Microstock photo agencies have a similar policy so they may loads of money from contributors who upload their photos and never make the threshold. It's a way of improving cash flow I presume.

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      theraggededgeposted 6 months agoin reply to this

      The terms of payment are clearly laid out in the FAQs. It is your choice to write here.
      
      The only exploitation that occurs is in the fact that HP is not transparent about the earnings split.

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         ControlledChaos1posted 6 months agoin reply to this

         Agreed. I also wonder if the split is set in stone, even though we don't know what it is... I doubt it.

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   Linda S Grimesposted 6 months ago

   I was last paid on July 28, 2024.  I accumulated $61.35 from July 28 to Sept 28, yet I did not get paid Sept 28.  Can anyone explain why?

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      theraggededgeposted 6 months agoin reply to this

      Because your earnings are based on the previous month. So you would have needed a minimum of $50 by 31st August to get paid on 28th Sept.

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   Miebakagh57posted 6 months ago

   It's the opinion/mindset of every writer on hubpages to decide if it's worth writing here at Hubpages again.

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   Kain 360posted 6 months ago

   There was a time when I was receiving between 7500-15000 views per day on another HubPages account. One of my articles went viral and was at the top page of Google. This was over a decade ago. But it was a wonderful time because I felt like a confident and successful freelance writer. Things have changed on the internet and on HubPages over the years, though. Originally, it required Google Adsense. Most of my success came from HP Earnings Program - not Google Adsense. Other people may have a different experience.
   
   I sure hope things turn around cause I'm broke and demoralized without a car. And last year I had Lyme Disease and Bell's Balsy and could not even type on a computer due to severe central nervous system problems. Existential crisis's aside, I still have some hope for HubPages and writing, but it's hard to stay positive when everyone else seems to be jumping ship. And artificial intelligence seems like a threat to aspiring writers and freelancers.
   
   I think whether it's worth it or not depends on your individual circumstances and what your goals are. Succeeding on HubPages (or similar sites) requires consistency, skill, effort, and quite a bit of luck. And having mental fortitude does not hurt either.
   
   I have seen some people with over 10 million or even 100 million views. But most of those people have hundreds of hubs or are doing well in specific niches. I consider them to be among the elite writers.
   
   At the end of the day, you have to write about what people are searching for. You could have an excellent article, but if you are not indexed by Google or the topic is very obscure, then success is unlikely. I am not an expert. Just my two cents.
   
   I think the placement of ads on articles is not aesthetically pleasing. It looks messy and convoluted to many compared to how it used to be many years ago.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 6 months agoin reply to this

      I agree that it was a great place for writers in years past but HP is a shadow of its former self.
      
      You can make your own mind up regarding the worth of putting in the work. However, I think it would be unwise to allow your challenging health problems and need for funds to unduly influence your decision on how to spend your time and energy.
      
      While showing "consistency, skill, effort" worked in the past, those traits are no longer rewarded to anywhere near the same extent here.

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      Kenna McHughposted 6 months agoin reply to this

      HubPages is gone for many writers, skilled or unskilled.

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         Miebakagh57posted 6 months agoin reply to this

         Likely. But hubpages is still here...

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   psycheskinnerposted 6 months ago

   Short answer: no

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   Rupert Taylorposted 6 months ago

   Long answer: no

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    Miebakagh57posted 6 months ago

    'Hubpages is here to stay'- Matt Wells.                                                   I have hope. The site HubPages can be turn around. Certain writers here are suggesting we do that? Bingo.

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       PaulGoodman67posted 6 months agoin reply to this

       Whether Hubpages is "still here" is missing the point for me.
       
       Of course, if there is a domain name with an associated site, it technically exists. But if it's changed beyond recognition, I think it can be said to have gone. It's certainly a very different animal from the one that I joined.
       
       Writers can suggest all they want, it doesn't matter, they have zero control.

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          Kenna McHughposted 6 months agoin reply to this

          Paul, we haven't had control in years. It's very sad.

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       theraggededgeposted 6 months agoin reply to this

       Writers, yes, but management is not interested.

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    Nell Roseposted 6 months ago

    I still earn a little monthly. Mind you, it seems to be bi-monthly now. But it does pay for my Wi-Fi ironically! LOL!

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    Miebakagh57posted 6 months ago

    We writers can't control hubpages, maven//TAG does.                                           Why we don't have any element of control seems like we're not being carried as stakeholders?

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       theraggededgeposted 6 months agoin reply to this

       Never have been, never will.

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          PaulGoodman67posted 6 months agoin reply to this

          Yes, some people appear to confuse revenue sharing (which used to be a thing) with having some sort of control over the company (which was never the case).
          
          I think we did have a degree of influence over certain decisions at one time - for example, they might think again if a change was universally unpopular - but that's not the same as the writers having real control.

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    Eric Cauncaposted 6 months ago

    In the past two days, I’ve had my lowest earnings in two years.  Before, Soapboxie was my top source of traffic, giving me 200-500 views just for one article daily. However, when these articles were moved to Discover, daily views have decreased to between 0 to 10 views. Very good HP. I give you 50 claps.

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    Rupert Taylorposted 6 months ago

    I can echo your tale of misery Eric. Earnings so far this October put me on target to miss payout, by a wide margin, for the first time since October 2020. I have published about 500 more articles over the last four years, so that must account for the collapse in income.
    
    I had several hundred articles on Soapboxie that are now becalmed in the doldrums earning nothing thanks to them being demoted to Discover. So, that strategy has proven to be an additional help in accelerating the downward plunge.

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    PaulGoodman67posted 6 months ago

    Yes, I'm looking at no payout for this account next month too. My first payout was way back in 2011. I have missed a couple over the years when things got rocky (the last time was in 2016) but typically I earned well above the threshold.
    
    I always used to be optimistic about a recovery when things got bad. That's not the case now.

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    Miebakagh57posted 6 months ago

    The thing is that hubpages is a puppet of maven/TAG.                                                  So if a decision proves very unpopular, Hubpages can't make recommendation for it to be recend. Or if it does, tag will just throw that into the paper bin.

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