Hubpages closure

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   dougwest1posted 32 hours ago

   With Hubpages closing down, should we delete our articles so we can use them elsewhere or will they delete them?

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      Georgie Loweryposted 32 hours agoin reply to this

      I think they are leaving the site up but we will no longer make any money and we will lose access to the dashboard to edit them in Feburary.

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         Solarasposted 32 hours agoin reply to this

         I think we lose access to edit them next week. We may be able to delete them until February.

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      Kenna McHughposted 21 hours agoin reply to this

      I've been moving my articles for some time. Now, I will speed up the process and get it all done sooner rather than later.

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   Shesabutterflyposted 32 hours ago

   I would not count on them deleting any content. Nothing I read felt like they were saying Discover is getting shut down.
   
   "You may leave your content up on hubpages.com for users to continue to read." They are essentially encouraging us to keep our content live for "readers" (without pay); while also saying our type of content creation is no longer the future.
   
   I only have 2 articles live as I removed everything initially after the niche sites went solo, but I'm going to delete them now as well. No sense waiting until the "deadline", when I'm only making pennies anyway.

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   SpaceShantyposted 32 hours ago

   From the email we all received, or will receive soon 'Your Content:
   Access to your existing account will remain active until at least the end of February 2026. At this time, we encourage authors to make copies of your content.'
   
   Personally, I would suggest to start moving your content to another platform ASAP and start encouraging your followers to follow you there, or better still, your own website.
   
   WordPress is easy to use, no coding knowledge needed (loads of YouTube tutorials if you need help), you will just need a domain name, roughly $10/year and hosting, $10/month, less if you pay for a yearly subscription.  There are many hosting options available, I suggest you do your own research and read reviews before deciding on how much you want to spend.
   
   The main advantage with having your own website is you can put as many ads/Amazon links as you like and it won't shut down like HubPages, or Squidoo (for those who transferred here from there!)
   
   Good luck everyone!

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   FatFreddysCatposted 28 hours ago

   Well, this sucks. Totally expected this would happen sooner or later, of course, but it's still a bummer to hear it made official.
   
   All my stuff has been unpublished since late last year, but I guess I'd better get to makin' backup copies of them and then deletin' em.
   
   Peace out, everyone. It's been a hoot.

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   eugbugposted 17 hours ago

   I'm thinking they'll continue the advertising, but this time keep all the revenue.

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   dougwest1posted 16 hours ago

   Since I am not going to stop writing, where can I (we) go to post our articles and make few dollars? One mentioned Word Press, but I am sure there are others. Being in charge of your own site sounds like work but it might be more profitable???

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      eugbugposted 6 hours agoin reply to this

      I'm going to try the free Wordpress.com option first and see what traffic I get, even though ad revenue isn't really an option with that (some ad revenue is possible I think). If traffic is anyway decent, I'll upgrade to a paid hosting and domain subscription. I don't want to pay anything if I don't have to yet. Then, as I understand it, it's possible to migrate to Wordpress.org to have more control over a website.
      Doing all the manual copying and pasting is going to be a pain.
      Wordpress has an awful, badly-designed, user-unfriendly, unintuitive interface. To be honest,  I can't make any sense of it with menus that change and update as one navigates around the site.

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   dougwest1posted 2 hours ago

   Good luck with Wordpress. Not sure where I am going. I have been working on my YouTube channel recently and published another book on Amazon. I feel sorry for young people who want to be writers; AI seems to be winning the day.

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