Is it permissable for a Hub to be purely an advertisement for the Hubber's business?
Yes, so long as there are no more than 2 links going back to their domain, or to the one domain, and that the hub shares something with the reader and isn't just a teaser advising the reader to click over to the other site to 'read more'.
However, if someone points back to the same domain in all their hubs, they will soon fall foul of the overly-promotional rule and find themselves unpublished.
Thanks, IzzyM, you explained this very well! I see some that are obviously just an advertisement for their business. I like to "Hop Hubs", and I never know how to handle these.
A lot of marketers spin their articles, which they then send out to hundreds of different sites, including Hubpages.
It is a good idea to read a few sentences of each of those hubs to see if they read well.
The use of spinners is against TOS, but unless someone has spun something that reads awkwardly most times they get away with it.
For example
"sometimes having not found any right choice will make your moral down like you are infirior to play just because of unliked choice of clothes which make you uncomfortable on course"
I just flagged that. Substandard does it.
I agree. I've noticed that most of these Hubs that advertise are poorly written, i.e. poor grammar, etc.
by nikki1 11 years ago
Can we use classified ads to share our hubs? Who are our partnered free classified ads?
by DaisyChain 10 years ago
Can we use Amazon pictures to illustrate our hubs?I notice that amazon has large pictures of its products. Can these be used to illustrate our hubs? Can they be used only if we advertise the product in question, or not even if we advertise it in our hubs?
by Alex Addams 11 years ago
Just curious, anyone here using PPC advertising to promote their Hubs? Like Adsense, Facebook Ads, etc? If so, what's been your success?
by Brett Foster 9 years ago
Basically, I mean that us hubbers put countless hours of work into writing one quality hub after another which in turn increases hubpages revenue, which allows them to enjoy the fruits of its writers dedication and labor. I know writing on hubpages is presented to us like hubpages is doing all us...
by Mary Hyatt 13 years ago
Boy, this is a jolt! When I click on a new Hub to read, I get this loud video that plays, and it isn't the one the Hubber imbedded. It's an advertisement. I know we can't control these ads, but it's very distracting , and I just want to hurry and X out! How do you feel about...
by Seckin Esen 4 years ago
Do you buy products because of advertising?
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