HubPages Changes
The last few months have been hard for bloggers and sites such as HubPages due to Google's ongoing Panda/Farmer algorithm updates. HubPages has suffered a steep drop in traffic, and they have been in the process of making many changes to the site to help rise back up in the ratings. However, one change that's coming up in January 2012 is pretty drastic.
Hubpages is initiating a change to their revenue model. They are changing the way the Amazon affiliates will make money from their Amazon modules. As of January 2012, HubPages will not allow you to use your own Amazon affiliate links in your hubs; they are combining Amazon revenue with the HubPages Ads program. It looks like you will be paid for the purchases that pertain to your hub, but not for any other purchases a reader may make using your link. The theory is that this revenue will revert to HubPages.
After much consideration and all the changes going on at HubPages that I am not comfortable with, I've decided to go ahead and not publish any new hubs there. Instead, I'm looking at alternatives, such as Wizzley.
Wizzley is a site similar to HubPages, but with some major differences. Wizzley opened to the public in June 2011, so it's a relatively new kid on the block. With your Google Adsense ID, you can earn money on Wizzley when readers click the Google ads that appear next to your article. The revenue split is 50% /60% , which isn't bad. You can also make money with Amazon, Zazzle and other affiliates. They also have editors who review all articles before they are allowed to be published. This ensures that all articles are high-quality, and will help to avoid slaps from the Panda in upcoming algorithm updates.
Right now, I have 20 hubs on HubPages. I will probably leave most of them there, but may move the lower ranking hubs to Wizzley to see if they do better. I will not add any new hubs for a while, and will add new articles to Wizzley over the next few months to see how it works out.
When you are a freelance writer and/or are trying to develop a passive income from online articles, then it pays to have your eggs spread out, rather than all in one basket. By this, I mean it's best to have several income streams, rather than depending completely on one source of income. If that source dries up, then what will you do? With several sources of income, you will be able to survive if one stream of income dries up. So, never put all your eggs in one basket. Be sure to develop several sources of income and you'll be able to survive!
Good luck!
Sher :0)
Hubpages is initiating a change to their revenue model. They are changing the way the Amazon affiliates will make money from their Amazon modules. As of January 2012, HubPages will not allow you to use your own Amazon affiliate links in your hubs; they are combining Amazon revenue with the HubPages Ads program. It looks like you will be paid for the purchases that pertain to your hub, but not for any other purchases a reader may make using your link. The theory is that this revenue will revert to HubPages.
After much consideration and all the changes going on at HubPages that I am not comfortable with, I've decided to go ahead and not publish any new hubs there. Instead, I'm looking at alternatives, such as Wizzley.
Wizzley is a site similar to HubPages, but with some major differences. Wizzley opened to the public in June 2011, so it's a relatively new kid on the block. With your Google Adsense ID, you can earn money on Wizzley when readers click the Google ads that appear next to your article. The revenue split is 50% /60% , which isn't bad. You can also make money with Amazon, Zazzle and other affiliates. They also have editors who review all articles before they are allowed to be published. This ensures that all articles are high-quality, and will help to avoid slaps from the Panda in upcoming algorithm updates.
Right now, I have 20 hubs on HubPages. I will probably leave most of them there, but may move the lower ranking hubs to Wizzley to see if they do better. I will not add any new hubs for a while, and will add new articles to Wizzley over the next few months to see how it works out.
When you are a freelance writer and/or are trying to develop a passive income from online articles, then it pays to have your eggs spread out, rather than all in one basket. By this, I mean it's best to have several income streams, rather than depending completely on one source of income. If that source dries up, then what will you do? With several sources of income, you will be able to survive if one stream of income dries up. So, never put all your eggs in one basket. Be sure to develop several sources of income and you'll be able to survive!
Good luck!
Sher :0)
