Update About Hubpages

Jo Ann

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

8 Jul 19

I have seen people rate some people's stuff down so that their rating or a friend's rating goes up.

@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

8 Jul 19

I am still there. Have 226 things published there. Pretty much everything has been published a while back. Not much active in posting new things there. But I still earn passive income, and more than I do here monthly, so no reason to leave the site.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

8 Jul 19

@lovebuglena I am the same. I receive my passive income there more than I got from staying here most of the time when I can.

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@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

8 Jul 19

Were they actually unpublished or just unfeatured? Articles can be published on the site but unfeatured (not appearing in search engine searches) due to low quality or low search traffic. I've never had articles unpublished but I had them unfeatured due to low search traffic. I actually have a bunch with that issue now but they are still published on the site.

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@jnrdutton (3452)

• United States

8 Jul 19

It said "this article is unpublished, only you can see it" w/the explanation.

@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

8 Jul 19

@jnrdutton What was the exact reason why it was unpublished?

@jnrdutton (3452)

• United States

8 Jul 19

@lovebuglena about the low rating is all they said. After they said the same thing on BOTH articles, I decided it was more hassle than it's worth.

Dominique

@dodo19 (48167)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

10 Jul 19

Maybe it's a good thing you found out now, rather than invest more time in it.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

8 Jul 19

I don't like the sites that depend on rating by other members. There is a lot of abuse in those systems. I wrote for Helium and they were rated by other readers. There was a contest for a garden magazine. My entry was rated low by others but the magazine bought mine. It is a flawed system

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@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

9 Jul 19

You cannot rate stuff on HubPages as far as I know. But every article (hub) you publish does have a hub score and you as the author have a hubber score. These two scores change all the time. Of course, the better each score the better it is for the author.

Jo Ann

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jul 19

@lovebuglena I guess I misunderstood how it works. Why do the scores change? Does it mean that someone wrote something better or what? Do you actually make enough on Hub Pages to make it worth your while?

Bhem

@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

8 Jul 19

I also tried that before and end up not pursuing it. I only have myLot so far.

Bhem

@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

8 Jul 19

@jnrdutton I was with B too, they still owe me though. Too bad the site was long gone. I wonder what really happens when everything was okay.

@jnrdutton (3452)

• United States

8 Jul 19

Of all the places I have ever tried for writing, the best were Bubblews (now defunct) and Mylot.

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@jnrdutton (3452)

• United States

8 Jul 19

@JustBhem There was a lot of speculation from several sources as to why Bubblews went dark. Maybe they just didn't have the revenue to cover server costs/general site expenses AND pay users.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

8 Jul 19

Oh wow, sounds like nothing has changed there. At least you found out early on it was not for you.

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@jnrdutton (3452)

• United States

8 Jul 19

Yeah, I am glad I found it out before I wasted anymore time.

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Sanna_S

@psanasangma (7910)

• India

9 Jul 19

I have once tried but later I deleted my account for no reasons

Sanna_S

@psanasangma (7910)

• India

10 Jul 19

@lovebuglena I don't so I stop using it!

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@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

9 Jul 19

Did you not like the site?

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

8 Jul 19

Interesting to try things.

Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

8 Jul 19

I write on Hubpages for more than 8 years. Only quality articles are being featured. They have a very high standard when it comes to writing as it is a content writing site. Still, I would recommend HubPages. That is the site where I earn my passive income.

@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

9 Jul 19

@thelme55 What one considers high quality someone else may not. I don't think they let fluff get published. However, there may be old stuff already published that is not up to par that is still published.

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@lovebuglena (52174)

• Staten Island, New York

9 Jul 19

I would recommend HP as well because of the passive income and better earnings than here and you don't have to be active to earn. I am active here and earn pennies. I am not active there and I earn way more than here.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

9 Jul 19

@tallawah I seldom go to the front page of HP. I read directly to the people I have followed who are good and proficient writers. Well, for me it is of high quality. High quality is a relative word. It might not be for you, but for others, yes.