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Hubpages And How To Make Good Money Writing
So as my first official article, it seems only reasonable, that I start with the first profitable side hustle I ever had. Writing articles on
I had never even thought about writing and yet it came quite naturally and look at me now with my own blog. Who would have thought it?
I had to work at my writing skills and to be honest even to this day I still need to improve but it has been worth it. Going forward and learning how to make money online in 2021, Hubpages is a good place to start.
What Is Hubpages?
So let’s start with what is Hubpages?. Hubpages is a Revenue sharing website whereby the user writes articles based on whatever they like. These articles are then published by the writer and have ads placed onto them automatically by Hubpages. When these ads are clicked on by your readers then Hubpages gives you a share of any revenue generated.
Sounds simple doesn’t it, Well it is and it isn’t. You need to find a decent niche and you also need to write regularly if you are to see any revenue.
There are other writing sites out there such as Ezinearticles but I feel Hubpages is the easiest to start out with.
So why go with Hubpages if you have to share the revenue with them?. Well for a lot of people, they dont want the hassle of setting up a blog or website.
Blogs and websites can take months of hard work to get established and sometimes even longer to make money. Blogs are entirely your own work so if anything goes wrong you either fix it yourself which is sometimes extremely difficult or you pay for outside help.
With Hubpages once you have signed up and have your profile you can get started making money right from the very start.
With Hubpages, all you have to do is set up a free account and within a few minutes, you are writing that article about pet grooming and sharing it with other users.
Pet grooming was just an idea, I would choose whatever niche you know a lot about. You don’t have to be an expert so long as you know more than the average person and you are confident you can write 1500-2000 word hubs with ease.
Other Hubpages Benefits:
There is a great active forum on the site. This has lots of
Having your article on the site means you need not worry too much about the design and style too much. This leaves you time to spend on getting traffic to your article. This is already helped massively as you have the Hubpages name in the address which gives it a boost.
You also have a Hub profile that has a score assigned to it which the higher this score is the better writer Hubpages sees you at and the more likely your articles will get promoted better by Hubpages.
In 2011 all revenue sharing sites were hit hard by a major change in the
Hubpages brought up the last remaining large competitor Squidoo and have since changed the way their site works. They now have lots of multiple sites
Earnings
So what you are probably wondering is how much money can you make on Hubpages. Well like any question such as that there is no straightforward answer.
To begin
Once you get going though and increase your hubber score and improve your writing you will find some of your articles will attract attention and traffic and this is when your earnings will soar.
Before the google (panda) algorithm update some Hubpages users were earning up to £2000 a month. This was a very well established writer with 200 or more really good articles. They would usually have a profile ranking of over 90 as well.
Most of these ranking very high in Google with lots of well-researched keywords. Earning that much now is highly unlikely.
I feel that if you were to sign up and start writing good,
You would need to be very fortunate or have a great deal of SEO knowledge to achieve that with a blog or website in that short period of time.
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My Case Study
It took me around 3 months to see any kind of income. I had written about 15 Hubs by that point mainly based around a specific video game I was very
I went on a bit of a writing spree focusing on the niche I had carved out for myself. Within a couple more months I had written at least another 15 articles and this started to show with my earnings.
I started to learn how to link new articles to my older ones to gain more readers. I also learned how to create my own header images and titles. This all helped my articles achieve a better look.
A year or so into my Hubpages journey I had over 100 hubs. Some of my video game articles were ranked on the 1st pages of google for the keywords I had used. This was earning me anywhere between £100-250 a month and was a great passive side hustle.
My Advice
My
If your looking to boost your budget quickly, then this probably isn’t the money-making route you want to devote your time too.
If you are thinking about starting a blog but are a little unsure. Especially taking into account whether you have the skills. Perhaps you do not want to spend any money hosting your own blog then perhaps Hubpages is for you.
For me I was just passionate about video games and writing about them was easy and although I wasn’t a natural writer, I had to work at it and I learned as I went. I learned how to improve my writing in order to get a better hubscore which motivated me greatly.
It gives you the chance to write about what you love but has the backing of a big company to help boost your posts. If you enjoy it and do well then it will give you the confidence to strike out on your own and create your own blog or website.
My Earnings:

As you can see from the above picture it was some time ago that I was earning on this site. As mentioned before it was my first side hustle.
You can see I made over $60 in 2 weeks. This doesn’t go back before 2011 so it doesn’t show my earnings when my pages were ranked well.
It also doesn’t show eBay earnings. eBay affiliation is enabled on Hubpages too. You can also see my username in the
Hubpages And How To Make Good Money Writing
In summing up, earning a side income from Hubpages is possible, although it can take time and patience but once up and running and when you start earning money it is a great passive income. Passive income is the best form of income and Hubpages made me a great passive income for a while until I started this blog.
If you have any questions regarding Hubpages or how it works then feel free to leave a comment and I will get back to you. Failing that just sign up and give it a go. What do you have to lose?
This is very interesting, I have heard of some hubpages but not sure exactly what they were about! Now I understand ! Thanks for the information!
Im glad its helped. A good side income to have.
Hi I did not know I have earnings. How can I claim it?
Simply sign in and go to your earnings page on Hubpages. You need to hit a certain amount before they will send you the funds. I believe it is 100 dollars
I’ve never heard of Hubpages specifically but I did consider this side hustle with another site before. You are right it’s can take a while and the algorithms can make or break your earnings. It’s still not a bad idea for practice. I may look into that means of side money again!
Yes there were a few revenue sharing sites, however i believe hubpages is one of the last ones out there, but also the biggest one. I would take another look when you get chance.
I am a member of Hubpages. But my current schedule won’t permit me to be active on the site. I hope I can come back again.
I would also like to but running a blog is going to use up too much of my time. Its a great site with a good community though. Thanks for the comment.
I have never heard of this so it was interesting to find out about it. Not sure if this comment is going through, I’ve never seen the fields above not show the email. Well written.
Thanks susan.
I started writing on HubPages then got busy and stopped. I’ve never earned more than a few pennies, but agree that if you put some effort in, it can be a great side hustle. Thanks for this post, maybe I’ll explore getting into this again!
It does start with pennies, I found it quickly built up from there, but I was writing 3 articles a week minimum. Thanks for the comment, always nice to hear from another hubber!.
Woah! I’m really enjoying the template/theme of this website.
It’s simple, yet effective. A lot of times it’s difficult to get
that “perfect balance” between usability and visual appearance.
I must say you have done a awesome job with this.
Also, the blog loads extremely quick for me on Chrome. Outstanding Blog!
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Hi there are using WordPress for your blog platform?
I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started and set
up my own. Do you need any coding expertise to make your own blog?
Any help would be really appreciated! Ac Mailand Trikot
Yes, I am using WordPress. You can do it without knowing to code yes. You may need some advice along the way but it is doable.
Hey there, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues.
When I look at your blog site in Safari, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer,
it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a
quick heads up! Other then that, terrific blog! Roma Drakt
I will look into that thanks.
I’ve heard of people making money from writing articles, but I didn’t know Hubpages was one of those sites! It kinda makes me wish I knew about this back when I was in college…before I started my career! Every bit would have helped for my college and travel funds!
Yes hubpages was a good start for me and my first serious side hustle. You can still make money from it if your not keen on starting a blog.
Nice, informative article. Thanks for sharing. Just wrote my first article, but haven’t signed up to monitize yet. Would love to hear what helped you decide what avenues to choose for that.
HI, Abby, When Starting out I choose a few affiliate sites and then added ads with Medianet when I had more views.
Hello, can I become an affiliate? Like can I use Bluehost or other affiliate program links on my hubs?
Hi, bob. Thanks for the comment. When i was writing content for hubpages there was only ebay and amazon as affiliates so you would have to double check. I had adsense as my ad program and the 2 affiliates above and did quite well. As for hosting there is no need as you are writing content on the hubpages platform. Hope this helps
How do hubpages pays the writer
Mainly through Adsense and their own advertising revenues.
Thank you so much for sharing. I just started with hubpages today. I am not very fast but I am optimistic!
Thanks, Clare, Hubpages started me off with making money for writing online so I hope it serves you as well. Good luck