HUBPAGES TRICKS

Hubpages the New
Squidoo?
I have seen some
comments recently about
using Squidoo and
increasingly HubPages for
Internet Marketing -
there is more and more
talk about HubPages in the
Internet Marketing forums
so I thought I would get in
first.
Unfortunately most of the
people who join HubPages
for Internet marketing
purposes get themselves
banned in short order -
why? They don't
understand Hubpages and
more importantly the
Hubpages community. So if
you would like to know
how not to get your hubs
flagged and yourself
banned please keep
reading. If you are already
happy at HubPages but
would like to make more
money keep reading too -
its a jungle out there you
have to be careful!
Update: If you are
interested in learning some
real info on how to Make
Real Money Online
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I have attempted to make
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Internet
via Internet Marketing and
have so far failed to make
any significant money. I did
a lot research though and
read a lot of blogs and
learnt a lot about SEO and
backlinks and Google Page
Rank and whole lot of
other stuff I didn't know
before.
I also found a huge
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me question the whole
Internet marketing industry
- some of which got in
early and are now some of
the "big names" who now
make a fortune trading on
those names selling "their
secret" invariably selling
information which either
available for free or no
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Warning -
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Create an Attractive Hub
Page
Designing an attractive
article using HubPage's
tools isn't too hard, even
for the design-
challenged like myself.
However you do need to
know a few tricks to
avoid the frustrations...
How To Write a Flagship
Hub
Hubpages have
announced a program
encouraging hubbers to
contribute high quality
hubs which include a
minimum of 1500 words
of original content plus
relevant photos, videos
and links. Now in
academia 1500...
What do I know about
HubPages and Internet
Marketing
So who the hell is Lissie
and why should you read
anything I write here? I've
been on Hubpages since
about Sept 2007. I have a
consistently had a high
author hubscore (this is
important see below) and
have made some income
by writing in their Flagship
Hub program where they
pay authors for hubs
written on a specific topic
and to a specified standard.
In a recent contest here my
hubs were picked for the
best fo the day. I believe
that I have been reasonably
successful on HubPages as
an author, and it's my only
site where my income goes
up every month!
What is HubPages
It's similar but different
from Squidoo. Like
Squidoo it provides a
platform where you can
publish a webpage. They
share revenue from
Adsense, Amazon and Ebay
sales.
Technically there are of
course differences, Squidoo
is the earlier site and
HubPages was established
presumably with a business
plan to take Squidoo on in
a similar market. If you are
familiar with one getting
up to speed on the other is
not difficult.
There is however a very
important difference:
HubPages does not allow
overally promotional
hubs. That is if your hub is
just an advertisement for
another site/E-Book/off
line business it will get
flagged and you will
eventually get banned if
you don't play by the rules.
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HubPages is your online
space to share your
advice, reviews, useful
tips, opinions and
insights with hundreds
of other authors.
HubPages is completely
free, and you can even
earn online ad revenue!
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HubPages: How not to
get Banned
Now its not difficult to
setup a hub - click "create
new hub" set a name and
URL, enter some tags click
continue open up the text
capsule cut and paste some
text, hit save and then click
publish. That's it. So please
don't buy the $40 E-Book
that will show you how to
do this - I wish I was joking!
Not even if its a special one
time price of $10! There are
heaps of good hubs on the
mechanics of hubbing!
However if you actually
want your hub to last more
than a day or 2 before it
gets flagged as spam, and
you want to build your
reputation as a HubPages
author so that your hubs
are actually read you might
want to try the following
steps:
1. Join up - if you
haven't already feel
free to follow the
link and let me earn
my %!
2. Fill in your profile
information - if you
don't bother to add
a photo, a profile
and indicate where
you live it doesn't
sound like you are
serious about being
at HubPages. Also
you are missing an
opportunity to
promote your other
sites. Also if you get a
decent author score
you will also get a
decent page rank on
your the profile page
too.
3. Write a hub. Follow
the rules - don't
spam. Unlike
Squidoo your hub
cannot be just a
promotion for your
Clickbank product, E-
book or other
website. It has to be
a complete article in
itself - it has to
contain useful and
unique content. You
can still have links -
but make sure they
are relevant and you
cannot link more
than twice to the
same domain. The
reader shouldn't
HAVE to follow the
link to get value
from your article.
4. A hub isn't just a
plain text article.
Well not if you want
most people to read
it it's not. Most
people scan most
easily a narrow
column of text, so
write in 2 columns or
use links and other
capsules to squeeze
your text column.
Don't link to the
same domain more
than twice in a hub.
A cloaked link will
count as a link to the
same domain.
5. Add at least 1 photo:
the first photo will
show in your
summary on pages
such as "hot" "latest"
"best" hubs - if you
don't have a photo
then your profile
photo will be used, if
you don't have one
of those either you
are telling me I can't
be bothered to read
your hub.
6. Use at least 2 text
capsules - usually
lots more. If you only
use 1 the second
Adsense block will
fall right at the
bottom of the hub,
below the fold. It
also makes it easier
to make the hub
look attractive.
7. Don't publish 24
hubs in the first 24
hours. And don't use
an article re-writing
software to re-write
the same article 24
times and publish it
24 times with
different titles. The
machine may think
it's different -
humans can tell its
the same. By
monitoring the
"hubtivity"page those
same humans can
monitor and flag
you.
8. Don't write a hub
and then go the
forums and post : I
just wrote my first
hub what do you
think? Particularly
don't do this when
you haven't even
bothered to spell-
check your work.
Your profile shows
that you joined 2
hours ago and that
this is your first
forum post - why
would I care about
your hub? If instead
you contribute to the
forums, or leave a
comment on
someone else's hub,
or become their fan
then they may well
feel inclined to
comment on our
hub.