• HubPages

Overview

HubPages has a rating of 2.9 stars from 29 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. HubPages ranks 54th among Photography Equipment sites.

  • Service
    8
  • Value
    7
  • Shipping
    3
  • Returns
    3
  • Quality
    5

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Top Positive Review

“Splendid site”

prince o.
5/28/20

I have written on hubpages for 6 years, splendid site very transparent. Payout os via PayPal $50 threshold.to earn write original articles 700 to 1500 words on any topic. They have an in-house rating system, featured hubs, published, not published (needs improvement)

Top Critical Review

“Terrible editing, terms of agreement”

Frank S.
1/19/21

Terms for paying writers have become a big secret. They now include the right for the site to make money off writer articles elsewhere without paying the writers. Revenue sharing is in steep decline. Junior editors with zero experience hack up articles. Political extremists bombard the site with propaganda. Editorial policies are based on whim. The company is smothering articles with ads to the point where it's damaging ranks in search engines.

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Thumbnail of user franks1090
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 19th, 2021

Terms for paying writers have become a big secret. They now include the right for the site to make money off writer articles elsewhere without paying the writers. Revenue sharing is in steep decline.

Junior editors with zero experience hack up articles. Political extremists bombard the site with propaganda. Editorial policies are based on whim.

The company is smothering articles with ads to the point where it's damaging ranks in search engines.

Thumbnail of user dhruv661992
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 12th, 2023

I was banned from Hubpages for a very trivial reason that could even make a high court judge laugh! I posted a wrong article. Only one wrong article that just washed off my years of hard work!

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Thumbnail of user tomm1438
4 reviews
33 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2018

Hm, same complaints here as with ReviewStream.com
(sarcasm) Website owes me this and that. And I don't see "cash dispenser" button. They should be scam or unethical at least.
No guys. Problem is in you, not in them.

I'm doing well with both. I like to write, I like to express myself, I don't expect to receive free cash. Hubpages is actually a hosting for the writers and it does the good job.

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

Thanks for the kind words and the much-appreciated humor break. :)

Thumbnail of user amic27
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 17th, 2024

Unless you're some left-leaning, liberal weenie that needs your ego stroked but your feelings left unhurt, don't bother. Hubpages is a complete waste of time.

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Thumbnail of user gordons263
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 14th, 2022

Banned for seeming "repeated violations' but never knowing what those violations were, despite repeated attempts on my part for some clarification and anything resembling a tutorial on what is a haphazard and strangely constructed website model. They are totally out of touch and their arrogance is breathtaking. And even after being banning and removing myself from the site, they write back and ask what they could do to regain my service. Are they serious? They are out of touch, arrogant and have no business running the site, Their web design is convoluted and there are NO tutorials around their strange methodology to even remotely explain what it is they want. I cannot imagine WebPages being in business for very much longer - they are very much part of the problem and certainly not the solution. And I wonder very much about their ad platform. I would avoid - there are many more sites that offer better and more comprehensive services.

Tip for consumers:
Until they improve their communication skills and redesign their website, avoid.

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Thumbnail of user johnt127
5 reviews
19 helpful votes
October 12th, 2013

If you want to post article to this site, You must first understand their terms.

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Paul E. – HubPages Rep

Very true, we do have strict quality standards for being published, and there can be a lot to learn. Between our FAQ and our Learning Center, we do our best to provide new authors with everything they need to know to get started: https://hubpages.com/faq/ https://hubpageshelp.com/

Thumbnail of user ellew25
1 review
4 helpful votes
February 14th, 2021

I realise my work has been stolen published also but never get paid for any article i started writing in 2013 first was " children tantrums" and diseases and infections wants to write about Covid and protection techniques.

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Thumbnail of user jamesc5283
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 19th, 2022

I've written on Hubpages for several years, although not much lately. Their editors are constantly making edits and changes even to articles that were published years ago. I don't mind correction of grammatical or spelling errors, but a lot of their edits change writing style, word selection, and content or are just useless changes for the sake of making changes. Some changes they forced me to make, for example - combining several shorter articles into one long one. That caused a significant reduction in readers for me. I've unpublished several articles just to avoid the irritation of their meddling. Earnings are small and usually drop whenever they make another frequent change to their platform. I ADVISE FINDING A DIFFERENT PLATFORM TO PUBLISH YOUR ARTICLES.

Thumbnail of user jessicab2712
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 12th, 2022

Don't work or write for these guys. They are inconsistent in their moderation, and absolutely abysmal when it comes to contacting them for advice or help. Their moderation team is a total mess.

Tip for consumers:
Just don't use it, seriously. There are a bunch of platforms out there, use a different one.

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Thumbnail of user kayl107
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
July 10th, 2022

About 12 years ago, one could recommend Hubpages. Since then it has adopted every snide trick available.

Firstly, it doesn't pay.

Don't be fooled by those shills who claim they were 'always' paid. They don't pay.

Secondly, they create a pile of hurdles to insure that your articles are not seen. For example, they 'non-feature' them, and send you a email about 'spammy elements'. No human eye has touched this article.

Thirdly, many of your best items are 'non-featured'.

The only use of Hubpages is Storage. If you're writing an ebook, working an an article for another site, you use Hubpages. You can save it as draft or to prove the date of publication to confront a copyright, post it with a small image.

Hubpages slaps down articles with small images, meaning you posted on July 10,2010 and because your image was small it is now unfeatured. However, you can prove the date of publication, so any site that uses this article can be slapped down.

Take Hubpages for the joke it is.

Tip for consumers:
Take Hubpages for the dishonest site it is

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Thumbnail of user haysp
1 review
20 helpful votes
March 8th, 2019

I have written several articles for Hubpages, all of which are very highly rated by the site's own measures, and all of which have been featured by the site, so I know they are considered high quality content. These articles were written as long as seven years ago (2012). You would think producing good content for a website that supposedly pays you for writing would make at least a little bit of money over seven years, right?

I have total balance in my Hubpages account of just over $40. Very conveniently for Hubpages, you have to have a minimum of $50 to cash out at all. My balance increases by approximately $0.04 a month (they have changed the rules since I started; the writers' share of the earnings used to be higher, which is why I was able to get $40). At this rate, I still have over 20 years before I even meet the minimum balance to get any money at all.

Because of this arbitrary minimum cash out balance, the overwhelming majority of Hubpages writers will never receive a penny for their work. Of course, Hubpages will happily earn ad revenue for themselves from your content.

I have even written to the support center and politely asked to be able to withdraw my $40 because it would be impossible for me to ever reach $50. I figured they would care enough about their users to make an exception if asked nicely, and it was just $40. Not even $40 I was asking to get for free, it was MY $40. To my surprise, the individual I spoke to refused to budge and even became rude when I continued trying to explain how their policies would make it impossible for me to ever access my money.

I realize now that Hubpages is basically a scheme to trick people into producing free content they can profit from. They say you'll get paid for it, but the rate of earnings is ridiculously low, and they have that "minimum balance" in place to ensure most people won't even be able to receive the little money they earned. The entire business model is unethical, and the internet will be a better place when they either go out of business or get shut down for legally dubious business practices.

Thumbnail of user fannyl1
1 review
2 helpful votes
Thumbnail of user jimb145
2 reviews
46 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2015

I find it disgraceful that Hubpages only pays their writers if their revenue reaches or exceeds $50. They are making money off of people and deliberately refusing to compensate their contributors for their efforts. Hubpages presents an exploitative and unethical business model that shamelessly rips off those who create the site's content. I was disheartened to learn, today, that Squidoo has merged with Hubpages.

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

It's true that we only issue a payment when authors reach the $50 payout threshold. We make this clear in a number of places all over the site. Payment thresholds are not unusual for paid writing sites. Additionally, earnings never expire but continue to accrue over time. There is no time limit in which authors have to reach the $50 payout. Whether it takes a month or a year, we will issue the payment when the limit is reached. We also split ad revenue with authors 60%/40% (we pay the highest percentage to authors of any revenue sharing site), so whatever we are making, our authors always make 20% more. Those with technical expertise may earn more from their own private websites and blogs, but we feel HubPages is a good and fair option for writers who don't want to deal with the technical side of earning from writing online.

Thumbnail of user princeo12
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 28th, 2020

I have written on hubpages for 6 years, splendid site very transparent. Payout os via PayPal $50 threshold.to earn write original articles 700 to 1500 words on any topic. They have an in-house rating system, featured hubs, published, not published (needs improvement)

Thumbnail of user manf93
1 review
11 helpful votes
July 30th, 2014

After 2013, this site absolutely sucks. I enjoyed it at first... then, they started destroying pages and more than half of my work suddenly did not qualify. Yes, it was all original work, too.
Hubpages did the same work to improve their pages- and succeeded beautifully. Their reaction was professional, well communicated, and effective. At squidoo, it was the opposite.
I wish I had never heard of them!
SQUIDOO = HEADACHE!

Thumbnail of user briang36
1 review
30 helpful votes
August 28th, 2014

I have the same complaints about Hubpages that everyone else does, so don't expect this to be anything new. Just take into consideration that there is a reason you read the same thing over and over again about HP; that is because they are all true! First, the site does not pay well or at all. They constantly change their own rules to set the bar so they can get maximum dollars, yet not shell out a dime to those doing all of the work.

Secondly, there are a bunch of trolls and they are friends of HP management or either they are the writers making the most money for the site. HP keeps their censorship rules kind of grey so they can pick and choose what and who to ban at their own discretion. I recently saw one hubber, we'll call him GT, wrote an article about cyberbullying and the person he complained about, we'll call him TS, actually came to the hub and began attacking him.! Right on cue! TS complained to HP and then in turn wrote an article accusing GT of cyberbullying and GT actually got banned yet TS didn't! So two people complain and write articles about cyber bullying and only one gets kicked out. GT did not visit the others site. GT did not direct the hub at TS or even use vulgar language. TS did direct it towards GT. Why might you ask was GT banned, but not TS? Because TS actually works for the site. He can legally bully someone for their beliefs (God) and ban them for it. Crazy stuff! TS even went to GT's LinkedIn and twitter accounts!

I actually had the same problem with TS until I closed my page. Now I go back and read my favorite authors using a guest account, but I still see he is out on his crusade to eradicate religion. I guess he thinks he can do it by banning one hubber at a time.

Tip for consumers:
Save yourself the tears and heartache. Just don't use them.

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Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

We are a small company and don't have the manpower to look at every forum post. We rely on users to report posts and comments that break our rules. All flagged posts are looked at by moderators, so when certain rule-breaking posts are taken down and others are not, it's usually because someone reported the ones that were removed while nobody reported the ones that were not. We rely on the community to help, so we encourage users to report personal attacks and hate speech.

Thumbnail of user nial104
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
July 25th, 2015

I have been on hub pages.com for 3/4 years. I love to write, read and connect. I also wanted to make some money. It was very very hard to get to know how to really make money, I tried to get paid the first yearand gave up. I would just leave to avoid writing too much for free and spend time trying to get to know how to get paid. I met some nice people and talented writers willing to share tips and experience, but money is a taboo subject, even in private messages.
It seems that a few writers make some money or pretend to, they could be part of a disguised promotion team. One thing, I was disenchanted, disappointed and left. I appreciate the community of writers but after censorship, religious trolling, I sorted things out.
It is sad because it was such a beautiful dream: being paid to do what I love to do...

Tip for consumers:
Gi to grow your writing but know that your material is not protected (seen my work on another website) and that you won't make money… better go somewhere else.

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Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

Thanks for your honest review, Nia. It can definitely be hard to earn money on HubPages, especially for those who are just getting started in the online writing scene. We do our best to provide educational resources in the form of our FAQ and Learning Center, and the forums are a great place to ask for help and advice from veteran authors, but the reality is that it definitely takes time and a lot of articles to earn decent money. Most authors start earning after writing 20-50 articles. We are glad you had the chance to connect with other talented writers and would love it if you'd be willing to give earning another try (though we understand it's a lot of work and don't blame you if you've moved on to other things). Either way, thank you for the sharing your thoughts on writing with us.

Thumbnail of user martinm13
10 reviews
81 helpful votes
September 10th, 2011

I can sum this site up in one word and that word is "LAME".

Squdoo is better and they, unlike Hubpages do not yank every single post I make.

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

I'm sorry to hear you've had difficulty getting your posts published. We do have strict standards requiring content to have top quality spelling and grammar and to be spam-free, but we are as transparent about those standards as possible. You can find everything you need to know about our quality assessment process and publication requirements here: https://hubpageshelp.com/standards/Learning-Center-Featured-Hubs

Thumbnail of user virginialynnek
1 review
7 helpful votes
March 10th, 2017

I've been on Hubpages since 2012 and have been through some ups and downs with the site but now in 2017 they are definitely on the upswing. I have around 300 articles and make around $8,000 a year. HubPages has survived by focusing on quality and using editors to improve and standardize some of the content. HubPages has a really excellent writing platform which lets you include video, maps, tables and photos. In addition, HubPages has all of the content on one page so that the viewer looking at "10 Kitchen Design Tips" doesn't have to scroll through 10 pages to see the content. HubPages is for dedicated writers who are willing to write excellent, interesting content that beats everything else on the web for that topic. It is not a personal blog or creative writing platform and it does not promise instant success or guaranteed income. However, if you know a lot about something and you know how to write clear explanations or instructions, you probably can use HubPages to build a business.

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

Thank you for your detailed review and helpful tips, Virginia!

Thumbnail of user isackn
4 reviews
6 helpful votes
February 13th, 2018

This is a site that gives a writer an opportunity to expand his/her writing prowess for free on topics of their interest. A writer will have a chance to earn from his articles eventually.

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

Thanks for your review Isack! Very well put.

Thumbnail of user erican5
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
February 17th, 2015

Hubpages is a great place to share your opinions and thoughts and you also get paid for doing so.

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

Thank you for the kind words, Erica!

Thumbnail of user mckarmop
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 4th, 2019

It is not worth. This program is not good. I tried to contact the customer service numerous time to cancel my subscription nobody answer or reply my request. Terrible experience. Lost my money.

Thumbnail of user angelat5
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
December 28th, 2011

This is one of my all time favorite sites. There is so much information there you can get lost for days reading. The only thing I don; lt like is that there can be a lot of spam in the comments, but other than that its great.

Thumbnail of user mynamen
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 20th, 2015

Its for sure one of the best way to earn online and easy to use

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

We are glad you think so! We certainly do our best. :)

Thumbnail of user robertd60
7 reviews
16 helpful votes
May 1st, 2013

Great website to get free information to almost anything. Great way for inspiring writers get themselves out to the public. Many people blog and link their content to this site

Thumbnail of user paule207
Paul E. – HubPages Rep

We appreciate the positive review! We certainly do our best. :)

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