HubPages

Terms for paying writers have become a big secret. 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.

This company is a total scam. They do not offer any SEO solutions to your company, do your research. They have claims everywhere. I've been getting billed since 3/1/2020 to 11-1/2020 and they promised to get my listing on the first page of Google. I never reached the top 10 pages! BEWARE!!! Cancel your credit cards, bank cards, remove them from all your administration assess on all your online sites, call your bank to block them BEFORE you call their support team to cancel. They will try to delete everything YOU PAID FOR.

Signed up for their service and decided within 2 days to not continue with their product. Called and was advised by Greg - No Problem, we will refund your $139.99 and your web name will not be further developed. Another agent will be calling to finalize the termination. Another agent, Ashley, called and said they would dispute the cancellation and would not release the web name. Called my CC company and disputed the charge. Not an honorable company in my opinion.

The other ⭐️ reviews are exactly what we just experienced!! Then when I looked them up I see the whole ⭐️ ⭐️ Rating while on the phone with them and asked “why would we do business with a company that is rated 45 times and 33 of the ratings are “1” star?” He replied, "Who looks at Yelp?" and I said it was “Consumer Affairs” page... Crickets!! Lol he hung up on me!! I would say to Google “sue” these ** for even marketing they represent Google!!

I have written articles on HubPages for years, and they don't do any of the things mentioned by the negative reviewers here who complain about sales pitches, web hosting, SEO promises, and so on. I believe these people have mistaken HubPages for HubSpot, a site which very well might do those things. HubPages doesn't have anything to sell, including services, and they don't host websites. It's just a free platform where people can submit articles for (possible) publication. If you're lucky and work really hard, you can get a little payment for your articles, too. Just hoping to clear up this misleading situation. HubPages is not the site described by some of these reviewers!

I was an avid supporter and writer there for years. They rolled out a program where they have editors that edit hubs which I never had a problem with except for one hub. It was a satirical humorous piece I had written that was well-received as it was having received a half a million views in a year. When the editor decided they were going to completely rework it, I was upset and appealed with Robin, one of the owners. She overreacted and demoted all of my hubs. Hubs that had been earning a couple of hundred a month in residual income.

They promised to get me a top ranking on Google Maps and threw in a free website. They made a website which I never approved (it sucked) and got it listed in Google Maps. I wanted them to use the website I already had but the lady said they couldn't do that (even after the original salesperson and their technical guy said otherwise). So, they hijacked my Google account and charged me $250. I now have to go through Google's verification process again in order to straighten things out.

I have read all these reviews bashing HubPages, and it makes me sad. I too was on when it was Squidoo and they then sold to HubPages. I lost a lot of lenses (that is what Squidoo called them) but the truth is those lenses weren't my best. The truth is there was so much CRAP listed on Squidoo that it's no wonder the poorly written got removed. I am also guilty of not having updated or checked my old work often. If you are looking to get content published and keep it there, here's some tips. Make sure your content is factual and written on a topic that you are interested in. If you are throwing together crap articles, why should they keep them published?

I started writing in September 2018. I am up to 28 articles, all of which are featured and most have been placed on one of their network sites. I'm a brand new writer, having only had a personal, fun blog for about seven years. The editorial staff are more helpful than I'd anticipated and 90% of the time, very fast to respond to my questions and concerns; usually the same or next day. They have given me advice and suggestions on how to improve my writing, layout, links, and taught me how to be a classy writer, not a spammy one! I have never been contacted or hassled, so my guess is that those of you who have been, are a target of spam; it's not HubPages calling you.

Had a representative reach out to me. They said I needed to have a client meeting so we checked it with Angel for 10 am. At 11 am I called them and explained she was to call for an interview so immediately they put her on the phone. This all took place on Jan 16th. On Jan 28 still nothing showing where they have done anything they said they would. I spoke with a gentleman who said he was the supervisor and that Angel was in training but he'd look into it and call me back before close of business day. I never received a callback and am still waiting. These people take your money and DO NOTHING. Avoid paying them anything!!!!