Comments on: All about Flagships and Using Hubpages for Web Marketing http://www.compucall-usa.com/2008/11/24/flagships-and-using-hubpages-for-web-marketing/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:23:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lance Jepsen author of Internet Marketing http://www.compucall-usa.com/2008/11/24/flagships-and-using-hubpages-for-web-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Lance Jepsen author of Internet Marketing Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:33:10 +0000 http://www.compucall-usa.com/?p=565#comment-376 The problem with Hubpages is that they have recently become very hostile to their platform being used by any marketers of any products. About one month ago, complaints about whomever is auditing Hubpage websites began streaming in. In my own dealing with Hubpages, I have found their service to be offensive and a waste of time. For example, I'm an author of a book, seems straight forward enough to offer valuable content to people and if they like what I have to say, they can buy my book. Harassment from Hubpages began on day one. First they shut down my Hubpage because it was too "promotional". After I dropped all reference to my book and just gave links to my book selling on Amazon.com with keyword tags, they refused to publish the page because the hyperlinks like "internet marketing" were attempting to drive people away from Hubpages to my book on Amazon... Well yeah! Gee, I'm guilty of that one. The final straw was when they would still would not publish my Hubpage because, now get this, I used a quote in my Hubpage. Here's the funny thing, it was MY quote! I think Hubpages is involved in their own affiliate marketing and products and if you try and publish a hub that is in competition to their own in-house work, then they basically nit pick you to death until you give up on publishing your Hubpage. Time is your most valuable asset for time is the stuff life is made of. Life is too precious to be wasting time arguing with the screener at Hubpages. Several years ago, Hubpages was good. Today it is terrible in my opinion. I'll never go back to Hubpages and I can't recommend their service to anyone else. Squidoo is much more marketer friendly and I have not had a single problem getting any of my lenses published. The problem with Hubpages is that they have recently become very hostile to their platform being used by any marketers of any products. About one month ago, complaints about whomever is auditing Hubpage websites began streaming in. In my own dealing with Hubpages, I have found their service to be offensive and a waste of time. For example, I’m an author of a book, seems straight forward enough to offer valuable content to people and if they like what I have to say, they can buy my book. Harassment from Hubpages began on day one. First they shut down my Hubpage because it was too “promotional”. After I dropped all reference to my book and just gave links to my book selling on Amazon.com with keyword tags, they refused to publish the page because the hyperlinks like “internet marketing” were attempting to drive people away from Hubpages to my book on Amazon… Well yeah! Gee, I’m guilty of that one. The final straw was when they would still would not publish my Hubpage because, now get this, I used a quote in my Hubpage. Here’s the funny thing, it was MY quote!

I think Hubpages is involved in their own affiliate marketing and products and if you try and publish a hub that is in competition to their own in-house work, then they basically nit pick you to death until you give up on publishing your Hubpage.

Time is your most valuable asset for time is the stuff life is made of. Life is too precious to be wasting time arguing with the screener at Hubpages. Several years ago, Hubpages was good. Today it is terrible in my opinion. I’ll never go back to Hubpages and I can’t recommend their service to anyone else. Squidoo is much more marketer friendly and I have not had a single problem getting any of my lenses published.

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