Squidoo vs. HubPages

Banned 13 years ago

Both are good in different ways. So, use two of them if you can. If you insist that I must choose one, maybe at gunpoint, I will choose Squidoo.

Why? I knew about it before I knew about hubpages.

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ccd

13 years ago

I have limited experience with both, but from what I've seen, Hubpages FAR eclipses Squidoo in terms of page views. This is what I've experienced when posting essentially the same article to each. I may create some more Hubpages, but I don't plan to bother with Squidoo anymore.

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Ansari 13 years ago

Personally, i have found HubPages rank better then squidoo.
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AFI

13 years ago

Thank you all for your input. I would like some more feedback if possible. I have heard Squidoo lenses aren't doing as well as they used to, so I just wondered if I should even bother with it. I have seen some benefit from HubPages already so maybe I'll just stick to them.

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dirtyroger

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AFI

Thank you all for your input. I would like some more feedback if possible. I have heard Squidoo lenses aren't doing as well as they used to, so I just wondered if I should even bother with it. I have seen some benefit from HubPages already so maybe I'll just stick to them.

What kind of benefit have you seen from hubpages, i had problems witg my first hub as they said i was over promoting myself and took me a while to sort that out

Do you benefit form traffic or backlinks??

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tijja 13 years ago

I personally LOVE Squidoo. I get lots of traffic.. aka lenses with 1-2000 views per week and I make $ which I never did with Hubpages. Squidoo also allows you to use lots of affiliate links so a lens might make $20 in a month via Squidoo modules and then double or triple that via my own affiliate links. Plus each lens links to a web site or blog I am promoting. Nicer community IMO and they are always improving what they offer. Hands down the winner IMO.
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AFI

13 years ago

Originally Posted by dirtyroger

What kind of benefit have you seen from hubpages, i had problems witg my first hub as they said i was over promoting myself and took me a while to sort that out

Do you benefit form traffic or backlinks??

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I benefit from the traffic right now as my newest site is just a week old.

Also here's a tip. When they decline your sites and want you to edit it. Make the edits and then copy and paste the hub into a NEW hub and delete the old one. That way your new up is up immediately and you don't have to wait for them to approve it. I've done that twice now.

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purplecone

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AFI

Also here's a tip. When they decline your sites and want you to edit it. Make the edits and then copy and paste the hub into a NEW hub and delete the old one. That way your new up is up immediately and you don't have to wait for them to approve it. I've done that twice now.

I have a Hubpage I ahve been trying to delete, but haven't been able to figure out how. Any suggestions?

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Memo

13 years ago

I use them both for backlinking. Though if you can find a good keyword and put some backlinks back to your squidoo or hubpages, you could get good traffic from them.

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Samuel Baker

13 years ago

I find that once you can bypass the Hubpages standards of quality etc in terms of over promotional hub's etc you can get some nice traffic flow & targeted traffic at that.

I have had little luck with Squidoo and do prefer Hubpages.

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kenny5

13 years ago

This is just my opinion, but it seems like Squidoo has gone downhill. I hardly ever see Squidoo pages in searches anymore but I see hubpages quite often.

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Backlinks Weekend

13 years ago

I prefer Squidoo more than Hubpages because it's more easier to create page over there. Anyway, HubPage allows Internet marketing and Making money content, Squidoo doesn't

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acedalright 13 years ago

I can't be bothered with Hubpages and their no following pages, even really good, content rich one's.

I prefer squidoo, if for no other reason that I make a decent lens and it gets me traffic and dofollow links
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reelgraphics

13 years ago

Prefer Hubpage

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x3xsolxdierx3x

13 years ago

Both sites have Pros and Cons.

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toytruck

13 years ago

I haven't tried hubpages yet but I do have a squidoo account. I'm not sure how long it takes for the lenses to be indexed but I created mine a couple of days ago and my article is still not showing up in Google.

Maybe I'll go for hubpages instead

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purplecone 13 years ago

toytruck,
Did you ping the lenses? Go to pingler dot com and fill in your information. Pingler will send notice to 97 directories that your site is online. This will help you get the site indexed. Do this for all articles, lenses, and hubs.
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x3xsolxdierx3x

13 years ago

Originally Posted by toytruck

I haven't tried hubpages yet but I do have a squidoo account. I'm not sure how long it takes for the lenses to be indexed but I created mine a couple of days ago and my article is still not showing up in Google.

Maybe I'll go for hubpages instead

Are you positive that they aren't showing up in Google? Squidoo's natural search engine authority will typically make that happen pretty easily....

It may just take some time and patience....it's also very possible that, dependent upon the keywords you targeted, how many times they appear in your lens, and many other factors, that Google may just not be ranking the lens very high...

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jointaldc

13 years ago

I've had good experiences with hubpages

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Darni

13 years ago

I have made several sales form Hubpages, but I haven't made one sale from Squidoo. To me, Squidoo is useless. Just my two cents opinion.

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pethanks

13 years ago

I personally like hubpages because I loved to see my score rising unlike squidoo.

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jackieholmes

13 years ago

Oh, it is hard to tell which one is really good than the other because the two has their own unique features. In Squidoo you can see how far your lenses reached and also it gives high traffic to your site. Hubpages on the other hand allows you to see how many visits made to your hubs and at the same time, it gives you challenge as you can see your score varying from time to time.

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raphnexx

13 years ago

I think Hubpages provides better backlink than Squidoo.Hubpages is better moderated than Squidoo.

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jaihyppo

13 years ago

The only drawback of Hubpages is that we need to constantly update our pages. If we don't, our score will decrease thus resulting in less viewers.

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x3xsolxdierx3x 13 years ago

Originally Posted by jaihyppo

The only drawback of Hubpages is that we need to constantly update our pages. If we don't, our score will decrease thus resulting in less viewers.

Both platforms are inherently designed to incentivize users to provide frequently updated content. Look at Squidoo....their internal lensrank system is designed specifically to do that: If you don't continually update your lens, your lens will slip in their lensrank system. It's arguable as to whether or not this REALLY has value, though...unless you are concerned with making the tiered payment payout, I wouldn't really concern myself with trying to rank high in their lensrank system....

Some lenses, by their very nature and topic, also don't lend to being continually updated, like a blog. Before picking a topic, it is important that you pick a topic that doesn't really just STOP, but can be continually updated with new content for awhile.

Likewise, HubPages has their hubscore/authorscore set up to encourage and incentivize updated content. They do so with the automatic conversion of Do-Follow links, to No-follow links, if your HubScore falls below, I believe, 75....if you are inactive or don't update your hubs, those hubs will slip in rating and all your links will be automatically converted.

Meant for good, these things bring about their own unique criticisms of both platforms....

Is there any one here who makes thousands a month from either platform? Squidoo? HubPages?
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Thamisgith

13 years ago

I use both.

Personally, I find it easier to get Hub pages to rank. I get a lot more "external" traffic to my Hubs than my lenses.

That being said, I do get some traffic to my sites from Squidoo. It's all good.

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tycoon828

13 years ago

Does hubpage require unique content? Can I just paste my articles that I have submitted to Ezinarticles.com on hubpage?

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Tenjiso

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AFI

which is better, Squidoo or HubPages?

There's only one way to find out....

FIGHT!!!

(sorry, I've been watching Harry Hill's TV Burp

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x3xsolxdierx3x 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Tenjiso

There's only one way to find out....

FIGHT!!!

(sorry, I've been watching Harry Hill's TV Burp )

I know your comment was meant in jest, however, fundamental research of platform functionality and TOS, would reveal the significant differences between each platform....

For starters, there is a huge difference between how each platform is monetized, and how writers are incentivized. Where HubPages gives writers a 60% revenue share, Squidoo operates under a more tiered model. Things can get a bit complicated with Squidoo, so I would recommend researching it....there is a tiered lensrank monetary incentive, for different tiers, based on lensrank....
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- Tenjiso 13 years ago
  
  Apologies again, I got distracted before posting my more serious response.....
  
  I've recently noticed a competitor who has very quickly increased a site from PR0 to PR2, and all he has are a few backlinks from Squidoo lenses. I've not finished my analysis, but his site looks very basic (carp in fact).
  
  I'm still learning the ropes, but I've added some backlinks from these lenses to see what effect this has on my site.
  
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nedox

13 years ago

For me personally, hubpages are above squidoo. They have better connection to the other hubbers, which is huge advantage in promoting your articles. I'm not saying you should neglect squidoo, but if I'd have to choose, it would be hubpages,

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brendawyles

13 years ago

Ohhh..... All I can say is that I've been using both the Squidoo and Hubpages before. The two has their own distinct features and ways. Though its hard to say, but I find Hubpages easy to manage and interesting.

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x3xsolxdierx3x

13 years ago

No problem, Tenjiso...

Read my posts (especially the last post) HERE (You may find it helpful....):
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-writing.html

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Andrea Wilson

13 years ago

I really like hubpages over squidoo. It ranks better than my lenses and I am more at home with them. However I am more busy into updating my sites now so I got no time in creating more hubs anymore.

Andrea

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sulmaanaslam

13 years ago

I faced similar problem with Squdioo it takes weeks to index which is ALOT!

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thefluffanutta

13 years ago

Both are good.

I prefer Squidoo because there are a lot more third-party tools available for it.

I also think it has a richer platform, and is more flexible for those that like to use their own HTML, CSS and affiliate links.

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diyakapoor

13 years ago

Squidoo is better than hubpages. Squidoo pages easily indexed on search engines.

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x3xsolxdierx3x 13 years ago

Originally Posted by diyakapoor

Squidoo is better than hubpages. Squidoo pages easily indexed on search engines.

People can say the same about HubPages....

...but...WHY, in your honest opinion, is it better? (Besides easily indexed...both are easily indexed...)

Let's really deconstruct and examine business models here....
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Hitmanad

13 years ago

I love them both. Both seem to rank well. Hubpages may outrank Squidoo ever so slightly.

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frozenflower

13 years ago

I've been an agent before, we use Squidoo and HubPages as both accurate websites in different ways, but mostly our operatives suggest that HubPages is more reliable source.

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Chris Q

Banned 13 years ago

I choose Hubpages over Squidoo, because I'm on a challenge for myself. This bad boy had some great potential, and I'm going to unlock it.

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annasusmiles

13 years ago

I thought Squidoo faired well in the first panda update but Hub Pages not so much.
Not sure if that changed after the second one.

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iuditg

13 years ago

I personally like squidoo as its bringing me more traffic but they take a while to rank whereas hubpages are easier to rank.

So I generally go with squidoo

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MarketItAll

13 years ago

Before I think you could have made an argument that hub pages is as good as squidoo (not better though) - but after the panda update with google (algorithm change) I think squidoo pretty much clearly wins. I would def stick with squidoo.

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uleesgold

Banned 13 years ago

Squidoo is a little tacky looking, sometimes ads have even gotten in the way as I tried to read part of an article on there.

But squidoo is cuter, and very clown like.
Hub Pages is more professional.

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HypnoHugh

13 years ago

Hubpages require better quality content which is why they are better for users. But both are great for SEO.

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s1gn3lect

13 years ago

Squidoo is cooler, but it doesn't have enough PR. So hubpages.

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s1gn3lect 13 years ago

actually I take that back, squidoo has a 7/10
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JamesGw

13 years ago

Hubpages is better, but you might be better off making your own Joomla site and putting the content there after the Panda update. My hubpages traffic dropped about 40% and I had real good, original, long, and high quality articles up there.

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