Is HubPages A Scam? [Anti-Christian Company?!]

According to one of the active contributors on HubPages, the platform doesn't allow any Christian-posts or of any form.

"I have to 100% agree with the posts here stating that any hubs about Christianity will be unpublished," a contributor named Alisa wrote on Consumer Affairs. Ivon had the same experience when her 100 articles were unpublished without explanation for the same reason.

There are many instances wherein the administrators working for HubPages calls or emails the contributors offering to have their hubs ranked first on Google in exchange for an amount.

"Despite many requests to stop, they (and companies like them) continue to call," a contributor named Ashley mentioned.

This is when you reject their offers as most of the contributors of the same online marketing and related-jobs and companies revealed.

Scott, an online business owner, knew his page ranked the first page on Google because he's knowledgeable how to do it.

But HubPages continues to call him and hang up without even saying their apologies when he refused the offer per se.

There are many situations where the contributors were left hanging because they never consider giving second chances to contributors with a slight mistake.

Alon, a contributor with lots of articles published, was banned from the platform although all of his articles remained published.

If the HubPages staff don't like you for whatever reasons they have, they will simply shut you off without clear reason behind the move.

"I can't tell you how many time every one of those articles was ridiculed and unpublished by the HubPages Team over extremely small errors, flaws, or rule-breaking content," an anonymous contributor ranted on the forum.

Jim told Consumer Affairs that most of the contributors felt like they're walking on eggshells because 90% of them don't know if their articles will be published with respect or remain unpublished and vanish into thin air. Also, the staff sounded biased, unfair, and "treat their writers like dirt beneath their feet."

Mohamed, a hubber from Singapore, stated that the above-mentioned platform had lost its glory. He said, "The experience [with HubPages] is far different than it used to be... The approval rates then weren't as cumbersome as it is now."

As much as how decent and glorious HubPages sound like to the masses, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) said otherwise.

Aside from the company’s failure to get their accreditation status, they also failed to obtain a higher BBB rating with only B- displayed on their profile.

When talking about HubPages, I could relate its functions to platforms like Medium albeit its closest rivalry with Squidoo before its acquisition in 2014.

The thing about these websites is that it allows you to share any content you like with the intention to either simply inform and tell a story or make money from something you’re already good at.

The difference is that HubPages seems to limit its features and make the publishing power a hassle for that regard.

The only concern I found on reviews is the sensitivity of HubPages towards topics about Christianity.

Probably, it’s to prevent religious debates, which we know are hard to deal with. Yet, as I showed earlier there a lot of categories you could choose from and write something you’re really interested in with an assurance of big readership.

With over 36 million users every month, there’s no need to doubt how big HubPages is when it comes to its following and readership power.

Having that said, it’s guaranteed to ensure large affiliate income if your users are convinced with the product, service, or program you refer.

There’s no doubt you will have more income streams on HubPages aside from earning revenues via Google AdSense, Amazon affiliate, and HubPages referral offer program. Especially if you’re also affiliated with a number of affiliate marketing programs. 

You just have to make sure you will produce epic content to make sure you have a large number of readers per month depending on the payout schedule.

The majority of the contributors noticed the big changes of the once seamless publishing on Squidoo when HubPages acquired the former 5 years ago.

The results of their article readership weren’t as dramatic as it sounded in comparison to the contributor’s position as the author and/or owner of the piece. 

When the platform was launched more than a decade ago, the earlier contributors found HubPages a great way to expose their works online.

At the same time, they earn money from the generated traffic it brings from organic search, which is generated via Google. 

Years passed, things changed including their uncertainty whether their posts will be published, rejected, or deleted after a short time when it was live on the site.

The contributors seem to have second thoughts all the time, including the annoying calls from the staff about hiring them for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) sake. 

On top of that, there have been many dissatisfied users aka "hubbers" because of the subtle bias on the staff’s behalf when it comes to publishing articles. 

Especially if it’s tackling sensitive issues like religion, which is obviously needed to be discussed with caution. But as a person with freedom of expression, it doesn’t have to be denied. 

Nonetheless, HubPages continues to thrive not only as a company, but it also grows in terms of keeping its reputation as one of the leading content generating and revenue-sharing platform.