Blogging has become a very popular way to earn money online. Many people claim that they already earn hundreds and some even thousands through blogging. Others have their own blogs while some have joined blogging communities. Writing articles for their blogs and the revenue sharing communities have helped them earn from their articles. What’s good with blogging communities is that even if you don’t market your products yourself, you can always have visitors to your posts. The site owners have their own marketing team who are in charge of driving visitors to your pages and they use their own effective marketing strategies. This is the advantage of these communities over having your own blog. Two examples of these blogging communities are Hubpages and Squidoo. The two are always being compared in terms of popularity in search engines and how much money a member can earn through Google adsense and affiliate programs. Below are some comparisons between how we build pages on these communities and the useful features each of these communities have. Also discussed are the opportunities to earn money from them. If you are new to blogging, these topics may still be a unclear to you. If you are confused where to join and which site will help you earn money faster, read the comparisons below to know the differences between the two.

Hubs or Lenses

Hubpages gives us an opportunity to earn money by creating hubs. These hubs contain capsules which can either be a text capsule which can contain information about the topic you want to discuss, photos, videos, ebay or amazon capsules or RSS Feeds of your blogs. We can earn money from the site through Google adsense and Kontera as well as through the amazon or ebay affiliate programs. They also have an affiliate program of their own where you can earn money if a member joins under your affiliate link. You will get 10% of the hub’s impressions of your referral’s pages. This share does not come from your referral’s earnings but from Hubpages’ share of the total revenue.

Squidoo lenses are very useful for your affiliate programs, driving traffic to your site and for earning money. Your lenses can either be a text about your chosen topic, a text with a big picture, photos on flickr, videos, amazon, ebay, orbitz, cafepress lenses and many more. Squidoo is a great site to drive visitors to your pages for free. Many people also earn thousands monthly from their affiliate programs by creating a review about the product they are endorsing on Squidoo and forwarding them to their affiliate landing pages.

Search Engine Marketing

A good number of people say that Hubpages are indexed faster than Squidoo Lenses. In just days of being created, your hubs will soon appear in the first few pages of Google when related keywords included on your articles are searched. It takes a month or more for Squidoo lenses to appear higher in search engines.

Ways To Earn Money

The revenue sharing at Hubpages is higher than that of Squidoo. When your page gets a click, you earn 100% of the earnings. The frequency of appearance of your ads has a 60%-40% ratio. The latter being Hubpages'. Earning from Squidoo would depend what tier your article belongs to. The 4 different tiers are listed below: 32

Tier One: Lenses from this tier get 35% of the ad pool. These lenses are those with lens rank from #1 to #2,000.
Tier Two: Lenses from this tier get 17% of the ad pool. These lenses are those with lens rank from #2,001 to #10,000.
Tier Three: Lenses from this tier get 8% of the ad pool. These lenses are those with lens rank from #10,001 to #85,000.
Tier Zero: Lenses from this tier get 0% of the ad pool. These lenses are those with lens rank from #85,000 or more.

Your earnings will depend on what tier your lenses belong. Earning through Google adsense at Squidoo is quite slower than compared to your earnings at Hubpages. A single click at Hubpages may earn you from a few cents to a few dollars while a few clicks at Squidoo may earn you a few cents only. However, you earn more from your affiliate products from there. Since Squidoo is in partnership with many affiliate programs, earning through these programs is possible and usually faster. Many consumers buy from the pages’ links to the affiliate site and buy from their products after reading the given review. Hubpages is strict with affiliate programs. The hubs have to be spam-free and adding an affiliate link on the hubs is considered spam. Hubs of these kinds are usually notified for suspension or removed.

So, Hubpages or Squidoo? The answer depends on the person himself. If you want to earn more from Google adsense, you can always create as many hubs as you can. You can also earn from Hubpages from your affiliate programs but only through ebay and amazon. Kontera also gives positive results. For those who want to promote their products and are wishing to earn from their multiple affiliate programs, you can always try Squidoo. The site is not so strict with its rules and links to your affiliate programs are allowed. This includes also a link to your blogs through their RSS Feeds lens.

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