Hubpages Changes for the better?

Unless you have been living on another planet over the past few weeks you will have noticed that there have been major changes made at Hubpages on a daily basis which have effected everyone who writes on the site.

These changes have happened so fast and so unexpected that they have left a lot of us confused and unsure of what to do about them.

Some of these changes have been beyond the control of the Hubpages team like the changes made by Google to their search Algorithm which had an almost instant impact on Hubbers who lost visitors and earning potential overnight.

There have been changes to the Hubpages Terms Of Service, a new Hubpages Layout a new Hubpages advertising program, changes to the way Amazon ads are to be displayed with a minimum word count for each ad and a new Google Adsense layout is being rolled out on the site.

Dealing with all of these changes seems like an uphill struggle at the moment considering that it has all happened so fast but as the old saying goes "What doesn't kill us can only make us stronger".

I have been writing on Hubpages for over 4 years and in that time I have seen many changes to the site, different ad layouts, different advertisers, new capsules to enhance Hubs and a couple of complete overhauls to the site which have all been beneficial to Hubbers and their earnings.

Earnings rise and earnings fall but most of the time my earnings steadily increased month by month by around 10 percent.

Never in my time at Hubpages have I seen a change that had so much impact on the site than the recent changes to the Google algorithm which was beyond the control of the Hubpages team. Visitors are down, Earnings are down and sadly some Hubbers have decided to throw in the towel and call it a day.

 The new Hubpages Ad Program has seen a drop in AdSense earnings too but the earning potential of the new program seems to outweigh the loss from AdSense at the moment.  although I am eager to see if this will remain the case in the future.

Is it time to Panic? Earnings are down visitors are down and doom and gloom seems to be the in words at Hubpages and many of the other websites that have been affected by the new Google Algorithm.

At the moment it may seem like the end of an era but Hubpages has a knack of bouncing back from the most difficult situations and I have every faith that we can bounce back from this and be even more successful having learned some very important lessons.

So how can we fight back and get Google back on side the answer is so simple that you already know it it has been the philosophy of Hubpages since before the site was launched By Paul Edmondson and the original team.

Write Quality content, write original content, research your topic thoroughly and if you want visitors to keep coming to your pages write evergreen content, topics that are relevant no matter what time of year it is.

Hubpages have already started the fightback changing layouts and rules copied content will no longer be accepted on the site, they have added new ad layouts and they have changed the rules on Amazon ads which means that you need to have a description of at least 50 words for each amazon product that you display on your pages.

The short term future of Hubpages may look bleak but in the long term the changes that are being made day to day on the site are positive steps which should ensure a long and Successful future for Hubpages and the Authors who stick to the rules.

 At the moment compared to many other Hubbers I have been relativly unscathed from the changes to Google and the changes at Hubpages but that could change in the next few weeks,

According to my Google analytics my visitors are down by only 4.15% and having been accepted onto the new Hubpages Ad Program I have had a decrease in adsense earnings by around 60% of course the new Ad Program has given me an extra earning source which after the first week makes up for the loss of AdSense with around a 10% increase. what the future holds will be interesting to see.

I don't fear the future of Hubpages I embrace it and look forward to Hubbing for many years to come.

On a side note I made the Last payment on my car earlier this week which was fully paid for by my earnings on Hubpages. next target is a house lol so I am banking on the future of Hubpages for my future and the future of my family