It is really a gamble; we just rely on the honesty of the site owner(s). It’s a pity if are “robbed” of the time and effort devoted to a site. It could be a frightening thing for us!

Well, it’s one of the perils of joining writing sites; and sometimes we just charge it to experience; to learn from it and be very critical the next time! Hope this site will be reliable and not be one of those sites you mentioned.

Be very alert on sites that pay by views. They may seem to pay so much more than… but how do you know how many hits you got?

It is probable that only those familiar with dramas of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and early 80s would notice the change from the one/two star to the ensemble.

For example, if the actor playing Dr. Kildare was unwell or unavailable there was a problem. Now the actor playing Dr. Preston can leave the show and no one much notices his absence.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with HP. I was not at that site for you know I am active in my work. How nice if HP is still existing so I may also experience better pay. I only had taste better pay at Blogjob and previously BB. Those kind of writing sites must not be careless enough to just pay higher so there is retention. They seem do not have a statistician or programmer to control the flow of their site. Too high pay means short-lived site.

I have some hubs at Hubpages, but they weren’t very popular, so I didn’t get a lot of money from them. Anyway, I noticed the changes there, it has changed, and it’s not for good. Good article!

A site dies because of users. They play games, cheat spam and help Google to cancel the sites adsense account.
It is important for site owners to keep a vigil on such activities and if they do not do it then they will be out.