HubPages is still ‘active’, term used loosely.   It once paid fairly well, had many good writers, and had Twelve MIllion Hits a Month.   Twelve Million.   Getting 1k hits on an item was minor, as many writers got so much more.

The site demanded long articles with lots of images.

Then, in 2010, something happened.

The Top Writer stopped re…[Read more]

There were so many sites; and a great deal of quality items were published.  The quality kept Factoidz and Helium alive.  They had many hits.  Writing on Blogjob and not being paid is ridiculous.  It hasn’t starting paying yet, and it has been a long time… I think a year…

Helium was another site.  In this one, you had to write on a set topic.   After you wrote your item would be ‘judged’ in comparison to other items on the same topic.  To submit an item one had to judge other items…

It was a ridiculous site which lasted way too long.   I  used it for ideas.   Often, if I had writer’s block I’d log onto Heliu…[Read more]

One has to be alert.  When one sees a manipulation or a trick, they have to know what to do.  When a site is in America then one can contact a law enforcement agency which will shut them down.  With Bubblews, the two thieves who ran that one lived in America so they were a few steps from jail cell when they were shut down.

Like Quac, the Fa…[Read more]

What was the worst part was when he dropped one to ‘member’ the article was earning.   He was pocketing the money.  So you could see your article earning… but he would keep your money.

Yes so disappointed with that site, at least pay first what they owe us

@eagletrek2 and @peachpurple that’s bad. Even if mykites had to close down, they ought to have done it in a proper and professional manner.

@HappSingh I am ptrikha_2 on mylot.

And I think we have interacted there as well.

I have not been there after I redeem. Mykites did not pay me. I redeem in Oct last year. Till today, no payment

@kaylar I was at Factoidz for a long time and liked the way it kept our articles on SEO valuation and paid bonus. Then what they required us to keep sharing others’ posts and all was exciting as well encouraging but later the site lost its value and interest of almost everyone. The worst thing is that you cannot remove your posts from that site.

To get the ball rolling I want to discuss a site that went down perhaps ten years ago.  A site called Factoidz.

If you get on the wayback machine  (archive.org) you can take a glance at what it was when it was what it was.

There were many good articles which were well received.  Originally, Factoidz paid very well.  Then, the Owner got gre…[Read more]