Which One Is Better Squidoo Or Hub Pages?
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The world wide web is full of social networking blogspots and communities, but two of the top out there are Hub Pages and Squidoo. Both of these social Journal networks appear to have an unfair advantage when it comes to ranking well with the search engines. Along with Word Press, Ezine Articles, and of course Google Blogger, these two communities can get discovered almost at once. The question is not if they are useful forms of promotion but rather, which one delivers the most effective blow?
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The net is full of social networking blogspots and communities, but two of the top out there are Hub Pages and Squidoo. Both of these social Journal networks seem to have an unfair advantage when it comes to positioning well with the search engines. Along with Word Press, Ezine Articles, and of course Google Blogger, these two communities can get found almost immediately. The question is not if they are effective forms of advertising but rather, which one delivers the most effective punch?

Hub Pages is a community for writers, bloggers, or someone wanting to share something interesting with the written word. Your blogs at Hub Pages are recognized as hubs. You can pick from unique modules to augment the look and creativity of your hubs. Hub Pages permits you to include your adsense, amazon, and Ebay ID to you hubs to earn revenue from anybody who clicks or purchases from your links. You can also add keywords to your hubs to make it easier for the search engines to find you.

Squidoo is also a community for authors and very related to Hubpages. The key variation between the two is that Squidoo refers to its websites as lens. Just like Hub Pages, you can put up limitless lens on any subject while making additional profits from adsense, amazon, and Ebay.

Squidoo is very Google friendly and permits you to add up to 40 keywords to your lens to increase your search engine position. As you can notice, these two powerhouse, high pr social communities share numerous comparable characteristics; So what are the differences?

The differences commence with the revenue from your income modules. Squidoo has a collective earning policy which shares the total income between the whole Squidoo community depending on the ranking of your lens. The higher your lens rank, the larger portion of the pay you receive. Hub Pages on the other hand allows you to keep 100% of your return from adsense, amazon, and Ebay.

Another difference are the procedures and policies. Hub pages is very stern on self endorsement or over advertising of affiliate products. They will ban you quickly if your intent are to only present content for the exclusive purpose of spamming. Squidoo also discourages spammers, but they are more inviting to internet marketers who are interested in creating lens to promote their affiliate products or services. I guess you can say that Squidoo provides you a wider freedom of speech. Hub Pages also does not allow adult content.

Squidoo has recently tighten their policies on the types of lens that they will publish. Examples of lens that use to be accepted that are no longer acceptable are: Lenses on adult content, medicinal miracle cures, and lenses with more than 9 links to the exact website. If you can reach giant squid standing (50 lenses) than these regulations may be waived.

Both Squidoo and Hub Pages present a place for like minded people to bring their visions, thoughts, products or artistic expressions to the internet. The question of which one packs the most effective punch in my judgment, can only be left up to every individual. I personally use both. Since both communities are without charge to enlist and free to share ideas, I find it that it makes sense not to show favoritism. The choice between one over the other would be the equivalent of leaving money on the table.

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