Hubpages vs Panda

Has Hubpages found the answer?

When Google launched its major algorithm update known as 'Panda', its goal was to remove low quality content from the upper levels of the search engine results.

They publicly stated that they were looking to devalue "content farms" - sites that flood the net with large volumes of low volume writing.

Overnight, my content there was hammered in terms of both page views and eCPM. Hubpages went from being a tidy little earner (as well as an easy source of PR 2 backlinks) to a waste of time.

I had used Hubpages on a semi-regular basis to build backlinks and get new sites indexed quickly and was able to earn over five times my hosting and domain costs each year. Following the Panda update, page views plumetted and the motivation to add more content to the site was removed.

Thankfully all improved just as quickly as it deteriorated. The decision by Hubpages management to move all authors to subdomains meant that your work was rated on its own merits and not brought down by the hundreds of others publishing content that was residing firmly in the spam end of town.

The result was a restoration in the rankings of original, quality content and no benefit to rubbish and spam.

I will wait to fully evaluate the change when a full calendar month has passed but the initial results show a return to pre-Panda levels and if the trend continues, Adsense revenue should be at record levels for me within the next month.

Things are looking up.

If you are yet to try hubpages, click here.