Blog vs Hubpages. Which is better? Pros and Cons of Hubpages and blogs. A complete review!!!!

Blog vs Hubpages. Is Hubpages better than blog? Pros and Cons of Hubpages and blogs. A complete review!!!

I am writing his article because many of you may be wondering as to which is better than the other, and which one gets better revenue when used with affiliate programs- Blog or "Hubpages" ?

Well, this is a very tough question to answer. To say the truth, both Blogs and Hubpages have their own features and benefits. Both are wonderful means of free web hosting through which you can publish content on the internet. Both of them serve as a useful source of income, when used in conjuction with affilate programs such as Google adsense, Yahoo publisher or Chitika ads. They also enable you to create multiple web pages, and increase traffic to your other sites through links

Though I am an admirer of both blogs and Hubpages, I have put forward my unbiased and honest ideas on the Pros and cons of hubs and blogs, without any plagiarism

Pros and Cons of "Hubpages" and Blog. Which is better?

Which is more professional? Hubpages or Blog? Though both Hubpages and blogs are substantial means to create free websites, a Blog offers a more professionalistic design than a Hubpage. Due to the unique facility provided by Blogs to create text content and links of our own choice, using various fonts and styles, a blog can be optimized to look better and attractive, as compared to a Hub. Further, blogs provide you a wide variety of pre-defined web page design templates to create your page, whereas Hubpages don't provide this facility

A List of links lined up on a blog will look much professional and similar to that of a stand alone .com website, whereas hubpage links always come in the same format. These may look rather monotonous and unimpressive to catch the attention of a visitor. On the other side, the bold and large-fonted hub links may grab the attention of even the lethargic internet user who would hardly take the effort to peep into all corner of a webpage

Further, Blog provide the option to move and place gadgets(links,affiliate ads or news/poll columns) on the desired part of the webpage, whereas a hubpages don't

So, if you wish to design a professional website for business purposes, better opt for a blog than a Hub

Which drives more traffic? Hubpages or Blog? Well, after the introduction of Blogs and Hubpages, site owners have been able to attract more visitors to their sites. Though blogs and hubpages provide almost the same SOE(search engine optimization) ranking levels, Hubpages have the ability to create a greater amount of traffic from its own community of Hubbers. When someone searches for a certain topic through Hubpages, they will be presented with the list of related hubs along with the description and label photos. As a matter of fact, the number of visitors to your site each day will be more if you have a Hub instead of a blog.

The reason is that the number of "Hubbers"(members of Hubpages) visiting your Hubpages will be much more than the total number of visitors coming to your site from other sources such as people who have found out your site through search engines Google, Yahoo or MSN. More importantly, Hubbers would also take a look at your other Hubs by browsing through your profile or the topics on which you have created pages on.

So, if you wish to create some good traffic to site right from the start, better go for a Hub than a Blog

Which provide more revenue? Hubpages or Blog? This is perhaps the more important question of them all. With Hubpages, you get to display Google adsense ads and Kontera ads by default. You can also display eBay and Amazon ads. However, Hubpages does not allow you to display other affiliate ads such as Yahoo publisher ads, MSN (Microsoft adcenter ads) or Chitika ads. In contrast, Blogs allow you to display all the above types of affiliate ads on your blogs. A Blog will allow you to input the HTML code of any affiliate tool, such as Adsense, Yahoo publisher, Kontera or MSN

This is one the greatest advantage of blogs, when compared to Hubpages

Another important feature involved as far as Google Adsense is concerned, is that Blogs offer much better content- targeted ads since they offer the advantage of manually implementing adsense code in blog pages. As a result, you can display ad groups of your choice which would have better target content.

However, hubpages doesn't provide this feature. Further, since hubpages display ads of their choice, ads are mostly irrelevant and as a result, CTR(click through rate) in hubs are much lower as compared to blogs. Many affiliates have reported a 300% increase in click rates when they switched from Hubs to Blogs

How to obtain maximum benefits by using both blogs and Hubpages?

We have seen the Pros and Cons of having Blogs and Hubpages. Now, let us see how we can obtain maximum benefits and earn maximum revenue by using both Blogs and Hubpages.

I would suggest everyone to have an account with both Blog and Hubpages. By creating web pages on both blog and Hubpages, you can optimize your features and get the maximum out of both tools. Below are some useful tips to get maximum benefits by using Blogs in conjuction with Hubpages:

1. Place Hubpage links on your blogs that will direct visitors to your Hubs, and blog links on your hubs that will direct visitors to your blogs . This will enable visitors the maximum opportunity to check both your hubs and blogs

2. If one of your blogs or hubs is not getting enough visitors, increase traffic to that particular blog or hub by placing a link to that site through one of your blogs or hubs which gets lot of visitors everyday

3. Give brief description of a topic on one of your blogs or hubs, and direct the visitor for detailed information on the topic through links, that will lead them to your other blogs Hubs. For example, If you have created a blog on Finance, give a brief description on the Finance sector, and direct the visitor to one of your hubs containing detailed information on finance and financial products, through a link on the Finance blog

The above 3 tips are great means of increasing traffic to your blogs and Hubs

4. If you have enrolled yourself into various affiliate programs, split your affiliate ads on between your hubs and blogs. If you have 5 blogs and 5 hubs, keep all your Google adsense ads on your hubs and place all your Yahoo publisherads on your Blogs.

This way, you can optimize your affiliate earning level considerably

5. Placing same types of ads in marketing affiliate programs like eBay andAmazon onto a single site is particularly not a very good idea. Let's assume that you are have a blog and Hub each written on health related topics. Instead of placing Health supplement ads on both sites, you can place "health supplements" ads on your blog and place "Sportswear" ads on your hub