{"id":2141,"date":"2025-11-16T14:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rthomas.xyz\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:15:25","slug":"an-e-mail-from-hubpages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rthomas.xyz\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"An E-Mail From Hubpages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hub.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been a HubPages user since around 2012. It was a substitute for a previous article writer when Helium.com went out of business. Helium.com offered a chance for opinion writers such as myself back in the 2000s. Sadly, Helium went down in 2014 (according to AI). That was a bummer because I made a few bucks on Helium. I have written about 20-something articles on HubPages from 2012 to 2019. These were articles about reviews of documentaries, a few books, Kansas&#8217; albums from the time John Elefante was the singer, and when <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.hubpages.com\/entertainment\/Radio-Gold-Opie-and-Anthony-bash-Joe-Piscopo\">Opie and Anthony went after Joe Piscopo&#8217;s show<\/a>, &#8220;A Night at Club Piscopo.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Email I received stated that they are winding down HubPages, with no more submissions allowed after November, and that people making money from HubPages will no longer receive their payments. I haven&#8217;t seen a payment from HubPages. My best article was the aforementioned Opie &amp; Anthony going after Joe Piscopo. The Email says that existing accounts will remain open until the end of February 2026 and encourages me to make copies of my articles. I&#8217;m going to keep just a few articles that have generated the most hits. I won&#8217;t copy any articles with fewer than 300 hits, except for my <a href=\"https:\/\/hubpages.com\/games-hobbies\/Nightmare-Board-Game\">Nightmare Board Game<\/a> review. With that one, I&#8217;ll make another Special Ed Tale. When I played that game in 1996, the other player was the same friend mentioned in this <a href=\"https:\/\/rthomas.xyz\/?p=1126\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HubPages, to me, was a medium that article and opinion writers could use, offering a free platform, and also for those with no or little knowledge of creating their own website or managing WordPress or other content management systems. Additionally, I would say that HubPages would rank better than most independent websites on Google and other search engines in the early 2010s. Including all the times I&#8217;ve had my own personal site. I&#8217;ve had this site up and running since late 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The landscape is changing, and HubPages is on its way out, just like Helium.com. However, I may be mistaken about the previous Helium.com; Helium had its servers in New York City. Maybe if they moved their servers to Bumblef**k, Iowa, they could have saved a lot of money? The servers that host this site are located in a remote area of Indiana. I&#8217;d imagine the folks who host this site save a few bucks on that location. But also, we have AI! One can say that&#8217;s another contributing factor with HubPages on its way to the grave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a HubPages user since around 2012. It was a substitute for a previous article writer when Helium.com went out of business. Helium.com offered a chance for opinion writers such as myself back in the 2000s. Sadly, Helium went down in 2014 (according to AI). 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