Know How to Build a Business: Bukisa and Hubpages, and Others: Making More Money Online After the Google Panda Update

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By Rebecca E.

Build a Business: Make Money

There are many ways to build your online business and make money online. In fact there are a few ways that you can do this by writing and publishing online articles. The heart of some of the online writing sites is the use of Google AdSense. rather it is using AdSense to get paid faster.

Take for example two online writing sites:Bukisa and Hubpages. They are on the surface very different, one is more like building a mini website and one is more based upon a quantity of articles. I write on both hubpages and Bukisa, so I believe I can make these comparisons with some certainty. Now both use the AdSense Affiliate Program, but up until January 2011 Bukisa was a paid-per-impression site. This is not the case anymore as they changed their business model to that which is similar to hubpages.

Both will make money online for you, but one requires more work, and one needs to be done more often. Still in terms of building an online business with Google, and the Google AdSense Program, using both is a wise choice. This can be in a way a hubpages vs bukisa, but if you want to build your bsuiness, you will have to think of it as a hubpages and bukisa.

both make money but which one works best?
both make money but which one works best?

So What About Bukisa?

Bukisa is a writing site very much like hubpages. The key difference is that there you are writing something a lot shorter. They do have two choices for you to make money, one you can make money with Google AdSense or if you can not get an application accepted, then through Chickita.

There you will write 250 words articles (at minimum) and you will then do the exact same idea as you would with hubpages, promote your work.  The big difference there is that it seems a lot easier to make money, as people are more accustomed to going and commenting.

The big difference is that there are no referral links to any other sites other then to Bukisa.  So, that being said they do have a small editorial review of your work.  While they do check for small mistakes such as all caps, the main thing they are looking at are you links. (They have not caught some of my err more interesting spelling mistakes... sigh!)

The point is that it is a decent writing site in terms of getting traffic to a hub, or to any other writing site.  If you can write a long hub, you can write several articles, or how to articles in the time it takes to write a hub here.

Another Writing Site? Money Time: Are You Nuts?

 Yes I know it's a time thing, we want to make money online with our business, and we'd like to do so with one website and one blog, but often it is a great way to not build your online business.  It is the eggs in one basket thing.

See, the biggest thing about bukisa is that it gets some traffic and it also works similar to hubpages, but it is much easier to learn off of.  Most people there are writers at smaller online writing sites, but they are learning the fine art of promoting their work there.

It also is a good way of making a bit more money online over time.  I do make money with AdSense on Bukisa, but it has also improved my AdSense earnings on hubpages.  Since you are limited to 15 tags, you have to really think about keyword choices there.

If you want to make money and want to increase traffic to your hubs and other wbesites or blogs, you have to think beyond social networking sites and other places, and smaller writing sites, which may mean 10 more minutes of your time, is a great way to get paid faster from the Google AdSense Program.

Think of it as a business choice, a change and see if it works for you.

What About Hubpages?

There is not much to be said about hubpages, if you are a writer here you can pretty much write anywhere. It is best to have a bit of knowledge on how to increase traffic and how to build a hub which makes you money, but the point is that hubpages is a writing site, much like any other site.

If you are wondering but SEO and these sorts of things, hubpages has "do-follow" (Provided your personal hub score is 75 and each of your hubs is above 40) and Bukisa is "no-follow." If you need to increase traffic, getting good links should be more important than getting links from do-follow and no-follow. It is about traffic and making money. In this case, using bukisa to increase traffic to your hubs is good business sense.

Again each of your hub is a mini wesbite and needs some site promotion, and this means essentially adding links to article directories, and blogs and other websites, and social networking sites, and other online writing sites.  The more you do this, the more traffic you will get, and more money you will make.

Okay, But What About the Google AdSense Program

Yes, if you have Google AdSense, and have been accepted by the program then yes, you will need to think about Bukisa. The reason is that it is fast, and for the most part has been around for a while. In other words, like hubpages, you can make money with the Google AdSense Program there. As a revenue sharing site, (This is new since January 2011-- it used to be paid by impressions) this is a good compliment to hubpages.

What about the money?

Write enough on Bukisa, like an article or two a day, you will make money(I would say a few pennies...but you will make money) and then linking it to a hub will increase traffic to your sites. The thing is that I feel comfortable using my Google AdSense code on this site more than on others, but then I have been writing there for a while, and was paid from them when they used the bukisa index. (Now, do to false impressions they use the revenue sharing method, between AdSense and Chickita.)

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Which One Would You Try to Increase Money?

  • Squidoo
  • Wikinut
  • hubpages
  • Bukisa
  • Article Directories
  • Triond
  • Suite 101
  • Demand Studios
  • All of Them
  • None of Them
  • Only Hubpages thanks
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So... Which One?

This is a business choice, and you will need to understand that to write an article a day there is a time commitment, and something that will increase your AdSense earnings and get you paid sooner than using only one website.

Part of what makes Bukisa a good site to simply add some links is that it works on the same revenue sharing ideas as hubpages.  It is easier to get traffic and views since most people who wrote on Bukisa tended to be more active in looking at others work.  It has a ranking system similar, expect that it uses stars to increase traffic.

Since the most recent panda update I have noticed that my links from Bukisa have helped my Google AdSense.  The key was that i was actively link building my sites to Bukisa and that made a huge difference with my hubs. 

I would suggest that even thought links from Bukisa are nofollow they are still of value, and since there is a bit of editorial review on Bukisa, there is a bit better quality, meaning less chance of spam there.

To your success.

Comments

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 9 months ago

Duchess-- yes Bukisa seems to work wonders for a bit o' traffic here, but mind you don't say anything of teh sort like "click here" to go and read my hub on hubpages, since they do a bit ofmoderating there, it is not considered "proper." The same goes for wikinut, so be prepared with that one as well.

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Duchess OBlunt Level 4 Commenter 9 months ago

Short and sweet - sounds good to me. I'll have to check it out.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 11 months ago

JanThinks-- there is a way to link from Bukisa, but you have to be careful not to self-promote, in other words to "ro read mroe click here" or something which directly says things about hubpages. If it works for that article than it's okay.

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JanThinks 11 months ago

Great info & I love the comments with your responses. One question, how do you link from Bukisa back to Hubpages when you can't put links in your article?

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 11 months ago

James-- I would say that you need to work with everything but if you want focus, then go to teh smaller site and work from there.

James 11 months ago

What do you think is more important writing on a website like hubpages or writing on smaller sites with links to say one or two of these hubs?

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 13 months ago

hatimyal-- you are welcome.

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hatimyal 13 months ago

hey great article,

I mean seriously on hubpages i am able to find some awesome articles.

great keep up the good work.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 14 months ago

pmccray-- Bukisa works well, but be adivsed that you will need all your wits about you there, as it is both articipation and web marketing.

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pmccray Level 4 Commenter 14 months ago

Going to give Bukisa a try, not a happy camper with Squidoo, life's to short and I'm running out of brain cells. I need a program, like Hubpages, that is user friendly. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge. Voted up, marked useful and bookmarked in the "Rebecca E." file. Peace to you Rebecca E.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 14 months ago

prasetio-- register, and have a bit of traffic over time. Options in these days are a MUST!

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prasetio30 Level 8 Commenter 14 months ago

Actually, I knew about bukisa a long time ago. But I haven't registered. Thanks for share with us. I'll think about this and it's good for us to get money online. Another option for us. Keep it up and I am glad to follow your hub. Your hub always inspired us. Good work, Rebecca. Thumbs up for you.

Prasetio

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

violet Sun-- short and sweet is good, and a link is better.

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VioletSun Level 5 Commenter 15 months ago

Rebecca, had not heard of Bukisa. I like the idea of writing something short and sweet. Will check it out! You are truly our Hubpages money making expert in residence. Thank you for sharing.

Voted up!

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

speedbird-- I'll keep on going at it.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

scribenet-- let's get that witing out there! =)

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

Gals-- works well for me, and I find when I am not writing hubs I am writing thre.

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speedbird 15 months ago

Thanks Rebecca for sharing you knowledge on the many tips of making money online

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Scribenet Level 5 Commenter 15 months ago

Voted up and useful...more ways to write and be read. Thanks!

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KoffeeKlatch Gals Level 6 Commenter 15 months ago

Rebecca, you have convinced me to look into Bukisa. It sounds like it is right up my alley. Thanks for the information.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

hello hello-- I must find you there, but it is enjoyable there, and for a small 10 minutes an article makes a big difference.

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Hello, hello, 15 months ago

Thank you, Rebecca, and I, not very often, write on Busika and enjoy it.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

wiking-- good info to know. I know each place has different rules, so you have to read the terms of service with care.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

JOhn-- it is not a choice so much as a way to improve traffic. Since you can write something short and sweet and get traffic there, it is more of a using both to help them.

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viking305 Level 6 Commenter 15 months ago

Thanks for the info on Bukisa I will go over there and have a look. I could do with another way of getting more traffic to my hubs.

As for Helium. I used to write there before I found HubPages years ago.

Yes you do keep copyright of your articles but that is just about all. Once an article is published the writer is not allowed to change it in any way. Or delete it either. It put me off writing online for a few years because I thought all online writing sites were the same.

Thank God I came across such a briliiant site as HubPages.

John 15 months ago

If you have to choose between one which would you choose? If not how do you write enough to make money?

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

not a problem I try my best.

diogenes 15 months ago

Words to the wise appreciated, Rebecca...Bob

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

drbj-- yes I do find ezine good, and yes I do get a lot of traffic from it, as in it's in my top twenty for traffic at this point.

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drbj Level 8 Commenter 15 months ago

Thanks for the info on Bukisa, becca. Do you find Ezines useful, too. Just wonderin'. :)

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

vox-- yes that's about when I expanded once my hubs were comfortable and linking became a "big thing"

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vox vocis Level 5 Commenter 15 months ago

Writing for Bukisa and including links to hubs sounds like a great idea. Yet, I think I will wait until I reach at least a hundred hubs (before starting to write on other sites). Also, what you mentioned above, I am not always comfortable about using my Google Adsense code on sites other than Hubpages. Great hub BTW!

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

Earth angle-- as I don't write for helium, at least not yet! I wouldn't feel right about commenting on the business. I am thinking of doing other comparisions of other writing sites however

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

Rhonda-- I do hope they help you and that it increases your money there... and here.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

ocbill-- it is teh same as hubpages, 60/40 so, be advised you'll need to write an article a day tomake decent money there but it seems to make a few cents per day there a lot sooner than here, for a lot less work!

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

bob-- for me I enjoy writing, but for teh most part, I prefer to publish original content, some places like hubapges will aloow for duplicate content, provided it is not stolen, whereas others, such as triond, allow for only orginal content first. Inforbarrel is even stricter. So while I don't suggest it as a policy most writers are on other writing sites, I believe that a writer such as yourself, could produce a lot of short bits of information on Bukisa, which can link to your larger body of work on hubapges.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

Peter- since I really don't do much in terms of niches and put shorter and logner things out there, for me, bukisa and the smaller sites, work well for traffic and shorter article to my longer mini websites like Squidoo and hubpages.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

KAren-- try to keep your hubs above at least 60 at any rate, since this keeps them in better standing, and keep your personal hubscores up long term.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

nightbear- I try my best...

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

dtchosen-- every site has a purpose, and Bukisa is a great way for my traffic to hubapges, so it is a part of my business plan.

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Earth Angel Level 3 Commenter 15 months ago

GREAT Hub Rebecca!

Thank you so much for sharing!

I made a decision early on to use HubPages only because at the time it was the ONLY site to allow it's writers/hubbers to maintain copyright control! Has that changed? Do all sites allow that now?

Also, I do not see Helium on your list? Do you write for Helium? I do not but have some wonderful friends who do and love it!

Thank you again for such a wonderful and informative Hub!

Blessings always, EarthAngel!

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

bcarter-- the idea is that you get traffic and you view is correct, traffic is traffic and a site which makes you money is a good site.

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Rhonda Waits Level 2 Commenter 15 months ago

Thanks for such and interesting article I enjoyed it. You gave some great points here.

Have a great day.

Sweet wishes Rhonda

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

Minnestonka Twin-- try it out and see what happens.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

suziecat---trying other sites might gelp you out, not too impressed with ehow at teh moment so I'll steer clear of it.

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Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

huntgoddess- I'll be doing more don't you worry.

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ocbill 15 months ago

Thanks for the update on Bukisa. what is the AS rev share percentage there? honestly, I'd prefer $ than cents, especially with inflation going out of control.

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diogenes Level 7 Commenter 15 months ago

Rebecca. I have read you various articles on this subject (making bread on HP, etc.) I have a question which may be silly, but I am a better writer than an internet businessman. Can you just publish the same article on several writing sites? If not, why not, etc...Cheers, bob

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Peter Owen 15 months ago

thank you for the points. I cam currently on 3 sites and always have a hard time determining which site to use for each artcile. Any suggestions?

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Karen Banes 15 months ago

Thanks Rebecca. you have clarified something important for me here. I thought links on Hubpages were only do-follow on HUBS over 75! If you only need an overall hubscore of over 75 (and each hub over 40) all my hubs are do-follow. I was thinking my few bottom ones were no-follow and trying to get them up (and factoring that in when I looked at overall SEO strategy) Man, this business is complicated!

Haven't tried Buksia yet but will take a look at it. I figure anything that gives you a revenue share while allowing you to create links has to be worth looking into as most of the article directories don't actually have any kind of income stream available. They are just pure link creating opportunities.

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nightbear Level 1 Commenter 15 months ago

Interesting take on Bukisa.

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dtchosen 15 months ago

I write for both Hubpages and Bukisa too. I thinks I prefer Hubpages because the community is more alive than at Bukisa..Thanks for this informative hub..

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bcarter 15 months ago

Great information and motivation to keep on top of my goal to write one page every day. It doesn't matter what site it's on.

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Minnetonka Twin Level 7 Commenter 15 months ago

Up and Useful hub on bukisa and how to use it. My sister is one bukisa and really likes it. I have a blog and hub and now I am thinking I'm ready to try something like Bukisa. Thanks

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suziecat7 Level 5 Commenter 15 months ago

I used to write quite a bit for Ehow though haven't since Demand took over. Hope to get back to it again. Great Hub, as usual.

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Huntgoddess 15 months ago

Thanks for this information. I've really been wondering about these things.

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