Week 3 of the make money experiment was interesting. The income this week wasn’t as good as it was in week 2. Here’s the income chart from Google Analytics:

As you can see, the hubs during week 3 made $88.88, down from $112.56. That brings the total so far to $257.64. We still have another 10 days in the experiment and it will definitely be interesting to see how the hubs do overall.

Why The Hubs Produced Less In Week 3

During week 3 I focused a ton on getting all of the hubs up and did very little to them. I didn’t give any of the hubs links from other hubs. Overall that makes the hubs less useful and makes them weaker. I’m going to be catching up on that this week – I simply didn’t have the time to get it done. Fortunately I have all 100 hubs published and that means that I can focus on other aspects which will help the hubs.

The hubs that were created in the first two weeks dropped a little (as is expected) because they lost the fresh content bonus. That means there’s less income there and the new hubs didn’t make up for it because I haven’t completed what needs to be done on them.

The next few weeks will be really interesting and I’m really excited to see how well the hubs do in the second month of the experiment – that’s when we’ll be able to tell how well it’s going to work. I’m pretty happy with how it’s gone so far.

I have never (and I do mean never) seen a site or project go up and up and up without losing ground. You will always see natural dips no matter how hard you’re working on something. It’s part of the game we play. You have to learn how to keep working even when things don’t improve. Week 3 was one of my most productive weeks on the HubPages experiment and will create a ton of long term value.