verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message bright hub inc. type online media founded 2007 2007 founder william phelan headquarters troy united states website brighthub.com bright hub is an online source of original articles and reviews on science technology and education topics . it is run by a corporation bright hub inc. based in troy new york . bright hub was founded by william phelan who also founded onemade now owned by aol in 2007 . bright hub uses proprietary tools to collect and aggregate expert content 1 into subject specific channels modeled after the concept of television channels . contents 1 history 2 model 3 references 4 external links history edit bright hub started in august 2007 as site providing software reviews by experts . in may 2008 the company expanded its focus into additional subject areas . as of february 2009 bright hub was receiving about 800 000 visitors monthly . by 2010 bad business decisions began to cost the company money . many writers quit citing favoritism and unprofessional behavior by section managers . the quality of the articles began to suffer as a result of the exodus . by 2011 bright hub was forced to downsize and return to their original business plan deleting large sections of its site . 2 in 2015 an new attempt to revitalize the site met with limited success . model edit bright hub s business model is to pay its writers who are independently contracted an upfront fee for each article . the company also has software tools to connect vendors with potential customers . 1 references edit a b description of bright hub from amplifier network . neil harris company wide email dated 10 11 2011 external links edit official website this website related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bright hub & oldid 667398577 categories companies based in new yorktroy new yorkwebsite stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2013all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 june 2015 at 20 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view