Who are the Shuar? Where are they from? And do they really shrink heads??? In this episode of Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts (The Shuar People – Do They Really Shrink Heads?), Jason Menayan and Yours Truly discuss the Shuar people, as introduced in a very adventurous article on HubPages by Marie McKeown. Marie, as…
Read MoreAn Overview of New Publishing Standards
To ensure that HubPages continues to be the best place to write online, we have introduced new publishing standards over the past several weeks. These new policies are designed to ultimately provide benefits across our entire community of writers. While these changes in our publishing standards are designed to improve the overall quality of HubPages’…
Read MoreThe Online Writing Insider: Tips on Your Title
We’re launching a new podcast (in addition to Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts) called the Online Writing Insider in which experts from the HubPages staff share some tips on writing online. Since this is our very first podcast in the series, we’re starting with the basics: Creating the Best Online Title. What are the elements…
Read MoreData: The More You Publish, the More Traffic per Hub
I’m not sure if you’ve taken a look at our Success Stories, but if you have a look, you’ll see a pattern in each successful Hubbers’ traffic graphs, the Panda update notwithstanding: their traffic tends to grow over time out of proportion with their Hub publishing activity. Not only does each additional Hub give you…
Read MoreThe Updated Text Capsule
Late last week, Paul Deeds pointed out in the forums that we’re introducing and testing some updates to the HubTool’s text capsule- and if you would like to have a look at it, you’re free to try it out! In case you didn’t see the forum thread, here’s a full description of the Text Capsule…
Read MoreWeekly Advice from Everyday Experts: Awesome Tomato Plants
Just in time for spring, Robin and I bring you a new Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts episode on Five Awesome Tomato Plants to Grow in Your Garden. This episode offers a look at 5 Unique Tomato Plants to Grow In Your Garden by Barkley Rosehill – an excellent food Hubber from Philadelphia. The varieties he…
Read MoreUpcoming Policy Changes
As we’ve mentioned in earlier blog posts, we are continuing to identify ways to improve overall Hub quality and present the most useful, interesting and informative content to readers on the Web. Enhancing readers’ experience on the site will improve our visibility with searchers, and reward those Hubbers who spend the time and energy to…
Read MoreHubPages Ad Program: now open to everyone!
We are pleased to announce that the HubPages Ad Program, first announced in late February, is now available to all Hubbers, ahead of schedule. Now all Hubbers with active Google AdSense accounts can participate in the HubPages Ad Program and tap into an additional income stream from their Hub traffic. . What is the HubPages…
Read MoreOpen Publishing Platforms are Critical to the Web
HubPages has always believed in open publishing platforms and giving Hubbers as much freedom as possible to share their knowledge with the world. At the same time we have always taken content moderation seriously and work hard to be great Net citizens. Today, I posted a few questions regarding best practices to the Google Webmaster…
Read MoreWeekly Advice from Everyday Experts: An Exploration of Absinthe
Absinthe- the once-forbidden drink. What is it? Where did it come from? And how does it affect us? In Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts Episode 2: An Exploration of Absinthe, Pia Chatterjee and I explore the allure of absinthe as guided by the fantastic Hub “Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: How Does Absinthe Really Affects…
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