As you may have noticed from the special birthday icon on the top navbar of our site, HubPages is celebrating its fifth birthday. It is strange to think that only five years ago, HubPages was only just getting started- especially when one considers how much the community has grown over the years. Because five is…
Read MoreFlip Flops
It’s summer, and you know what that means- footwear gets flippant! Or at least flippy. And floppy. And flip floppy. In this episode of Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts (Flip Flops), Robin Edmondson and Simone Smith discuss the history, culture, practices, and marketing genius surrounding the world of flip flops, as inspired by a flip…
Read MoreHeads Up! We’re Going Wide!
In a couple of days, we’ll be rolling out the first in a series of design updates on HubPages by widening the site. The width of all our pages will increase by 120 pixels- from 850 to 970 pixels. One of the reasons we’re making this change is to accomodate premium, high-impact ads that typically…
Read MoreTips on Creating Engaging Writing
Would you like to be an interesting, engaging writer? Tune into this episode of the Online Writing Insider for some helpful tips on creating interesting writing shared by HubPages’ resident PR and writing expert Pia Chatterjee. This podcast is based on an earlier installment of Pia’s On Writing Well series- check it out if you’re…
Read MoreThree Reasons to Write about Plumbing
This August, the plumbing category is going to be the place to be on HubPages for three reasons thanks to a special sponsorship from Drano: A Plumbing Contest: We will be hosting the Clogs to Coins contest, a special two-week contest in which we encourage you to turn your weekend plumbing tasks into useful Hubs…
Read MoreThe Family Secrets – Chapter 8
Most of our Fascinating Fiction podcasts are just short stories, but from time to time, it’s hard to leave out snippets of longer series. That is definitely the case with today’s podcast, The Family Secrets – Chapter 8, which is one chapter of a 40-part series by Joseph Owens (Dobson on HubPages). If you like this…
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