I’ve really enjoyed leading Weekly Topic Inspiration in its current iteration and seeing the amazing Hubs that participants have produced and shared each week. You guys are awesome! I’m very pleased to announce that the program is undergoing a major overhaul. We’re making a lot of changes to streamline and simplify the Hub-sharing process and…
Read MoreBoot Camp: A Five Featured Hub Barrier to Fight Spam
Heads up! This week, we are implementing a new quality-related policy change. Until you have published five simultaneously-Featured Hubs, new Hubs that do not pass the Quality Assessment Process (QAP) will be unpublished rather than simply being not Featured. The period before one has published five Featured Hubs will be known as Boot Camp, as…
Read MoreTopics and the Importance of Proper Hub Categorization
With our ongoing Topic Expansion Initiative, new Topics are constantly being created to address specific niche subjects in overcrowded categories. With the creation of new Topics, it’s more important than ever that Hubs be correctly categorized. Here’s why: Topic pages are visible to search engines and show up in search results just like individual featured…
Read MoreYou No Longer Need to Report Purely Personal Content (Yay!)
We have long emphasized that HubPages is not a blogging platform as it is not designed to be a place where people talk only about themselves or their personal lives or publish articles around a fixed theme (HubPages is instead a place to share informational articles that are not necessarily related). For quite some time,…
Read MoreCommunity Spirit is alive and well on HubPages – A Guest Post by Suzie HQ
Though many join HubPages to build a robust online portfolio and earn an income from their articles, most stay for the community- the comments, the feedback, and the friendships. Just one Hub can make a surprising impact, leading to all sorts of conversations, connections, and even additional Hubs. In this guest post, Suzie HQ shares how one…
Read MoreHeads Up! Updates to the Amazon and eBay Capsules
As of today, the number keyword or seller-based products that can be featured per Amazon or eBay capsule will be lowered to two. We have decided to reduce the upper limit to fight clutter in Hubs, help Hubbers present their pages’ visitors with a better experience, and (hopefully) boost Hubbers’ Amazon and eBay earnings. Capsules…
Read MoreEverything You Wanted to Know About Controversial HubPages Issues but Were Afraid to Ask
When I was in Austin attending SXSW Interactive, I had the pleasure of meeting up with Marcy Goodfleisch for some coffee at Whole Foods flagship store, which I find to be one of the world’s closest equivalents to heaven. Over some tasty tea and coffee Marcy asked a lot of really good questions on behalf…
Read MoreSponsored Featured Hubs and Communication Improvements
We understand that it can sometimes be frustrating to publish a Hub only to find after that first Pending period that it is not Featured, and therefore will only be available to your friends and followers via social media shares, the HubPages Feed, HubPages search, and your Profile. While we have always presented the option…
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