Happy Monday, everyone! Today we rolled out the latest iteration of the Hub redesign. I covered the changes from the first version in my blog post a few months ago, so now I’ll focus on the revisions we’ve implemented as part of the latest update. Social Buttons We heard your feedback and have moved the buttons…
Read MoreSimone Smith to Start a Training Center for Online Careers
When interviewing potential HubPages employees, our CEO Paul Edmondson always likes to ask this question: Where do you see yourself in five years? Though there are many promising responses to this question (you may have encountered some in HubPages’ numerous job interview guides), the “right answer” at HubPages is to have a vision of someday launching…
Read MoreFive Common Mistakes Made by Online Writers: A Guest Post by WryLilt
A few weeks ago, WryLilt, one of our top Hubbers, made an incredibly generous gesture by opening up a Forum thread in which she would give a critique to anyone who asked for help with a Hub. Last week, she published a Hub guiding people through the most common mistakes she encountered when reviewing others’…
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published five simultaneously-Featured Hubs, new Hubs that do not pass the Quality Assessment Process (QAP) will be unpublished rather than simply being not Featured.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 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…
Read MoreApril’s Contest Called; It Needs to Postpone
Due to unforeseen circumstances we unfortunately have had to postpone the Stellar Hub Showdown (April’s contest). I apologize for the inconvenience! We are just as excited about this contest as you are, so you can rest assured that we have every intention of running the contest in the near future. In the meantime, I strongly…
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