We’ve been working to improve notifications to you over the past year, so that you’ll know when Hubs, comments, questions, answers, and forum posts are published on the site that you might want to know about. 2011 saw plenty of customization options, as well as improved digest and instant notifications, so that you could personalize…
Read MoreHubPages smart email notifications
Over the past year, engineer Ari Lamstein has worked on developing a more intelligent way to communicate to you via email about new activity on HubPages that might spark your interest. The goal is to let you know about new Hubs, new Questions and Answers, and new Forum threads, that might truly be interesting to…
Read MoreeBay Program is now live: sign up!
Simone announced in a post last week that we had worked out an agreement with eBay to allow Hubbers to earn via the eBay Partner Network as part of the HubPages Earnings Program. We are all set now, and now you can go and apply to the eBay Program: https://hubpages.com/my/earnings/affiliate/epn Please note that Hubbers with…
Read MoreCome and Get Your Subdomain!
As many Hubbers knew, a Google search algorithm update which rolled out this spring (dubbed the Panda update) hurt just about everyone’s traffic. The problem was that the poor quality of some Hubs on the site hurt everyone’s reputation. About a month ago, Paul posted a blog post and forum post recapping our response to…
Read MoreComing This Week: HubPages iPhone App Update
This week, a new version of our iPhone app will available for download from the iTunes store. If you don’t already have our nifty (and free) iPhone app, now is the time to nab it! It is a great way to keep track of comments, fanmail, questions, forum posts, hubtivity, and statistics while on the…
Read MoreIntroducing the Hub of the Day Feature
This Monday, we will be introducing a feature that I am particularly excited about: the Hub of the Day. One Hub of the Day will be chosen by HubPages staff every day based on its interesting subject matter, good writing, and beautiful formatting. The Hub of the Day will be showcased before the HubPages community…
Read MoreNew Email Notification Features
Next week, we will be rolling out some pretty nifty new notification features, making it easier (and more pleasant) for you to keep up on HubPages activity than ever. The new features will include: A digest of all notifications: summarizing all the HubPages goings on you have been following in one convenient place A new place…
Read MoreNew Signed-In Homepage Launched!
Hey everyone, If you look at the HubPages homepage while you’re signed in, you’ll notice quite a change: we’ve moved to a Feed-centric layout (you’ll also notice that the Feed is no longer visible in the header), and made some simplifications to the interface. Kudos to Fawntia who built this great new feature, and James…
Read MoreThe Great Commenter Accolade
Earlier this week, we updated one of the HubPages Accolades – perhaps you have noticed! The Great Commenter Accolade now has levels. Shown in Roman numerals, these levels, ranging from one to eight, will help you see just how great a commenter a Hubber is. The key to leveling up is to leave insightful comments…
Read MoreNew Feature: The Tips Box
Happy Tuesday! We decided to celebrate this beautiful second day of the working week by rolling out a new feature. When you create and edit Hubs, you will now see the occasional tip to the right of your screen – right below the Add a Capsule box and right above the box where you reorder…
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