If you’re a fan of music, film, technology, and the tech scene, you probably know about SXSW, an Austin-based set of conferences and festivals that take place every March. Last year, Paul Edmondson spoke at SXSW about bringing back the love when Google hates you (remember the Panda days? I try not to), and this…
Read MoreHow to Get the New Profile Design
Are you a fan of our new Profile design? While it was previously only displayed on staff Profiles, you can now feature it on your own subdomain, too! Here’s how: Visit any Profile displaying the new design (staff members such as Robin are good people to turn to). Click on the “Upgrade My Profile” link, which…
Read MoreHub Hopper, Will Help Find Hubs to Feature
We are making changes to the Hub Hopper and it’s placement on the site to help us quickly identify Hubs to feature across HubPages Topic Pages, Related Hubs and the Best, Hot and Latest Hub feeds. This will create a better browsing experience for readers and offer more rewards to Hubbers that create great Hubs.…
Read MoreHubPages Turns Six: We’ve Come a Long Way
This Sunday was HubPages’ sixth birthday. You might think that six years is not a very long time, but HubPages has made immense leaps and bounds over that short period. Don’t believe me? Why not take a look at HubPages’ web design over the years, courtesy of the Wayback Machine? Here’s a shot of us…
Read MoreAn Easy Way to Spot Apprentices!
Have you noticed that the profiles of some Hubbers have recently been decorated with special “a” badges? Should you have not have figured it out already, the “a” is for Apprentice! An Apprentice is a participant in the HubPages Apprenticeship Program, a six month program in which Hubbers are given the lessons and resources necessary…
Read MoreCast Your Votes in the Second Annual Hubbies!
It is once again time for the annual Hubbie Awards. We invite you to cast your votes for the best Hubs and Hubbers of the year. Those who win will be awarded with the most rare and coveted Accolades on HubPages (not to mention the admiration of the entire community). Before visiting the official voting form,…
Read MoreNew Profile Design on Staff Pages
The new profile page design we previewed back in May can now be seen on HubPages Staff Profiles. Here is a quick look: As you can see, there are some new additions to the new profile design we originally displayed. Along with some slightly different styles and colors, you’ll notice that the profile has a…
Read MoreQuestions Moving to Subdomains
A few months ago, Simone announced that you’ve had the option to migrate Questions you’ve asked to your subdomain. At the time of the announcement, you could opt for an irreversible move, but the migration was optional. Now, most likely this coming Wednesday, we will complete the migration with all yet-unmoved Questions transferred to askers’…
Read MoreNew Hub design rolled out sitewide!
Last week, we shared the almost-final redesign of Hubs on the blog and in the forums. We gathered feedback, mostly centered around an aversion to showing Hub views and the wordiness of the last published/updated line, and performance information. Traffic data showed that, despite losing the sidebar ad, overall ad clickthrough has not changed, while…
Read MoreSoon You’ll Be Able to Select Best Answers
Next week we will be adding an exciting new feature to the Answers section: the ability for Hubbers to select a Best Answer to a Question that they asked. The goals of this feature are to: Highlight great content. When a visitor from a search engine lands on your Question page, they are often looking…
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