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 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 MoreThe Clogs to Coins HubCamp & Contest
Though our Share and Share a Like contest is still in full swing, I want to let you know that we’ve got a special, two-week contest coming up this August. Sponsored by Drano, the Clogs to Coins contest is going to be focused entirely in our Plumbing category. We encourage you to document your own…
Read MoreHubbie Award Voting & The Importance of Community
In this week’s Online Writing Insider podcast, Robin and I discuss the Importance of Community in writing online (and offline, too!). In line with this podcast theme, I’m happy to announce that voting for the first annual Hubbie Awards is now open! To submit your nominations (votes) for each Hubbie Award, enter the username of…
Read MoreIntroducing the First Ever Hubbie Awards
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again- HubPages would not be anywhere near the amazing site it is without its vibrant community. To celebrate awesome Hubbers as well as our fifth birthday, we are going to host the first ever Hubbie Awards on Friday, August 5th. This coming Wednesday, we will open voting…
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 MoreIntroducing the Share and Share A Like Contest
Guess what? We’ve got a contest next month! The HubPages Share and Share a Like contest is HubPages’ first ever social contest in which we encourage you to write online articles that your social media friends are likely to read, enjoy, and share. In this contest, we’ve opened up most of the voting to the…
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 MorePreparing a Test to Further Address Panda
We are nearing the last phase of our plan to address Panda, the Google search algorithm change that has hit HubPages. I’ve shared a number of major changes we’ve made in prior blog posts, but, to reiterate, we have been working on a plan to lift the punitive aspect of Panda from HubPages, where search…
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