HubPages has always believed in open publishing platforms and giving Hubbers as much freedom as possible to share their knowledge with the world. At the same time we have always taken content moderation seriously and work hard to be great Net citizens. Today, I posted a few questions regarding best practices to the Google Webmaster…
Read MoreThe Second Wave of HubPages Ad Program Invites!
We are quite happy to announce that a second wave of invites to the HubPages Ad Program has been sent out to the community. The first half of invites was sent yesterday and the second half will be sent today. More waves of invites will be going out soon. When you get your email notification…
Read MoreAnswers with Ari
Though it is the fastest growing portion of HubPages.com, the Answers section on HubPages is overlooked by many Hubbers. That, my friends, is a terrible shame, because HubPages software engineer Ari Lamstein has been making some major improvements to it! In the interview above, Ari shares some of these changess, namely spam reduction, improved answering…
Read MoreImproving HubPages…
As we continue to adjust our way through the most recent Google algorithm changes, we are actively reviewing how we can improve the HubPages experience and make adjustments to improve the site and experience. As mentioned in previous posts, we have already made some changes, primarily focused at weeding out lower quality content that adds little to no value to…
Read MoreIt’s Contest Time Again!
Perhaps you have noticed the small contest link in the top right navigation bar on HubPages. You know what that means – another contest is on the way! Coming up this April is the So You Think You Can Write Online contest – the theme of which is excellent online writing. You can submit entries…
Read MoreAd layout changes to your Hubs
We wanted to let everyone know about some changes we’ve made to ad layouts on Hubs, as well as how it applies specifically to participants in the HubPages Ad Program (currently a few hundred, but the platform will be open to all eligible Hubbers in the coming months). First, we’ve made two important changes to…
Read MoreGoogle’s Jennifer Bahk: HubPages and AdSense
Hey Hubbers, My name is Jenn and I’m from the Google AdSense team, headquartered in Mountain View, California. I’ve been working with Ren and Jason over the past couple months to figure out how we can help Hubbers optimize their experience with Google AdSense. For those of you already using AdSense on your Hubs, that’s…
Read MorePatty Inglish, MS on the HubPages Ad Program and Building an Online Presence
Ever the prolific and active Hubber, Patty Inglish, MS is always on the cutting edge of special HubPages efforts. As one of the HubNuggets team, she is involved with curating great Hubs by promising new Hubbers, and knows a good online article when she sees it. Beyond that, Patty has an amazing background in Preventative Medicine,…
Read MoreThings to Help Your Hubs
As an open publishing platform we have always tried to err on the side of giving Hubbers of all backgrounds and experiences the freedom to share their unique knowledge and opinions. Over the past 5 years, we have invested in educating and supporting our writers, offering technology and tools to help good writers become even…
Read MoreHubber Relache Shares Her Experience with the HubPages Ads Program
With the HubPages Ad Program rollout last week, there has been a lot of curiosity about how it works and what sort of impact it makes. Though 500 Hubbers have already gotten their invites to opt in to the program, they are only just getting started. We took some time to chat with relache –…
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