This September, HubPages is setting sail on its most boisterous contest yet: HubPages Marks the Spot! HubPages Marks the Spot, sponsored by Outside.in, is all about mapping out local treasures using the HubPages Map Capsule – and sharing lots of loot with those HubBuccaneers who care to join us. This contest has not four but five kinds…
Read MoreIntroducing The First Ever HubCamp!
On the final week of September, HubPages is going to hold HubCamp: an in-person meeting of Hubbers in San Francisco where we’ll go over some of the finer points of becoming an effective online writer. Wer’e still in the planning stages, but because it’s all about the hubber community, we were hoping you’d let us…
Read MoreHubPages Behind the Scenes: Larry and the HubPages iPhone App
With this installment of HubPages Behind the Scenes, HubPages’ very own Larry Freeman shares his experience with creating and working on the HubPages iPhone app! If you listen carefully enough, you can hear Ren in the background 😉 If you don’t already have our fabulous iPhone app (which, BTW, is totally free), you can download…
Read MoreHubPages’ Billionth Hub View
At 11:41am on a warm New England morning, a sweet-toothed anonymous Internet adventurer ventured forth in search of one thing and one thing only: sponge cake recipes. What did this intrepid explorer discover? Nothing short of our very own Angela Harris’ Sponge Cake Recipe – a short but sweet recipe hub first published in 2008.…
Read MoreGet Ready for the Richest Display Ad Units on the Web
HubPages is always ahead of the curve, so it should come as no surprise that we’re about to roll out one of the coolest, niftiest, most interactive ads on the web. Check out the unit! This display ad was created as part of an advertising partnership with ClickTurn, an online leader in dynamic display advertising.…
Read MoreIntroducing the Map Capsule
Exciting news! Today, a new capsule has been added to the HubTool: the map capsule! The map capsule will allow you to embed a map (or multiple maps) into your Hubs. On your map, you can mark and describe multiple locations of interest. The capsule itself has some really amazing features. For example, you can…
Read MoreThe “Dark & Stormy Night” Is Over
The first ever “Dark & Stormy Night” contest on HubPages is over, and we have a grand winner! Congratulations to Teresa McGurk, who wowed us with this awesomely bad gem of sweet, sweet literary torture: Years later—four, or maybe five, if not six or seven, but really, now that she thought about it carefully, no…
Read MoreHubPages & Social Media
We have always encouraged you to share your hubs on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Digg (to improve page rank and increase readership), but HubPages itself has been a bit quiet on the social media front. Not anymore! We’re getting back on the social media horse and shall be giving you regular updates…
Read MoreThe “Dark & Stormy Night” Rages On…
…and only you have the power to bring a brighter dawn! Ok, that’s a little dramatic, and yes, it even rhymes. You might even call it a great example of bad writing, which is precisely why it’s a perfect way to direct your attention to the Dark And Stormy Night Finalists in need of your…
Read MoreArticle-Based Web Sites and the Future of Print Media Companies
I remember when I first started using the web in the early 90’s. Web sites were quite ugly with blinking text, slapped together images, and unstyled text. But in those days, we weren’t too bothered by that. There was an excitement about the possibilities of all the information that could soon be available on the…
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