Last week, we introduced the new HubPages mobile app for the iPhone. We had announced that this was coming 4 months ago so it was very nice to see it made available. I thought that it would be useful to provide a walk through of the current features and list out what’s coming next. To…
Read MoreEat, Drink, and Be Hubbalicious: the June contest!
Hope you’re hungry this month. Food is the topic of this month’s contest—the Eat, Drink, and Be Hubbalicious Contest—and we hope talented participants’ Hubs on the world of cooking techniques and ingredients, and the cuisines of the world and their recipes, will get visitors’ mouths watering and stomachs rumbling for years to come! Come one,…
Read MorePaul Edmondson speaking at PubCon South/Dallas
Any Texas-based Hubbers going to PubCon South/Dallas this year? It takes place next week, April 13-15, at the Richardson Conference and Civic Center. HubPages’s CEO, Paul Edmondson, will be speaking at the event, delivering a presentation entitled How to Start and Grow a User Generated Content Community. I’m sure you can guess which user generated content community…
Read MoreAnnouncing the HubPages Store!
In response to numerous requests for HubPages apparel, gear, and shwag, at long last we offer our debut line of HubPages goods. The HubPages Tee Shield onlookers from your middle with this American Apparel fifty percent cotton, fifty percent polyester tee. Men’s and women’s sizes small through extra-large. $20.00. The HubPages Mug Don’t be fooled—this…
Read MoreThe Helpful Health Hubs contest: in the final stretch!
Three weeks ago, would you have guessed that we would have had over 2,000 great Hubs published on the topic of health? If you’ve been health-hubbing, congratulate yourself on a job well done…and keep it up in the final week! If you haven’t been health-hubbing, you’ve got some ‘splaining to do. 😉 . We’re in…
Read MoreThe Helpful Health Hubs contest: the halfway point!
Although I’m not here right now (I’m at my partner’s brother’s wedding), through the magic of WordPress‘s timestamp feature, this post should be published at precisely noon (Pacific), at the halfway point of the Helpful Health Hubs contest. Two weeks down, two more to go! Right now, voting for the next People’s Choice Award begins…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the Helpful Health Contest begins!
It’s been one week, and with hundreds of top-notch alternative and natural health Hubs published over the course of this past week, the Helpful Health Hubs contest has gotten off to a fantastic start. Today (as in, right about now) voting for the People’s Choice Award begins on the health page! There are 10 excellent…
Read MoreThe Helpful Health Hubs contest begins!
HubPages’ fourth contest, the Helpful Health Hubs Contest, begins right now! You can publish up to 3 Hubs per day on each day’s health topic, a contest day beginning at noon at continuing until 11:59 am the subsequent day. Each day will have a different topic (or topics) within the realm of health and wellness.…
Read MoreIs HubPages the Most Visited Small Web Site in the World?
One of the fun parts of my job is talking to people about HubPages who have never heard of it. This is not so surprising considering that if you read most articles on social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, or social networking, HubPages is rarely mentioned. If you check the Quantcast 100, most of the websites there…
Read MoreIs Blogging on the Decline?
Teenagers are blogging significantly less now than they were four years ago. At least, that’s one interpretation from a recent study done by the Pew Internet Project. Here are the facts cited by the study: Only 14% of 12-17 years-olds report that they blog today versus 25% in 2006. Only 52% report that they comment…
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