Happy Thursday, Hubbers! Today I’d like to announce some updates to the HubScore algorithm. As you may already know, HubScore is the score that is assigned to an individual Hub. It is displayed privately in My Account > Statistics and is not visible to other Hubbers or search visitors. Up until fairly recently, HubScore was…
Read MoreEditor’s Choice Gets an Exciting Upgrade
Hi there, friends! I have some great news today. We’ve been saying for a long time that we want to give more exposure and recognition to the Editor’s Choice Hubs on HubPages, and I’m thrilled to announce that we’re finally doing it! As part of our long-term commitment to the Editor’s Choice program, we’ve decided…
Read MoreAn Update on Spam and Product Capsules
Happy New Year, Hubbers! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As we get back into the swing of things at HubPages HQ, I want to share a bit about what’s in store this upcoming year. Our focus continues to be on improving the overall quality and health of the site. To that end,…
Read MoreHeads Up — New Hub Design Coming Soon!
I’m super excited to announce that the Hub will be sporting a brand new look later this week! Our primary goals with this redesign are to remove ads from the main content area of the Hub and improve the overall reading experience. We also want to give more real estate to Hubbers, like we did…
Read MoreSquidoo and HubPages
I have some very exciting news to announce today. HubPages is acquiring key content from Squidoo, creating the world’s largest site of its kind. Squidoo and HubPages have been cousins over the years. We shared the same desire to provide a platform for individuals to share their knowledge and passions with the world. We want…
Read MoreIntroducing: The HubPro Beta
Over the last three years, we have worked tirelessly as a community to improve the reader experience on HubPages and raise our standards of quality. Hubbers have worked to better their Hubs, and we have implemented programs and features like the Quality Assessment Process, Boot Camp, Style Tips, and the Apprenticeship Program. We can see…
Read MoreBroken Link Changes
Hello Hubbers, I have a quick announcement this afternoon. In order to promote quality content on HubPages and ensure the best reader experience possible, we’re changing the way broken links will be handled in Hubs. When Hubs contain broken links, those links will now display with a line through them, and when clicked on, a…
Read MoreUpdate on Editor’s Choice Hubs
I wanted to provide an update on Editor’s Choice Hubs. We started the program to recognize great Hubs. Over the last nine months we have selected almost 20,000 EC Hubs and a handful are getting added every day. We’ve had lots of great comments that Hubbers love the recognition, but the data hounds in the…
Read MoreMobile Readership is Growing!
Last week, our traffic was just a hair more on desktop than mobile. I suspect in the coming weeks we will permanently shift to smartphones as the dominant platform for readers on HubPages. We’ve invested in our mobile design and we will have to do more to improve it. I strongly recommend laying out Hubs…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Upgrade Your Google Analytics Account
Universal Analytics Hey Hubbers! Universal Analytics (UA) is the latest version of the Google Analytics platform. Many Hubbers use Google Analytics to track and analyze traffic trends to their Hubs and personal websites, and if you’re one of them, listen up! You can read all about Universal Analytics here, but here’s the gist: UA introduces…
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