Perhaps you’ve noticed some buzz in the forums about a new challenge, not a 30-day challenge, which is the most common format we see, but rather a 60-day challenge. This is a repeat of an effort launched by sunforged (interviewed for the HubPages blog last year) and is a great example of the cool initiatives…
Read MoreHubPages’ Special Programs
As I am settling into the HubPages community, I find myself floored by its amazing special programs! First I became acquainted with HubNuggets, which not only involves insanely hilarious weekly hubs but also fun voting and a chance for new Hubbers to step up and strut their stuff. Then I discovered HubMob, helping Hubbers bust…
Read More“It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” on HubPages…
Okay, actually the weather’s quite nice this afternoon, but the title’s still accurate, because there’s a “Dark And Stormy Night” Contest getting underway here at HubPages! Some of you may have read the results of the official Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in one of those funny emails your grandma likes to forward all the time. (I…
Read MoreThe Race to Find (or Make) a Mother’s Day Gift
Mother’s Day is quickly approaching, and I don’t have a gift yet! Everywhere I looked this morning, I saw signs and ads for flowers, bath salts, and cards. The problem is that my mom doesn’t like any of the highly-marketed gifts that people usually give. She is very unmaterialistic, which is noble and all, but…
Read MoreHappy HubTrails with Ohma & Friends!
One of the things I love about working at HubPages is the amazing community of smart, innovative Hubbers. While the forums can sometimes be overshadowed by personal drama and political conflict, they’re also a great source of teamwork and ingenuity. Case in point: the HubTrails project, conceived by user Ohma, which has gained momentum at…
Read MoreHint about June’s contest
Hey everyone! March’s Helpful Health Hubs contest was a great success: Over 1,100 high-quality Hubs on a wide range of health-related topics. We congratulate the winners, and hope everyone who participated enjoys years of readers for a job well done. We hope to hold a similar contest every quarter, so in June we will have…
Read MoreHelpful Health Hubs Contest – Final Week!
Hey Hub folks. I just wanted to remind everyone that we are entering the final week of the Helpful Health Hubs contest (has it been three weeks already?). We have seen some really impressive hubs on all the topics so far, and frankly, I wish we could award more prizes on a daily basis. Thanks…
Read MoreIt is almost St. Patrick’s Day again
The following is a personal viewpoint from HubPages Staffer Norah Casey on Saint Patrick’s Day. Tomorrow is Saint Patrick’s Day, and my green is all packed away. This is quite intentional. I don’t particularly like celebrating St Paddy’s with the general public, and I avoid cheesy “Irish pubs” at all costs. However, as a proud…
Read MoreGettin’ busy with Cupid….rowr!
[Editors Note – Sometimes someone forgets to refill the coffee pot at HubPages Central, and our senses get so dulled that we need to call on a guest contributor to write our blog…it gets all really stressed-out. Lucky for us, the caffeine withdrawal happened so close to a certain holiday for lovers that we found…
Read MoreHubbers Helping Haiti
The worldwide response to the recent events in Haiti helped to highlight how much the everyday technology that we take for granted can have a very powerful effect on the world around us. It was no different here at Hubpages. The sheer number of informative hubs published immediately following the earthquake was impressive to say…
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