A few weeks ago, WryLilt, one of our top Hubbers, made an incredibly generous gesture by opening up a Forum thread in which she would give a critique to anyone who asked for help with a Hub. Last week, she published a Hub guiding people through the most common mistakes she encountered when reviewing others’…
Read MoreCommunity Spirit is alive and well on HubPages – A Guest Post by Suzie HQ
Though many join HubPages to build a robust online portfolio and earn an income from their articles, most stay for the community- the comments, the feedback, and the friendships. Just one Hub can make a surprising impact, leading to all sorts of conversations, connections, and even additional Hubs. In this guest post, Suzie HQ shares how one…
Read MoreApril’s Contest Called; It Needs to Postpone
Due to unforeseen circumstances we unfortunately have had to postpone the Stellar Hub Showdown (April’s contest). I apologize for the inconvenience! We are just as excited about this contest as you are, so you can rest assured that we have every intention of running the contest in the near future. In the meantime, I strongly…
Read More[UPDATE: Postponed] Announcing the Stellar Hub Showdown – Our April Contest!
UPDATE: The Stellar Hub Showdown has to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances and will not run this April. We’ll get it up and running again as soon as possible! Our Rigorous Review Contest last year was a real blast, but we’re long overdue for a new bout of healthy community competition! I am therefore…
Read MoreHelping HubPages’ Rising Stars
Many discover talented new Hubbers by chance, but by keeping tabs on each week’s Rising Stars, you can find our best new members in a jiffy. The Rising Star Program on HubPages nominates eighteen Hubs each week, which are selected from three different Topics. These Hubs are showcased on their native Topic Pages for five…
Read MoreShare the Love on HubPages This Month
January is a fabulous month for new beginnings. Why not kick off your month with a burst of benevolence? This month we’ll be posting loads of ideas on sharing the love on HubPages- be it in the form of creative commons or public domain images, shared advice, Hub Hopping, participating in community programs, or giving…
Read MoreOh, Where HubPages May Lead…
We were surprised and delighted to see Alfreta (fastfreta) on the Today Show yesterday. As it happens, she and her daughter are featured on a new TLC show and fastfreta was first scouted for the show through her work on HubPages! We asked fastfreta to give us some more backstory on the experience, and she…
Read MoreHow to Write an Online Review of a Service
Most of the online reviews we see address products and places, but service reviews can be just as useful, as more and more people are looking for information on experiences in addition to tangible products. Most people include service reviews within reviews for a particular place (e.g. a restaurant or a spa), but this should…
Read MoreTips on Writing a Great Online Restaurant Review
While restaurant reviews are incredibly popular, very few are all that useful- at least when presented by one person. This is why we depend on sites like Yelp to give us an idea of what the general local population thinks of a local eatery. Even with the power of crowdsourced masses, though, restaurant review sites…
Read MoreTips on Writing a Great Place Review
This week, we will focus in on another popular type of online review: that of a particular place. Restaurants are the most popular types of places to review, and we have a whole guide dedicated to that type of review that will run later this week, but we think it is important to start by…
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