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 Behind the Scenes with Norah!
The fabulous Norah Casey shares a bit about herself and her favorite things about working at HubPages. At my request, she was also kind enough to point out some common mistakes newbies make, thus sparing me (and perhaps others too) some embarrassment~ 🙂 Thanks Norah!
Read MoreHappy 4th Birthday HubPages!
That’s right, HubPages is now four years old! It is strange to think that only four years back, the site had only just launched- especially because today we’re ranked 58th on Quantcast with 1.2 million daily global visits. Not bad, eh? The most impressive thing about the past four years, at least in my opinion, has…
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…
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 MoreCrowdsourcing: the “crowd” is key to its success
Just last year, an article in Forbes.Com attracted lots of attention with its criticism of Crowdsourcing. “Crowdsourcing” refers to the phenomenon of opening up a web site to the public and seeing what happens. The term was invented by Jeff Howe in 2006 who used it to describe popular web sites such as Wikipedia and…
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…
Read MoreThe Future of Content Web Sites: Content Factories and Content Communities
I was recently reading a Wired article that profiled a company called Demand Media. The company is one of many companies that are seeking to become a “content factory”. Their goal is to automate the production of web content that is carefully targeted to capture the most high value traffic from the search engines. Both…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving from HubPages!
It’s a Thanksgiving tradition to share the things for which we’re thankful. Tomorrow, among family and friends, I’ll do so on a personal level, but sitting here in the office today, I’m struck by how much HubPages has to say thanks for, as a company. HubPages is so blessed to have an amazing user base, and we’re…
Read MoreWho Let These Guys In Here? HubPages Makes It Into The Top 100 Websites In The US! (with champagne celebration video)
Yep, it’s now official — HubPages is now a top 100 website in the US. Here’s the screenshot to prove it. Thanks to all of you awesome Hubbers who have helped us get to this point and let’s keep on moving up that list! UPDATE: Here’s a quick video of our top 100 champagne celebration…
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