Today’s blog is an update from a previous blog. Back then (8 months ago), we had 8 million visitors and 200,000 hubs and I wondered if the ratio of 40 unique visitors per hub would last. It didn’t. Our current ratio is 32 unique visitors per hub. Writing a blog or a hub is a…
Read MoreThe New, Ongoing 30 Hubs In 30 Days HubChallenge — Wanna Join?
I’m not sure if you ever caught wind of a little somethin’ somethin’ we called the 100 Hubs in 30 Days Challenge that launched a couple of months ago in May, but it was absolute and complete madness and you can get the details of how it came about over here in this blog post…
Read MoreA Soon-To-Be Hubber Superstar Stops By The HubPages HQ For Some One-On-One Help
Man, I love this job. Each day you never know what interesting person you’re going to meet and who you’re going to be able to connect with from who knows where. Thanks to the good ol’ Interwebs, the HubPages community is made up of awesome people from all over the world, which makes it even…
Read MoreA Video Wrap-Up Of My AC Separation Shoulder Surgery (it’s not gross, don’t worry)
As many of you Hubbers have probably noticed, I’ve been a little out of rhythm here lately when it comes to posting things on HubPages and chatting in the forums. This is due to a few reasons, such as the 30 Day HubChallenge (which I hope to continue somehow), my family vacation/wedding planning trip back…
Read MoreCreating a Hub Template
With the latest update to HubPages, we have added the ability to reuse an existing hub layout for a new hub. in addition to providing two additional starting layouts. Here’s a snapshot of the new layout selection: The new feature gives you the ability to create a template hub. By this, I mean a hub…
Read MoreAndrew Aksyonoff visits HubPages
Hubpages recently upgraded its internal search functionality (you can see the blog announcement here). We’ve added the ability to search the help page, search categories, search for images and videos, as well as a sitewide search. In our internal testing, we found that this new search ran significantly faster than the previous internal search. The…
Read MoreJust Another Day Working At HubPages In San Francisco
I’ll tell you what, there’s never a dull moment here in San Francisco, even when you’re simply walking into work in the morning. I’ve been walking into work here lately because I wrecked my bike a few days ago and since I’ve been moving a little slower, I’ve seemed to notice a lot more stuff…
Read MoreCategories Add Value: a response to Clay Shirky’s classic essay
I am a big fan of Clay Shirky. I’ve written a hub reviewing his book Here Comes Everyone. It’s one of my favorite books of 2008. When HubPages announced the support of categories in addition to tags, many people emailed me links to Clay’s essay: “Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags”. Clay Shirky first…
Read MoreA CalTrain Introduction To Ann Crady From BabyCenter.com
Today on CalTrain I met another interesting person who I had a great conversation with on the ride up to San Francisco. Her name is Ann Crady and she is the Senior Vice President of Consumer Experience over at Johnson & Johnson’s super popular website BabyCenter.com. It’s a place where any mother (or expecting mother)…
Read MoreThe Benefits Of Working Above A Bar
As I rode into work this morning I noticed a huge semi-truck parked in the alley next to our office and as I wheeled in closer to it (I ride a bike into work), I noticed that it was a big, blue truck filled with the always delicious and San Francisco-brewed Anchor Steam Beer. With…
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