Ari Lamstein, a HubPages engineer that programmed the great milestone notification emails we get, queried our database a couple of weeks ago to demonstrate that the more you publish on HubPages, the more traffic you get per Hub. Ari’s dug through the data again to see if there’s a relationship between the number of followers a…
Read MoreSummaries for Hubs
You may have noticed recently that some Hubs on HubPages are showing up without summaries. As a part of our overall effort to improve the reader experience on HubPages, we are encouraging everyone to create their own, custom summaries. The summary you enter (under the summary tab of the control box at the right side…
Read MoreData: The More You Publish, the More Traffic per Hub
I’m not sure if you’ve taken a look at our Success Stories, but if you have a look, you’ll see a pattern in each successful Hubbers’ traffic graphs, the Panda update notwithstanding: their traffic tends to grow over time out of proportion with their Hub publishing activity. Not only does each additional Hub give you…
Read MoreOpen Publishing Platforms are Critical to the Web
HubPages has always believed in open publishing platforms and giving Hubbers as much freedom as possible to share their knowledge with the world. At the same time we have always taken content moderation seriously and work hard to be great Net citizens. Today, I posted a few questions regarding best practices to the Google Webmaster…
Read MoreGoogle’s Thomas Tran: Optimization for HubPages and AdSense
Hello Hubbers, I’m Thomas, and I work for the AdSense team in Dublin, Ireland and today I’d like to talk to you guys about how to drive quality traffic to your Hubs so you can increase your AdSense ads click-through-rate (CTR), and earn more money. From your emails, there were a lot of questions related…
Read MoreNew Hubber Akanga1 Breaks the Barrier Between Expert and Layman in his Hubs on Female Reproductive Health
Having just joined HubPages six days ago, akanga1 (also known as Joe) is already on a roll, having published seven Hubs! Joe is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Macclesfield Hospital in Cheshire, Northern England as well as a clinical lecturer at the Liverpool University School of Medicine and published author. Quite the expert, Joe…
Read MoreFrom Bigfoot Sightings to the Best Beef Chili
One of the things I love most about HubPages is the fascinating and varied expertise of everyone in our community. North Carolina Hubber crazyhorsesghost serves as a great example – he is both an excellent cook and an expert in the paranormal. Yesterday crazyhorsesghost published a Hub about a Big Foot sighting he had on…
Read MoreGoogle’s Jennifer Bahk: HubPages and AdSense
Hey Hubbers, My name is Jenn and I’m from the Google AdSense team, headquartered in Mountain View, California. I’ve been working with Ren and Jason over the past couple months to figure out how we can help Hubbers optimize their experience with Google AdSense. For those of you already using AdSense on your Hubs, that’s…
Read MoreInsider HubPages Ad Program Tips from Len Cannon
As an end to our short series of interviews with some of the early HubPages Ad Program beta testers (we have already interviewed relache and Patty Inglish, MS), we have an interview with Len Cannon. Well rounded with other online pursuits such as Best of Instant Watch and Rage Kittens, Len Cannon shares some excellent…
Read MorePatty Inglish, MS on the HubPages Ad Program and Building an Online Presence
Ever the prolific and active Hubber, Patty Inglish, MS is always on the cutting edge of special HubPages efforts. As one of the HubNuggets team, she is involved with curating great Hubs by promising new Hubbers, and knows a good online article when she sees it. Beyond that, Patty has an amazing background in Preventative Medicine,…
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