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 MoreGetting Ready for the Super Bowl
Many of you may already know that the Super Bowl is the most watched event on TV, but it’s possible that the most asked question on the internet is what time does the Super Bowl kick off (This page had over 400 views yesterday). With all the content on HubPages about the Super Bowl, it’s…
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 MoreAn Interview With Robert Kroese, Author Of Mercury Falls (and lover of linoleum flooring)
This blog post is a little different from most others that I have written, as it is an interview with a non-Hubber who some might deem to be a little bit ‘odd’, but luckily for Robert Kroese that’s exactly how he wants to be remembered. You see, Robert (aka ‘Rob’ or even better aka ‘Diesel’),…
Read MoreDo You Widget? Some Thoughts And Ramblings About The Hubpages Widgety Goodness
I was poking around a few of our Hubber’s blogs/websites that are decorated with our super-sweet HubPages widget and it got me wondering about how I would even go about grabbing my own widget and why I would want to show it somehere else other than HubPages. After thinking through this and figuring it all…
Read MoreWhen Will HubPages Break Into The Quantcast Top 100 US Websites?
Here at the HubPages HQ we’ve been getting pretty excited about the fact that we’re getting really close to breaking through the Quantcast Top 100 US websites (we’re listed at #105 as I write this). So excited, in fact, that we’re doing an office contest to see who can come closest to guessing the exact…
Read MoreWhy Making Things More Fun Always Helps
I was reading this post over on Mashable.com about how Volkswagen has created a couple of major viral video hits that have already received tons of views from people catching the buzz about the new Fun Theory idea and website that they’ve put together. The videos basically show how various behaviors and habits can be…
Read MoreThe HubMob’s 1 Year Anniversary And Some Of It’s More Interesting History And Stats
The fact that I have been here over a year now kind of amazes me every time that I think about it. Although a year doesn’t really sound like that long of a time to be somewhere, for me it’s sometimes hard to remember that I used to work somewhere other than HubPages. I guess…
Read MoreHelp Me (HubPages) Help You (Hubbers) By Taking Our Short (and sweet) Survey!
I know, I know — usually surveys are neither short nor sweet, but I promise that this one is just as advertised. Basically what I’m trying to do is crawl into the heads of Hubbers such as yourself, dig around a bit and see if there is any useful information that me and the rest…
Read MoreAn Awesome Note I Found In Our Kitchen This Morning
This morning when I cam into the office, I made a quick stop by the kitchen and when I did a couple of Post-It notes that were stuck on two boxes of tea that were on the counter just happened to grab my attention. As I leaned in closer to take a look at them…
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