Universal Analytics Hey Hubbers! Universal Analytics (UA) is the latest version of the Google Analytics platform. Many Hubbers use Google Analytics to track and analyze traffic trends to their Hubs and personal websites, and if you’re one of them, listen up! You can read all about Universal Analytics here, but here’s the gist: UA introduces…
Read MoreHot Topics for April, May, and June
The Google AdSense Team has kindly shared some great info with us on monetizing trends this coming quarter (April through June), and I’m pleased to pass it along to you. Historically, advertisers have increased spending in specific topics during Quarter 2, and the AdSense Team expects that trend to continue this year. So, if you’re…
Read MoreAdvice from a Published Children’s Author: Sue Fliess
I’m very excited to introduce Hubber Sue Fliess, also known as AroundTownSue on HubPages. Sue is a very successful published children’s author having published over 120 articles, with 6 published children’s books and another 8 under contract to come out in the next two years! Her Tons of Trucks book has sold roughly 40,000 copies since its release…
Read MoreWinter Trends: The Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics
Our friends at Google AdSense have passed along a few tips on how best to take advantage of Super Bowl and Winter Olympics traffic in the coming weeks, and we’re excited to share them with you! When to Write: According to Google’s data, searches and social sharing for Super Bowl and Winter Olympics content started…
Read MoreHow to Effectively Use Pinterest by Hubber Glimmer Twin Fan
I’d love to introduce our Guest Blogger, Glimmer Twin Fan. She has kindly written this post to educate us on some of the Best Practices of using Pinterest . She has had over 100 THOUSAND Pins to her Hubs and is a great member of our Community! Thanks, Glimmer Twin Fan, for taking the time…
Read MoreA Few Answers to Your Editor’s Choice Questions
The HubPages Editors have been hard at work evaluating Editor’s Choice Hubs; as of this week we have over 14,000 EC Hubs! While we are happy with the progress, we still have a lot of Hubs to evaluate. Thank you for your patience as we do our best to get to everyone’s Hubs. We’ve been…
Read MoreHubPages Best Practices: Integrating Products in your Hubs
For those of you that have been on HubPages for awhile, you have seen an incredible shift in content quality and witnessed how the site has evolved. Writing for an online audience has drastically changed over the years. When I first started working at HubPages almost three years ago we toured around the country giving…
Read MoreFive Common Mistakes Made by Online Writers: A Guest Post by WryLilt
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 MoreTopics and the Importance of Proper Hub Categorization
With our ongoing Topic Expansion Initiative, new Topics are constantly being created to address specific niche subjects in overcrowded categories. With the creation of new Topics, it’s more important than ever that Hubs be correctly categorized. Here’s why: Topic pages are visible to search engines and show up in search results just like individual featured…
Read MoreHighlights from HubPages’ SXSW Talk on the Death of Blogging
Thanks to your support, I delivered a talk at SXSW about the death of blogging as a means of gaining and building traction online. Though I unfortunately have no footage or recording of the event, I would love to share the gist of the talk with you. What does it mean that blogging is dead?…
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