…With his earnings from a viral Hub on Diet Coke at McDonald’s! I’m very excited to congratulate Hubber Jeffrey Boettner (howlermunkey) for creating the first viral Facebook hit of 2014! Starting on January 2nd, his Hub, Why does fountain Diet Coke taste better at McDonald’s?, has received over 800,000 views (and still climbing) from Facebook, as…
Read MoreYou Won’t Believe how Brownie83 Is Paying for the Birth of Her First Child
…She earned $5,000 from one Hub in just 7 days! Kelly’s Story: Just a few days ago, Hubber Kelly Brown (Brownie83) took Facebook by storm with her viral Hub, 10 Things Nurses Don’t Want You to Know, breaking the HubPages record for the most viral Facebook Hub ever! Starting on December 12th, her Hub began…
Read MoreHubPages Inspires a Novel: Interview with Hubber Alexander Van Dorph
HubPages was delighted to hear that our own Hubber, Alexander Van Dorph (Resolver2009 on HubPages), has published his first novel just days ago on December 5th. Since many other Hubbers also aspire to publishing, we wanted to share his story, as well as a bit of advice for authors-to-be. He’s kindly agreed to do an…
Read MoreIntroducing the New Mobile Hub
I’m super excited to announce an all new mobile Hub architecture and design for smartphones. We’ve all read and heard about the switch to mobile and our traffic numbers indicate it’s happening quickly. Over the last 30 days we’ve had over 14 million visits from smartphones. A year ago in the exact same time…
Read MoreEditor’s Choice Accolade/Nominations and Bing Webmaster Tools Verification
We have three quick announcements for everyone! First, starting today we will be awarding the Editor’s Choice accolade to all Hubbers who have five or more EC Hubs! Your accolade will be displayed on your Profile Page along with your other HubPages accolades. Congratulations to those who receive the accolade; it’s not an easy one…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2013 Hubbie Award Winners!
HubPages is excited to announce or annual Hubbie Award Winners! How do the Hubbies work? Last month we invited the community to vote for their favorite Hubs and Hubbers of the year. Each Hubber is eligible to win one Hubber-based award and one Hub-based award. Two weeks after opening the polls, we closed them and tallied…
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 MoreA Few Updates to HubPages
Hey, Hubbers! We are very excited about the future of HubPages. We continually strive to improve HubPages, and we appreciate all the feedback you’ve so helpfully given us. Going forward, we plan to stick with our traditional iterative approach. This means frequent small changes to the product with periods of data collection and analysis. We…
Read More2013 Hubbie Awards!
It’s that time of year again! In celebration of HubPages’ 7 Year Anniversary, we are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Hubbie Awards! We invite you to cast your votes for the best Hubs and Hubbers of the year. Those who win will be awarded with one of the most rare and coveted Accolades on…
Read MoreHow to Check Your Subdomain for a Google Penalty and an Update to Amazon and eBay Products
In the past week, Google launched a feature that allows webmasters to check if their domain or subdomain has been penalized because of spam; publishers now have the ability to check whether or not Google has placed a manual webspam action on their account. With this information, Hubbers can remove or fix their content and…
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