As a writer, I’m sure that you want each of your sentences to be equally perfect. To choose one as a favorite would be like a mom preferring one child over another. A terrible thought, indeed! Yet, today, I am going to persuade you, for the sake of your prose alone, to attend to one…
Read MoreWhen Evil Comes
While the HubPages Fascinating Fiction podcast is still in its infancy, we have already two stories with the word “evil” in the title! There must be something particularly alluring about the dark side. With When Evil Comes, akirchner (who typically writes nonfiction Hubs) took a walk on the wild side and explored the world of…
Read MoreNew Email Notification Features
Next week, we will be rolling out some pretty nifty new notification features, making it easier (and more pleasant) for you to keep up on HubPages activity than ever. The new features will include: A digest of all notifications: summarizing all the HubPages goings on you have been following in one convenient place A new place…
Read MoreHaunted Nightclubs and Ghostly Discussion
Do you believe in ghosts? Whether you do or not, you will probably find the places kittythedreamer describes in her spooky Hub Haunted Nightclubs: Dancing with the Dead. Join Michelle Padro and Simone Smith in this week’s podcast (Haunted Nightclubs) as they discuss kittythedreamer’s Hub… and ghostly experiences of their own! Do you have a…
Read MorePreparing a Test to Further Address Panda
We are nearing the last phase of our plan to address Panda, the Google search algorithm change that has hit HubPages. I’ve shared a number of major changes we’ve made in prior blog posts, but, to reiterate, we have been working on a plan to lift the punitive aspect of Panda from HubPages, where search…
Read MoreResearching Competition
Do you want your online writing to have a shot at really doing well? If you do, you’ll have to write the best article on your subject that’s out there- something that blows the existing competition out of the water. In this episode of the Online Writing Insider (Researching Competition), Robin and I share how…
Read MoreThe Vampire by L.A.Cargil
This installment of the Fascinating Fiction podcast (an audio series of short stories written by authors on HubPages.com) features a particularly touching story by Austinstar: The Vampire Because I found the story to be so inspiring, I thought it would be fun to ask Austinstar some questions about the story – the Q&A follows: Simone: What…
Read MoreHow to Make People Uncomfortable
In this episode of Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts, I am joined by HubPages designer James Edmondson. As informal HubPages podcasting tradition has it, whoever joins me gets to pick the Hub we discuss, and James suggested we do one of my own, so for the first time ever, we’ll be discussing a staff-written article!…
Read MoreNew Signed-In Homepage Launched!
Hey everyone, If you look at the HubPages homepage while you’re signed in, you’ll notice quite a change: we’ve moved to a Feed-centric layout (you’ll also notice that the Feed is no longer visible in the header), and made some simplifications to the interface. Kudos to Fawntia who built this great new feature, and James…
Read MoreThe Importance of Quality Writing
In this episode of the Online Writing Insider (The Importance of Quality Writing), Pia Chatterjee and I discuss various strategies writers can employ to boost the quality of our online articles. Why is quality control important? The internet has been a boon for writers in the sense that fewer people have to work through middlemen (such as…
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