As Week 3 of HubPages Marks the Spot nears its end, we thought it might be fun to catch up with Esther Brown, the Community Manager at Outside.in, our contest sponsor. Below you’ll find her thoughts on local content- as well as the HubPages contest. Enjoy! HubPages: First, could you tell us a little about…
Read MoreCurbed SF’s Philip Ferrato Shares His Thoughts on HubPages Marks the Spot
One of our judges for the HubPages Marks the Spot contest is none other than Philip Ferrato, the Contributing Editor for Curbed SF. Philip is a great blogger and a fun person to chat with, and luckily for us, he had a spare moment to share some of his thoughts on the contest! Check out…
Read MoreHubCamp SF – October 6th!
Great news! The first HubCamp ever, to be held in San Francisco, will be taking place on Wednesday, October 6th, from 6:00 to 8:30pm. The meeting of hubbers will be held in the Golden Gate Ballroom of the Serrano Hotel, which is right off Union Square and walking distance from the San Francisco bus terminal, ferry…
Read MoreA Visit from thisisoli
This afternoon, HubPages HQ was visited by none other than thisisoli, an Austin-based hubber who is visiting San Francisco at the end of a lovely California vacation with his wife. thisisoli, a HubPages member of two years now, is the third hubber to visit us at 95 Minna Street. He had a look at the…
Read MoreHubPages’ New Facebook Recommendations Feature
As part of our continued effort to improve your experience on the site as both a reader and writer, we’ve just added a feature that allows you to see what your Facebook friends have been liking and sharing on HubPages. “So… what is it?” you ask, “And is it shiny? Or made of chocolate?” In…
Read MoreHubPages Marks the Spot – HubPages’ Contest Featuring the (Treasure)Map Capsule
This September, HubPages is setting sail on its most boisterous contest yet: HubPages Marks the Spot! HubPages Marks the Spot, sponsored by Outside.in, is all about mapping out local treasures using the HubPages Map Capsule – and sharing lots of loot with those HubBuccaneers who care to join us. This contest has not four but five kinds…
Read MoreIntroducing The First Ever HubCamp!
On the final week of September, HubPages is going to hold HubCamp: an in-person meeting of Hubbers in San Francisco where we’ll go over some of the finer points of becoming an effective online writer. Wer’e still in the planning stages, but because it’s all about the hubber community, we were hoping you’d let us…
Read MoreHubPages Behind the Scenes: Larry and the HubPages iPhone App
With this installment of HubPages Behind the Scenes, HubPages’ very own Larry Freeman shares his experience with creating and working on the HubPages iPhone app! If you listen carefully enough, you can hear Ren in the background 😉 If you don’t already have our fabulous iPhone app (which, BTW, is totally free), you can download…
Read MoreHubPages’ Billionth Hub View
At 11:41am on a warm New England morning, a sweet-toothed anonymous Internet adventurer ventured forth in search of one thing and one thing only: sponge cake recipes. What did this intrepid explorer discover? Nothing short of our very own Angela Harris’ Sponge Cake Recipe – a short but sweet recipe hub first published in 2008.…
Read MoreHubPages Behind the Scenes with Norah!
The fabulous Norah Casey shares a bit about herself and her favorite things about working at HubPages. At my request, she was also kind enough to point out some common mistakes newbies make, thus sparing me (and perhaps others too) some embarrassment~ 🙂 Thanks Norah!
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