Earlier this month, aethelthryth wrote in to share a deliciously playful method of creating custom Hub graphics. This method requires very little: just some chalk, smooth sidewalk, and a camera! Aethelthryth came upon this solution when trying to find an alternate source of custom illustrations. Her explanation: Though I have access to an artist for Hubs of…
Read MoreGetting Collaborative with Custom Hub Graphics
We love it when Hubbers collaborate with their friends and family when creating Hubs and have been delighted to see how many Hubbers collaborate when creating custom graphics for their Hubs as well. MobyWho, for example, collaborated with her husband on her Hub Your imagination – it can kill you. Here is her backstory on the image’s…
Read MoreMore Image-Creation Tips from lobobrandon
After our image-centric series kicked off earlier this month, lobobrandon wrote in to share his personal approach to creating custom images, which he wanted to share with the community. Lobobrandon utilizes pixaby to find public domain images, which he can use and alter without having to worry about attributions or special conditions, and edits them…
Read MoreHow to Write Successful Online Reviews
Because we offer a special new capsule in the HubTool that augments reviews on HubPages with star ratings (which can feature either an author’s rating or readers’ ratings), you may be thinking about publishing some review Hubs. Before you proceed, keep in mind that it is not necessarily easy for online reviews to succeed. Reviews…
Read MoreVideo vs. Online Articles
For about one week now, all Hubbers have had the ability to publish Videos in addition to regular online articles. We have already seen a litany of great Videos published on HubPages addressing everything from travel to recipes, but many writing-centric Hubbers are still a bit dubious about the new format. What advantages does online…
Read MoreMeet a Greeter: Advice from Emichael
As welcomers of new Hubbers, our fabulous volunteer HubGreeters meet a lot of writers who are nervous about their new Hubbing endeavors. Thankfully, HubGreeters are happy to offer support to those with the online writing jitters. In a short series of blog posts, some of our HubGreeters will share their top tips for new Hubbers.…
Read MoreMaking Use of the “Changed” Column
Last week, Jason announced in the Forums that we added a new column to the Stats section of My Account that shows when a Hub has last been updated. This change follows a suggestion from Marisa Wright that we add the column, which will make it easier to tell when our Hubs might need a…
Read MoreNew Feature: The Tips Box
Happy Tuesday! We decided to celebrate this beautiful second day of the working week by rolling out a new feature. When you create and edit Hubs, you will now see the occasional tip to the right of your screen – right below the Add a Capsule box and right above the box where you reorder…
Read MoreSummaries for Hubs
You may have noticed recently that some Hubs on HubPages are showing up without summaries. As a part of our overall effort to improve the reader experience on HubPages, we are encouraging everyone to create their own, custom summaries. The summary you enter (under the summary tab of the control box at the right side…
Read MoreGoogle’s Thomas Tran: Optimization for HubPages and AdSense
Hello Hubbers, I’m Thomas, and I work for the AdSense team in Dublin, Ireland and today I’d like to talk to you guys about how to drive quality traffic to your Hubs so you can increase your AdSense ads click-through-rate (CTR), and earn more money. From your emails, there were a lot of questions related…
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