Really really long hubs

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  1. Evan Hutchinson profile image69
    Evan Hutchinsonposted 13 years ago

    Why are there so many of them out there? I'm not a big fan of really long hubs - I lose concentration fast. They seem like a huge waste of time, but that's just me. I'm talking 4000 word hubs etc.

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  2. Dame Scribe profile image56
    Dame Scribeposted 13 years ago

    HubPages has a program for such articles. I think these articles fall under the 'Flagship' category. smile Info can be found in the FAQ's I think tongue smile

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  3. jenblacksheep profile image69
    jenblacksheepposted 13 years ago

    If I had something to say that was that long I would split it into three or four hubs, it makes more sense because you could earn more from four hubs than one long one, I'd say 1000 words in a hub is a decent length.

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    1. lorlie6 profile image73
      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I agree, jen-I've gone over the 1,000 word mark and found even myself getting bogged down. smile

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  4. camlo profile image85
    camloposted 13 years ago

    I have a Hub of nearly 4000 words, and it's my most viewed. Whether people actually read it all the way through is a different matter, of course smile

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  5. Kangaroo_Jase profile image75
    Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years ago

    I haven't written a Hub that long....yet.

    It may be that type of Hub presents a value quite high in readers eyes. They may bookmark it and come back to it often, reading 'sections' of it per view.

    Not sure, just hazarding a guess here. Will know when more Hubbers like Camlo above come along and comment that have hubs that long.

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    1. camlo profile image85
      camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Possible, but I think shorter Hubs are generally better to hold a casual reader's interest. As I say, I don't know if my viewers really care to read the Hub right through. It certainly has few comments for the amount of traffic it gets, if that's anything to go by.

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  6. worldgrandeur profile image59
    worldgrandeurposted 13 years ago

    You're right. Hubs should be concise and to the point.

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    1. camlo profile image85
      camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I think that's the best way - my long one was just fun to write.

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    2. profile image0
      Hovalisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      My longest hub brushes on 3,000 words. I didn't write it for people with short attention spans, I wrote it for fun and for those with an interest in the subject. My sales hubs, on the other hand, are written in a totally different manner.

      I'd put it this way: Hub length should be appropriate to the subject, and the intended reader.

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