10 ways to become extremely popular at hubpages
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Ok now after RockinJoe wrote this great hub on how to become extremely unpopular at hub pages I felt why not have a hub about how to be popular on hubpages. And here is my take about the 10 ways in which we can become more useful and popular on hubpages.
First of all their have been many great hubbers here who have contributed greatly to this community called hub pages. Each one of these hubbers are masters in their own right. I have identified a few hubbers and mentioned one of their hubs(which I like the most but in many cases I had a huge dilemma since I liked many of their hubs). This list is by no means exhaustive and I am sure their are many many more whom I may not be able to include but due to time and effort constraint (space I am sure is not an issue)...LOL
Their is a reason why some hubbers are more popular and I have tried to zero down to as many reasons that I can (of course their would be many more reasons which I may not be aware of yet since it is continuous learning process). Here are the ways and means which may help us to become great hubbers like them:
1) Be passionate: These hubbers are extremely passionate about the subject that they write and it shows in the output.
Pgrundy (aka Pam) has written a great hub about the plight of the Auto Workers since she has been deeply connected with their lives for many decades.
Marisue is a great lady who has a great heart(taking care of more than 250 foster kids is no joke) and writes with a passion. She has written a personal hub about her experiences being a Cop's Wife which is a must read.
Christoph Reilly who loves dogs a lot has written this great history of Man's relationships with dogs. Please also check out his other hubs(like Scientific talk which is really funny).
GwendyMom has written about this great hub about what she feels about others hubbers and also has made this very participative where hubbers write about what they feel think about each other in One word.
2) Be funny: Write something with lots humor and make people laugh like these hubbers do with their writing. These hubbers with their wit and humor have the ability to crack us up any time.
Sschilke has written this hub in a Question and Answer format which is incredibly funny.
Shadesbreath has written a great hub for us ladies to influence our significant other to Shopping excursions.
Spryte has written this funny hub which has some great dos/don'ts which can be seriously used to call in sick(which even I was guilty of doing once in the last 2 years)..LOL
Sandra Rinck has written this funny hub which seriously we all have at some point or other faced some awkward moments in our life.
Rockinjoe has written one of the funniest hubs which paradoxically he has titled it as the most boring hub...hehe
3) Be creative: Create a plot then write a story or better still write a catchy title(could even be a double entendree) which draws people to come to your hub.
Shalini Kagal has written this wonderful creative story about an imaginary lolla land which is worth reading. She has great creative thinking abilities to come up with such a great plot and treat the subject so well in smooth narrative style.
Pam Roberson has written about the common occurence here, that is hub addiction and the possible cure for it. She has treated the subject very well with her writing and visual imagery which is worth checking out.
Milla Mahno has written this funny hub about Ice creams and how the choice of Ice creams determines the kind of men we like. A very innovative thought and a great intuitive analysis would be provided by Madam Milla at the end.
BT Evilpants is a resident jackalope who has blended so well in his avatar (of course now their is a christmas make over) that the treatment of any subject is guaranteed to be fun. Like I was saying about the double entendree like please grab my wife's "ass" will surely have curios visitors visit at least once.
PoorQpine is another great funny animal hubber(who really has a porcupine soul). It feels very strongly about living conditions of "pets".
MistyHorizon2003 (aka Cindy) is another great hubber (and also happens to be my hub "elder sister") who uses the "bait and switch" tactics to get those curious visitors to visit and then be hooked to her writing style. Well if you want to know what I mean then check this hub about her "tits".
4) Be friendly(and share life style tips& suggestions): Just like we discuss with friends about any new tips/suggestions on food, fashion and fitness(health) here also we can nicely share/exchange with our hub family.
Agvulpes is an Awesome Aussie who shares with us the wonderful Australian food specialties in this hub.
Maddie Ruud has lots of Recipes and hope you get a chance to check out her other hubs too.
G.Ma Johnson has written this wonderful recipe for Coconut Pie which you have to try (I tried it and it was wonderful).
Just Rodney loves to cook and it shows in the number of wonderful hubs he has written about cooking. This one about Onion Soup is also good for colds which one can try during the present winter season.
Vrajavala has written this hub about the wonderful Indian Snack called Samosa which I absolutely love (now for those who say way to a man's heart is through stomach then I would like to add that it holds equally good for woman's too)...hehe
SteveMark has written lots of good hubs about food and fitness(health). Now after all this good yummy stuff above we need to have a moderation. This one is a practical way to curb food craving for those of us who want to lose weight.
Uninvited Writer has written couple of hubs where we don't have to give up our favorite foods like snacks to lower the cholesterol. This hub and other similar hubs are a must read for everyone.
MightyMom has written this great hub about how to decorate ourselves for holidays around Christmas time. It is a great hub worth checking out along with many of her other hubs.
GreatLife has written this great hub about even Decorating our Pets after the previous great hub. It is really worth visiting.
Marian Swift has written this great hub about Hair Care which one must check out.
Sargi is the new girl who also has some picture galleries worth checking out. This hub is about Hair Styles of hollywood stars.
2patricias have written this wonderful hub to take care of our feet. Now who wouldn't like to have pretty feet to showoff.
Shirley Anderson has written a nice hub which gives us Beauty tips using Natural ingredients. It is very practical and informative.
Isabella Snow has written this hub about beauty tips and creams for Anti aging wrinkles around eyes. And also as she implies that prevention is better than cure (with which I absolutely agree).
VioletSun has written this hub about ways to feel, look and be Younger. Another great hub which I would highly recommend everyone to check out.
Jewels writes a lot about meditation and relaxation of the Mind. I have found all the hubs to be very deep and thoughtful.
Jyoti Kothari has written lots of hubs about Jewelry Ornaments (which happens to be my weakness too) and his hubs about Jewelry are worth checking out.
Anamika S has also written many hubs about gemstones. This one in particular is a unique perspective about using various Gemstones based on Numerology of the person.
Sixtyorso has written this great hub about why it is important for men to pay attention to Grooming as much as women do(to a certain extent I agree with him)...LOL
5) Be informative: Write more hubs like "how to" do something or provide some practical solutions to common issues (P.S: My Dad once said to me their are no problems in life only opportunities and challenges hence avoided that word "problems")..hehe
Paraglider is a great writer and also a poet. He has written this hub about how to get started Writing Limericks (a sort of 5 line poem).
Rochelle Frank is a renowned writer of the children's book called "So What, Saw Whet?" . She has written this wonderful hub about "How to write humor". Now folks being funny sure is a serious business.
Glassvisage is a prolific writer and has written this informative hub which explains palmistry for newbies. Well this reminds me of the incident that once when I was travelling in a train(in India) and the gentleman wanted to hold my hand giving this reason that he wanted to read my Palm...LOL
Robie2 like me is a military kid and has written hubs on various subjects. I like her hub about how to stick to our New Year Resolutions which is just around the corner.
Bruce Elkin is a real life author of the book Simplicity and Success: Creating the life you long for. He has written this wonderful hub about the 7 reasons why goal setting may not work and how to deal with it.
TerryG has written a hub which I wish I had read when I was new to Hubpages that is "How to join hubpages" of course it has got so many good things which even others who have been here for a while will find it interesting.
Elena has written this great hub about how to communicate even when we have a difference of opinion. I certainly could use a lot of the suggestions mentioned and become better at oral/written communication.
CindySchulson has written this practical hub which gives some simple suggestions to create a positive internet presence. It mentions about ways to have good online Public Relations to achieve our business goals.
Compu-Smart has written this great hub about the best hubs which allow us to drive more traffic to our hubs. It is a certainly hub to be bookmarked.
Nayberry has written this excellent piece for newbies into the world of book publishing. She is a writer who has published a book and we all (those of us who are not aware) can learn about how to get started in publishing.
Wandererh has written a hub about the various places where we could make money writing. I am sure this hub is worth checking out for every serious writer (and for not so serious writers like me too)...LOL
Mr Williams has writter a hub about the 20 ways to make money online without any investments. It is a hub worth checking out.
ResearchAnalyst is a prolific hubber who writes many hubs about various work from home opportunities. It is another hub worth checking out.
GamerGirl has written this hub about the safe driving practices. I wish everybody who drives in winter in snowy conditions stays safe. Hope you also find these suggestions as useful as I have found.
Indy Cindy has written this hub about the easy ways to save money during winter. It sure has some practical tips to save some money and worth checking out.
Marlene F. has written this hub about the various options to involve the child in sports or activities. This is a welcome addition where parents face tough choices for those kids who want to only watch TV or play video games.
Whitney05 has written this great hub which teaches us how to litter train our dogs to answer their "nature calls". Another very useful hub for all dog lovers like me.
Rmr has written this great hub which teaches us how to speak the cat language. It is a must read for all cat lovers.
Ajcor (aka Anne) has written this hub about the issues to keep in mind while moving a house. Their are couple of good tips and suggestons.
Eric Graudins has written this hub about Email Etiquette. It's one of those hubs in which I have found I myself have done certain things which aren't part of the etiquette.
Hubber-2009 has written a good hub dealing with financial advice. This hub deals with why and how to go about applying for a Credit Card.
JKSophie has written the challenges for mom's and it is a good article on parenting.
Rgraf has written a very good hub explaining about the effective Teaching Methods. It is really a great hub and the poll at the end was very thoughtful too.
Akeejaho has written this nice article about organically how to grow fruit trees. It is one of my dreams to have a house with a nice backyard full of various fruits and vegetables (definitely one of my favorite hubs).
Cgull8m has written this nice article about how to avoid the fruit flies which are so common. It has some practical tips useful for all of us.
Patty Inglish has written this great hub for all those who have ever wondered "How to crack the Interview". She has dealt the subject in great depth in this hub and many other similar hubs. She is one of my favorite writers here who has a wealth of information and a great presentation style.
6) Be entertaining: This is no brainer. Everybody likes entertainment be it with jokes, music, dances or thrills (like magic).
Ashwin has written this great hub about magic although he disagrees with me that Cris Angel is also a great magician but I still love his hub on Magic which is really entertaining(try finding the trick without going through the comments it took me at least 6 tries to finally find the trick)...LOL
KerryG has written this wonderful hub about great Dancing Stars in Hollywood which I have bookmarked to see those videos again and again.
Lady Guinevere has written this wonderful hub about the Disco Age of the 70's. The videos are really good and entertaining.
T.Keeley has written this wonderful hub about traditional Irish drums called Bodhran. It has good videos too worth checking out.
Quicksand has written this hub about cartoons which I personally still enjoy a lot. These are some of the Cartoon Characters of the past whom I still love even today (getting nostalgic remembering those childhood cartoon watching days)..hehe
Dottie1 has written this great hub about Brain Teasers. Seriously guys this is fun!!
Weblog has written many entertaining movie reviews which are worth checking out. The latest movie review about Bollywood movie Ghajini is touted to be a block buster.
ConstantWalker has written about this Merry Cemetry in Romania which is worth checking out. I never knew Cemetry could be so "lively".
7) Be an active participant: Now anybody who has been around hub pages for a while knows that here their are some people who know so much more than what we do about this place. We can always ask, share or exchange information frequently and over a period of time even we will gain the proficiency to be a great hubber.
ShinuJohn has more than a 1000 hubs in one year. Of course most of which are picture galleries(like this one about Mridula). Now I would like to just say this that some of us do like to see the photos (even paparazzis exist to provide us with these pictures) and hence where their is demand their is supply. On a serious note those who come to view the picture galleries from search engines like google, yahoo or microsoft also may check out other hubs hence these picture galleries do have a positive contribution to hub pages.
Shalini also is a prolific hubber and has almost 300 hubs in one year (making it almost a hub a day). She has written this hub which will be useful for those who are keen to make money out of Google Adsense.
Mark Knowles is a great writer and a very active member in the forums(more than 5000 forum postings). He is very supportive of all hubbers and shares his knowledge through hubs/forums(and has particular liking to discussing religious themes). He has a written a great piece about how Hubpages can be used as a CV(a must read for every new hubber).
Misha is another very active hubber who participates a lot in forums(more than 4000 forum postings). He is also very supportive (might I add more than amenable to the feminine gender). He also is one of the most liked members on hub pages having more than 1000 fans. He has written a hub about back links which may be useful for those who want to make more money through Backlinks.
8) Be a traveler: Yes I mean it. We all need to recharge ourselves whenever we can so that we get to learn and share our experiences. I have enjoyed traveling a lot both in India and USA. Hence I can safely say that it is one of the best forms of education where we learn to be open, tolerant and understanding of others beliefs/cultures. I recently went to California and really enjoyed it and hence sharing those moments here(Just doing a little of bit self promotion)...LOL
Laila has written this wonderful piece since after the brief introduction I hope you also must be planning on taking a vacation. Some nice tips and suggestions for Online Travel Planning.
Livelonger gives some wonderful advice for those who want to Travel to Thailand. Such hubs are good recollection of dos and dont's which aren't generally listed in travel guides but only learned through experience.
Cris A. has written this beautiful piece which illustrates that we learn so much more about a culture, beliefs and food habits of people when we visit such great places like Philippines.
Sufidreamer has written an excellent piece and an insider information for Traveling to Greece. It certainly is worth checking out for everyone.
Lela Davidson has written a great hub travel within Midwest in USA. There are lots of lovely places in and around midwest where I went to school.
Jyle Dupuis has written a wonderful hub with great pictures about the top 10 places to visit in Canada.
TonyMac04 has written a wonderful piece about the history of South Africa. This hub has lots of historical images and current photos of cape town.
Jreuter has written some wonderful travel hubs and this article about the travel to middle east would do even a National Geographic magazine proud with his pictures and attention to detail.
Prince Maak has a wonderful hub with great photos about the historical monuments to visit in India.
9) Be "Crafty": Another great way we can contribute is by writing good hubs about Arts & Crafts.
SweetiePie has written many hubs about various topics and Crafts are her specialty. Please check out her hub on "How to make a Candy Cane Bookmark". She is another prolific hubber whom I admire a lot.
Trsmd has written this hub about ArtGlass which is very innovative and pleasing to the eye. Please do check it out.
Lita Sorensen has taken some wonderful Black & White pictures which are a beautiful piece of artistic photography. Hope you do check her pictures and her other hubs which are equally good.
Amanda Severn has also kept a wonderful gallery of Christmas images for Art lovers which is worth checking out. I especially liked the Carl Larsson collection among her gallery.
10) Be inspiring: After reading so many people and their great hubs we all get inspired and hope we also write great hubs which will inspire others to take to hubbing.
AEvans is one of the senior members of this hub pages family. She has thanked many hubbers who inspired and supported her in initial days. It is a great lesson for us to carry on this great tradition and have an Attitude of Gratitude like she has.
Amy Jane has written such a inspiring hub about Apologizing. I agree so many times I have not apologized or haven't been sincere enough in my apology.
Ananta has written this great hub about how one would like to be Remembered after leaving this earth. This is a very inspiring hub to get our priorities right and the following comments are also a must read.
Madison Parker has written this great hub about how life moves on despite facing great personal tragedy after the loss of her dearest daughter. A truly inspiring hub about the great internal strength possessed by this woman who also prays for so many others who are undergoing similar testing times.
ParadigmShift has written this great article about how Important Life is and how we should learn to live it accordingly. Another truly inspiring hub.
Dorsi has given out her Secret to being the Top Hubber to many of us who aspire to write as well as she does. It truly inspires me to take my writing to another level (or as is often heard on "Emeril Live" Kick it up a notch).
Ripplemaker is another inspiring writer who has so much to offer. She shares her love and passion for life with her beautiful hubs like this one which is the largest collection of Quotes on Hubpages.
Ardie has written this beautiful piece which is so moving and nothing can be more fulfilling then Loving Kids. This hub certainly inspires me to be a good loving parent whenever that opportunity comes my way.
Thanks a lot for reading this far and hope you do benefit with this information. It has been a labor of love and hope you all like it.
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As usual you are the first to comment. Well your page is their about financial advice...LOL
Thanks for including me; its nice to see the hubs of my favorite writers, and meet new ones. Will read the hubber who has tips when traveling to Thailand, as my nephew is married to a Thai girl and is leaving in Jan to live there.
Thumbs up! :)
Aren't you sweet! You should have used yourself as an example! You are sooooo popular, and you deserve it too! A very Merry Christmas to you, CW! Wishing you only the best!
Violet- I hope you like that hub about Thailand. I heard thailand is a good exotic place to visit on a budget. And once he lives in thailand maybe you can pay him a visit too. I am sure many people would benefit from that "younger" hub. Thanks for the thumbs up.
Christoph- I really liked your natural love for dogs and felt that would be the ideal hub. Was their another hub that you preferred that I should have included?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009 to you too. May you, your family and friends be blessed with Health, Wealth and Happiness too.
CW: They are going to start a family, so one day I would have to visit them. I can't wait to be an aunt all over again. :)
By the way, I am your fan, and I didn't get an announcement for this hub. The hubpages mail delivery is not always reliable.
Violet- That's great to hear. I am sure you will get to visit them very soon. Good luck on the aunt part (are the couple aware about your eagerness?). Btw if you were to pick one of your best hubs which one would you have preferred to be included?
Oh you beat me to it! I was planning to do something like this upon checking Joe's hub on becoming unpopular! But but BUT upon seeing your hub, and the magnitude of effort that you obviously put to collating everything, it's a good thing I procrastinated! LOL and thanks for putting my name up there, too!
May the spirit of the season engulf you in a warm embrace! :D
No, Dear. I love that hub. Thankyou for including it!
Cris- Well you can still do it. I am sure each person will treat it differently. I just hope you like the hub that I mentioned or would you have preferred some other hub?
I also wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Salamat Cris. Paalam.
Christoph- Thanks Christoph since that is a serious hub. I have also linked your other funny hub "writing like a scientist".
No i was just pulling your leg! it never crossed my mind until this great hub of yours came along... besides i'm not as familiar with the great hubbers (not yet anyway) as you are. The hub you chose is fine, you couldn't have chosen a more apt hub as it gives people a taste of where I come from. Don't say paalam, say see you soon, instead, okay? :D Namaste!
Cris- I liked it a lot hence I picked that. I guess just go to the home page and see all the top hubs (over a period of time one will come to know). Even I have been here for only 4 months hence not familiar with everyone at least not yet. Ok I won't say paalam. Salamat Cris. Tuloy po kayo.
of course, you have Filipino friends! I can tell! see, we're all over! LOL
Is their a place in US where Chinese, Indians, Filipinos and Mexicans aren't their? Btw Paumanhin for the prank. I guess I just wanted to disagree with Misha's 90% assertion and the joke carried on for couple of hours and I was beginning to enjoy it and didn't put an end to it in time.
Hi Countrywomen,
Glad to see you haven't left yet :-)
Wonderful twist on RockinJoe''s hub, and thanks for including me in your list.
Have to go now. Although I am Australian, we celebrate the traditional European "Christmas Eve", and open family presents, and have a good meal. We're cooking Salmon and prawns on the barbie, washed down with some good Aussie wine.
Tomorrow is Christmas day, with a big program of visiting friends, family, and generally spreading goodwill and good times.
All the best to all my HubPages friends, and I hope that the next week is great for you, whether or not you celebrate this time of year.
Regards,
Eric G.
Wow, it's a great article and brings many great hubs in single page. Thanks for the positive energy :)
My friend, are you aware of referral trackers in HP? Using trackers will be a good idea while you are referring to others hubs, I say this because you can get some share from their ad impressions and clicks.
Eric- Yes even in India they celebrate Christmas at the same time as in US. Glad to know that you are having such a great time with family and friends. I wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009.
Weblog-How do I use that? But if I do that will their revenue be shared then I don't want to partake of some body's else's revenue. Appreciation and usefulness of this hub is a reward in itself for me.
Geez, I can't think of one place! Probably the President's bedroom in the White House! LOL as for the prank, you have already explained yourself and i understand in the same manner that I'm sure you understand why I felt that way. Anyways, it's all water under the bridge and we can now move on to putting our entries to rockinjoe's contest! :D
Hey CW, Ghajini release is in problem. I just posted it here, thought you can check it out:
It's not wrong dear, many of us use referrals and at least you can see how much you traffic you are driving to others hubs:
http://hubpages.com/faq/#affiliate
Important point is that you are not sharing any hubber's revenue, you get the share from HP's 40%. You can read the page and decide. :)
Once you started using them, you can monitor here:
thanks CW for recommending my ART GLASS...
Weblog- I read about that court case yesterday. Well the matter is sub judice I won't comment any further. Yes I will check out those links and see if it helps in anyway. If it doesn't affect other hubbers earnings then I will give it a shot. Thanks for that information.
Cris- Salamat for your understanding. I did make couple of entries but I guess I am not "boring" enough to make the grade which isn't a good thing in this case...LOL
This is great. How long did it take you to do all this????? Very impressive and I totally agree with your choices :)
Rgraf- I didn't keep a track of the hours. I started doing it yesterday and finished it today. Thanks for appreciating my effort.
Btw I do hope to include some of your best hubs which you can point to me whether this hub you find is your favorite http://hubpages.com/hub/EffectiveTeachers or the the one about good boss?
Tsmd- Thanks for stopping by and yes I really liked the craft images hence I included it.
Between those two I would say the Effective Teachers one was my favorite.
Rgraf- Thanks for that confirmation. I will soon get it up and running.
You have done a good job here by being friendly by linking to the hubs of fellow hubbers. CW, I like your Points. I am also happy to see that you have linked to one of my Hubs. I also noticed that you did not use trackers. You can get impression credits if you do so.
Anamika- I am going through the links sent by weblog about that. Let me see if I will do that now or do it tomorow. I am kind of tired now and about to hit the bed in another few minutes. I am glad I could include your informative hubs.
Oh you're tired n sleepy....Good night my friend CW :)
Weblog- I am trying to use that URL tracker. I usually pretty curios not to give up easily until I find the solution. I will do a couple of those today before going to bed. Can you click on that disco age URL under Entertaining. I just put it their and want to test if that is working or not. Thanks.
Yes, the link works fine as I've checked now. You can try with other ones anytime :)
Thanks weblog. Do I have to create unique HubPages Referral Tracker in the drop down list for each one separately? I just created another one ajcor(moving house) and it wasn't accepting so I had to link it to the existing one for disco age. Let me know if that is how it is supposed to work.
You can use different trackers for various purposes, for example say you are submitting your links to DIGG, you can create new tracker that's just for your identification. Thus you can know how much traffic comes from DIGG alone, so it may look like this say your new tracker is named 'diggcw'
http://hubpages.com/_diggcw/hub/10-ways-to-become-
For this hub, I think you can use same tracker for all links. You can create only 20 trackers on the whole, so it's better to reserve them as you may need different ones anytime in future.
Weblog- I am only going to use it for hub pages hence I guess one tracker is good enough for me. I am not into too much blogging. But anyway thanks for that information and efforts to create that link. Ok I guess I have the hang of it and from now onwards I will do accordingly. You know something today morning when I got up first time I saw my hub score jump to 94 which is a new high for me. i guess my writing effort is getting appreciated. Btw when are you writing your next story hub?
Yes, I clearly can see your scores having good raises these days :)
I get story ideas, the spark comes in mind very easily and I have chosen some of them to be compiled as short story hubs. My main problem as I always say is english, to be more clear - I can't THINK in english, hope you understand that I mean the fluency level.
As of now I can think of it in tamil and then translate to english and most importantly I concentrate in presenting my hubs in simple, understandable english. I'm not giving up, it just takes it's own time. Certainly your hubs inspire me as good as I feel comfortable with SweetiePie's every hub, you both have good style of writing - at least it's understandable for me.
Thanks for the support, I hope my next story hub will be posted soon. Or that could be a hub about any of my artworks, let's see :)
It was kind of you to have included me in this list of incredibly talented hubbers. Now I have to try to live up to it. Thank you for that compliment! But You should certainly be on that list too!
Huge cyber hugs to {{{CW}}}! :) Thank you so much, I'm totally humbled.
I also appreciate you taking the time to highlight all of these hubbers, and I'm so anxious to start reading many of the hubs that you've mentioned! This was a great deal of work to pull together and you've done a fine job.
Thank you again. :)
Great, unique hub! A really great list of useful hubs and hubbers!
Thanks CW,
for adding my Credit Card hub after search and Re-Search and after my request...
A hub worth reading many times and for many reasons. I was perusing the names of great hubbers and checking into their hubs filled with great reading material, when I saw me! Thank you for including me in this fantastic list :) You are too sweet
very very informative hub..
Wish you all Happy Holidays
This is, indeed, an informative Hub - much like a directory with testimonials. Thanks for including me and my writings. The Hub Pages Community will certainly continue to grow in 2009 and this Hub of your will help spark new growth, countrywomen. Happy Holidays!
Hi Countrywomen, this is indeed a labor of love...informative, inspiring and goes to show how much you have read so many hubs and know so many hubbers here! :-) Thank you so much for adding all of us in the list, including me. That is so sweet of you! Keep up the great work. Take care...
A great repository of great hubs i must say, I have joined just recently and promise to be around till my name is listed in the A-list. lol I have to say some of the listed hubbers really have great work done here. I wish i was lucky to get some hub love. Cheers and Merry christmas and Happy New year to all of you all
Weblog- My father always says that "work so hard that success is inevitable". We just have to keep trying. Abraham Lincoln has said " 'A winner never quits and a quitter never wins." Just keep writing a little whenever you have time and very soon you will be where you want to be. Put all those ideas into typing or writing on a paper. And then start working on it. And once you have draft then experts like SweetiePie are always their to smooth out the rough edges.
BT Evipants- It is a honor to represent such a proud member of the Jackalope family. Well coming to myself being included yes i have done that (albeit in a surreptitious manner)..hehe
PamR- (((Cyber Hugs))) to you too. You are welcome my friend. I am so thankful to you too for highlighting this common addiction and the possible cure for it. Hope you do check out so many great hubbers in this wonderful hub pages family.
Mdvaldosta- Well I have done the best I can but I still will try to include a few more as we go along. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Hubber-2009 - It is a pleasure to be able to share your efforts with other wonderful hubbers here. Thanks for stopping by again.
Ardie- You too are a sweet loving person. I hope you do check out all these great hubs by so many wonderful hubbers. Thanks for clarifying on my request about the missing child in your hub.
Lgali- Happy Holidays to you too. You always visit and comment on my hubs. Thanks a lot my friend.
Patty- I am honored that you have paid this hub a visit. I am big fan of your writing style. I just don't have words to say how great I feel when I see your hubs on so many different topics with so much information and your great presentation style. You are truly an inspiring person for aspiring writers like me. Merry Christmas and Happy New 2009. May you, your friends and family be blessed with health, wealth and happiness.
Ripplemaker- Thanks for appreciating my labor of love. I am still reading a little everyday and miles to go. Their are so many great hubs that one can never get tired of reading. You really deserve to be here and provide so much joy/enthusiasm to this web family. Salamat for those encouraging words. Paalam.
Greatlife- I wasn't fortunate enough to read your hubs earlier. Now that you have mentioned will pay a visit and choose one that would be most useful for fellow hubbers. Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Hi, CW-Thanks for including me and me photographs!I think this last little ruffle over your avatar has really motivated and inspired you in actually a good way. You'd be surprised how many people never do that... I believe this IS what seperates a winner from others not-so-much. :)
Yeah, I'm working on it. Even in my recent photo galleries, you can see my own writings though I'm quite aware that many people who come for images don't look into the text part almost always. (I'm 90% sure about it as we can see/track the visit duration on pages)
I've written around 500 words in recent Ghajini hub and over 300 words in another hub that is about a forthcoming action movie of Sneha. So, I'm practising my writing, trying to be different in movie/photo hubs too.
Thanks for your support :)
ha ha! Great idea. I'm glad someone finally showed me a thing or two. (I just saw your link in my other hub) I thought I was in your fan club, but apparently not. I'll fix that right now. Thanks for the link-and once again, great hub:)
Lita- I am glad you liked the photos hub that I listed. Well my father used to say "If you don't take control of the situation then the situation takes control of you". I guess I just feel we should look at positives from every situation we face in life. Life is too short to be fretting and regretting over things which I have no control over once they are done with. I feel if I worry about that too much then even on things which I have control I will lose control over it. Anyway things happen for a reason and hopefully I have matured a little bit.
Weblog- Nice that you are analyzing things to such a minute detail. I usually don't do that for most part when I am having so much fun here at hub pages. But glad to know that you are making steady progress. You are my friend and thanks is not needed between friends. My support will always be their for your sincere efforts.
Joe- Now you got to be kidding. How can I show you anything that you already don't know. You and Lita have such a range of work experiences which will probably take a person like me many life times to experience. I guess a little self promotion sometimes doesn't hurt..LOL
Well, CW... I've been working since I've been 12 for starters, lol! And actually, all (well, most) my experiences have been within fields that have to do with writing or art, to be honest. Others were survival jobs, and etc., while I was in college, or summers. You'll find we are a rarified but also common lot--American artsty bohemian types.
Your father sounds like a very intelligent man.
Lita- I was in Girls (Scouts & Guides) association from ages 10-12. I volunteered once for selling(Indian Snack Items) for a fund raiser for them. Then during my undergrad(also volunteered for a charity fund raiser once) then did a 2 month internship in my field and then during masters(not including my student job at summer camp & assistantship work) 3 months internship followed by present job. That's all I have done so far and hence I admire people like you with such a range of experiences. I love Bohemian types. My next hub I am planning to dedicate it to my father. Thanks for mentioning that.
Oh did you mean the statistics are my minute observation? Actually, you can easily get them by clicking in STATS button on your hubs. About the visitors duration part...You can see traffic, visitor related statistics and all if you are using google analytics.
I mentioned about the word counts because the fact is that most of the photo hubs you find here at hubpages will have simply 50 to 100 words which the hubbers feel is enough for search engine traffic. My style of photo hubs are bit different, these days I write more words, I spend time in internal linking and also some smart use of RSS capsules works good in my experience.
Weblog- I am aware of that traffic sources(which is pretty straight forward) but I was replying to this "see/track the visit duration on pages". I have no idea how to calculate how much time they spend on any of my hubs.
Also I never knew about this word length and maybe I have to read up more on that (I kept one a long time back in the initial phases Surya Jyothika baby pictures). I also need to research about RSS capsules. I am learning everyday something new. You really are aware about so many finer details. I am still new and glad that I am learning so much here everyday.
I should know that you will be aware of traffic sources, I just happened to say that before I could mention about google analytics. It's nice to explore the details like - what are the keywords that bring our hubs traffic, visitor duration, geographic location of the visitor etc. with such a wonderful google service. One more google product I like very much is google insights (came after google trends). There we can find popular keywords, and statistics related to popular keywords.
I didn't know that you had posted a photo gallery, I just visited now and posted a comment. It looks fine, seems you haven't used text capsule but the photo captions are counted as text and they can help image search traffic too.
Weblog- Initially when I joined I used to see picuture gallery and used to enjoy some of them. Then posted these two as a sample. The surya jyothika baby pictures occasionally from unregistered users I get comments and the other one I hardly get any visitors for Gopika marriage pictures.
I will get up to speed with all that you have mentioned. I am so glad that you are explaining so many things which I wasn't aware of. I guess I will use the free time in writing hubs or researching these things rather than participating in forums for now.
It's a good decision about forums, seriously in my opinion. However, I won't say you should completely avoid them. I personally like hubbers hangout forum more than any other, I read more and post less in threads. I think that will be good for you if you decide to participate after awhile there :)
Actually, picture galleries brought me into hubpages. I was inspired by Shailini's photo hubs when I was new at HP, later I realised this site has lot of good articles and photo hubs get traffic from outside sources.
I also posted Gopika's wedding pictures on the next day of her wedding I remember, yeah such hubs are seasonal. I got bunch of traffic to that one which later got faded, but comments were too supportive.
Weblog- I will see how things go as far as forum participation is concerned. I have to first finish my home work reading up on all the stuff you mentioned(I like being a student)...hehe. Shalini has very good articles and also is a prolific hubber. I almost forgot about that gopika hub(since I hardly got any comments for it) then I remembered that I published two hubs during my first few weeks. I guess we all eventually move on to the next level. I also like picture gallery like marriage/baby pictures not into other kind of pictures though. I guess the other hub brings people from search engine and hope those who do come to hub pages check out other hubs too (hence I do support picture gallery which are decent).
The main reason photo galleries are here is because of the traffic a hub can get much better than that of photo blog posts, and you are right about this part:
"....hope those who do come to hub pages check out other hubs too"
All the best for your successful homeworks :D
Oh thanks for the mention of me :). You are also one of the great hubbers here.
Unique hub, I think you spend most of your free time in reading hubs, very hard-work. LOL
I mostly read Patty Inglish`s hubs, Patty is my favourite hubber. I think this page is garland of Hubbers. (list of great hubbers in fact)
Weblog- It is commonsense since I have a photo gallery I get from search engines and some of those who come may visit other hubs too. When you mean "photo blog" then is it also a good/detail write up about the photos? Yes I will do that soon. I am still waiting for the flight status of my trip(due to snowy airport conditions). From today I have taken vacation and will be able to devote time to hub pages.
SweetiePie- It is your greatness that you consider me "great". Although I do aspire to be a "great hubber" whenever that happens with all the support and encouragement from senior hubbers like you. Btw How do you manage to write a hub almost every alternate day? It does take a lot of work to write hubs. And also would you have preferred some other hub or is that hub one of your favorites too?
PrinceMaak- I am a programmer in my regular day job and for me reading/writing is a big relief after staring at the lines of code..LOL I really enjoy hub pages and can never get tired of spending time here.
Patty is one the finest hubbers and I absolutely adore her. Thanks for those nicest words about this being a "garland". I am very happy that you feel that way. I will have to read some of your hubs too which I have been unfortunate enough not to set my eyes on yet. Glad that you could stop by and comment.
I think I need to clarify there - I was talking about photo blogs that may be of a blogger or wordpress or something else. I should say a single photo gallery(hub) here attracts much of traffic that many blog posts of a photo blog can't bring together. It is because HP is already good at SEO, and photo hubs naturally don't need much of promotion...just an attractive title, some keywords in text, tags and captions can do that magic.
Weblog- Glad you cleared that confusion. Yes I will learn more to become better at all this like you. First I will have to get the referral tags going for all links and then will do the rest of the studying.
Thanks for the mention CW - We are very honoured to be mentioned amongst some of the Hubpage Titans.
You are welcome in Greece anytime! - Happy Winter Holidays :)
Sufi- As your hub title suggests I maybe taking up that offer at the appropriate time..LOL
Happy Hoiidays and Happy New Year 2009.
Hubpages is one of my favorite places to be online, hence I write hubs quite often. I do want to try more helium and ehow articles, but overall I do pretty good with hubpages. My own website and blog are started to take off, but I have neglected them for a bit, so they need some extra attention from me today. I am excited because I have two straight days off toe work on these things. I think you also do very well countrywomen with hubbing considering the time constraints of your job.
SweetiePie- WOW!! I find it difficult to keep track of just hub pages and you do so many other things too. I will have to learn your tricks. How do you get the time or how you manage to use your time most effectively beats me (that too besides your regular job). I guess you are an extremely hard working person (unlike me hardly working person)..LOL
This is a must read for any new Hubber. Well done, your name should be in most of the points also. Cheers.
WOW Miss CW, you did put in the effort. This would benefit all newbies. Thanks for including me poorQpine. Nice gesture.
Great hub, and so much advice that I have to bookmark it for future reference. I am new here and I think this is just the information I need. Thank you!
LOL CW-girl, great job! Really, and double that because you included me, too :)
I bet you spent quite some time researching and putting it all, together, and this is time well spent as your comments show :)
Thank you! Oh, and merry whatever-you-celebrate-if-any, otherwise just have fun ;)
Cgull8m- Thanks for that "must read" compliment. I certainly aspire to have my name for at least a few of the points but I have a lot of work to do to reach their. Rest assured I will try my best to reach their. Cheers to you too and be cheerful always.
PoorQpine- Well I just hope I don't brush you ever in a wrong way and get your quills. I hope it does help at least some people. Thanks for visiting from your shady grove and I promise next time you come I will have some cocoa nuts ready for you...LOL
Marlene- Thanks for the bookmark compliment. I will still be adding further and maybe even include your hubs soon. Thanks for stopping by.
Misha- Come on with me you don't have to be politically correct anyway I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I really enjoyed doing this and hence it didn't feel like much of an effort. Thanks for stopping by and will now give you a shout on verizon network..LOL
LOL Merry FSMAS then - and meet you at Verizon ;)
How thoughtful of you to write this! :)
Hey CW -- thanks for a great hub to bookmark for future reference! :-) Even if you say you enjoyed putting this together and it wasn't too much of an effort, THANKS for the effort anyway!
I am curious, do you really have Verizon cell phone service, or was this just a reference to it :). I have verizon and like it for the most part.
Misha- Fsmas to you too. I wish all pastafarians happy holidays.
Suzanne- Thanks for stopping by and glad you found this hub thoughtful.
Elena- You are welcome. Thanks for the compliment about "bookmark". I intend to keep adding new information as we go along and hopefully you will have updated information whenever you come back again.
SweetiePie- I was talking to Misha about his new hub about Verizon bill dispute letter that he has written. I have Sprint PCS and it is also pretty good so far. Thanks for stopping by again.
Wow, dear, CW, I did not know up till now that Marisue has been taking care about 250 foster kids...This is amazing!
Thanks for writing this Hub...on Hubpages, there are so many good and inspiring people, and excellent writers, that is the reason I feel honored to belong to this community.
I have to check this list of yours...
Merry Xmas to all...
Lots of Love & Light , blessings. So glad you stayed with us.
Country women thanks for your sweet hub about hubbers. I enjoyed it especially what you said about me.
you shouldve included my 20 ways to make money hub lol
Excellent, Countrywoman. It'll take me days to read it all the way through, jumping to read the other hubs, but it's worth it. Thank you!
CW, you did a great job and I voted that this hub will be very useful to new hubbers, I have noticed that more quality writers have joined hubpages lately which is a good sign, and I am glad to see you are using the community participation part of hubpages to the full. Thanks for sharing.
Tatjana- Yes Marisue is inspiring and passionate too (her other hub about "that one" is equally passionate). Yes after receiving so much love and affection I simply couldn't be indifferent. I wish you also Merry Christmas. Thanks for spreading your light as always.
Shinujohn- Yes even I do enjoy some of the picture gallery of yours and also wanted to remove that perception some people have about these picture gallery not adding value to hubpages. Thanks for stopping by.
Mr.Williams- I will check out that hub and then do so accordingly. Thanks for stopping by.
Bruce- Take your time and as I intend to keep this page growing I will add more information.
ResearchAnalyst- Thanks for that vote of support. We all can be better when we participate, discuss and suggest ways to improve each other. We need to mutually encourage each other even in forums and disagree agreeably as far as possible. Thanks for stopping by.
Verizon regular service gives people an extremely hard time when you want to leave their DSL or phone service. So far I have been okay with their cell phone service, but I have heard people had problems when canceling their cell phones with them. The reason I canceled the DSL was because no one wanted to help with my connections, so I switched over to Time Warner.
*sigh* guess I'm non of the above, eh?
You're not the only one T.keeley.
SweetiePie- I have comcast cable and internet (so far they have been good). I have sprint for my cell phone. Btw did you delete the comments in the other curvy hub? I did want to reply to that saying that it is very sad that he doesn't distinguish a friendly suggestion to criticism. But anyway I can't be all things to all people. Their would be some people whom I might have rubbed the wrong way.
T.keeley- I am so sorry that I couldn't include your writings. I do find some of your hubs funny and let me see if I could incorporate any into this list.
SirDent- Merry Christmas to you and your family. I once again sorry for not being able to include all the hubs of so many wonderful hubbers. I will go through more hubs and try to include as many great writers as possible. Please pardon my oversight.
Countrywomen,
I sent you an email letting you know I deleted the comments. Mine, yours, and his. I tried to keep them up, but he is looking for a fight so I deleted. I hated to delete your beautiful comment, but he is just wanting to argue, so I did not want to give him any more attention. Sorry if I seem mean for not giving him a say, but he just was goading me.
No problemo, CW. I've ben out of writing for a month or so, part of the price to pay by working retail and playing in a band. I am the only person on HP that wrote a hub on the bodhran, possibly the only hubber who writes reviews of music like Oysterband and Great Big Sea, and I do have a few hubs that are relatively funny, so I have dutifully contributed my fair chare ;)
SweetiePie- I just checked that email. That's ok with me. I guess sometimes it doesn't make good use of our energies if we have to engage in never ending conversations with nothing gained in the process.
t.keeley- I do remember that hub about Bodhran and I think I even commented about it. I will include that. Once again I apologize for my oversight.
A great hub for old and new hubbers alike!
Good job countrywoman!:)
Compu-smart - Thanks for the compliment. Btw is that guy's picture in the background yours?
CW, I am not worried about being included really. I wrote that just to let T.keeley know that he wasn't alone.
Have fun!!! ;)
SirDent- I liked your Guitar Neck hub and also about how to fixing toilet/walls ceiling repairs and so on. But was wondering which one to put. Merry Christmas and hope you are having a great time.
What a lovely holiday hub this is, with links to so many of my favorite hubbers. Thank you sooooo much countrywomen for including me.... I feel honored to be in such good company. I wish you and everyone in "hubland" a joyous holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.
Robie- Hub pages is such a nice family where we all can nicely discuss, share our ideas and enjoy at the same time. I just wish forums were equally cordial too. Hubland has become my wonderland. I was caught more than once browsing hubpages at work (but since I am never slacking or behind deadlines that's fine). I never thought I would ever be addicted to anything as much as I am to hubpages now...LOL
Thanks. CW. not trying to be a grump or anything ;)
T.keeley- I sincerely want you to be happy. Merry Christmas and hope to see many more wonderful hubs from you.
Hey CW - It's quite natural that people like T.Keeley and SirDent expect a mention in this great hubcyclopaedia. I hope you can fix it for them :)
Weblog- I already mentioned t.keeley because it was entertaining. I went to SirDent's hubs and asked his opinion too. I have to see where I can place so that it would be appropriate. Thanks for coining a new portmanteau term "hubcyclopaedia".
Yeah, I'm sure about it. This hub will be really helpful to new hubbers and when someone wants to find various kind of hubs I think this is the best place. I'm glad that you are enjoying the herculean task.
Your gallery hubs do have a PR-2(google rank) that's common for many hubs. I assume that this hub can get some higher rank exclusively for the quality links in this page.
How did you know what ranking my various hubs are? I don't know so much and you seem to have a lot of knowledge. Glad to receive all these tips. So when are we going to be treated with your next story hub. Btw your vocabulary is really good(words like herculean aren't ordinary words). Even your sentence construction is good only thing I suggest is that you keep practicing over a period of time I am sure you will get the flow and write great stories. Bye take care. I got to attend to some other things now.
Thank you. About google page rank...you can find that with installing a google toolbar to your browser.
Take care.
Looks like I would have missed out reading a bunch of interesting hubs if you hadn't compiled them all together for our convenience. What a great job you did countrywomen and thanks sooo much for the link. That was very kind!
Thanks for this - I am familiar with some of the Hubs - and they are all good - so will come back to your hub to check out the 'new to me' Hubbers.
Hope you've had a good Christmas.
Weblog- Thanks for that tip and will install google toolbar to check that out.
Dottie- I hope you do check out these great hubs and I will be adding some more to it soon. Your hub was very good and glad that you liked it. Or was their another hub you would have preferred me to include?
2Patricias- Hope you like those who are new to you. Yes I had a good time yesterday at a office friends place. Merry Christmas to you too. I will be adding some more and will check out your hub to seek an appropriate hub for this list.
Yay, I am infirmative. :)
Thanks for including me in this CW, it is a huge compliment coming from you :)
Wow! Too much of research. I always keep an eye on your write ups. Keep it up
Thank you CW for including me in your illustrious list of hubbers -plus there are so many there that I haven't read as yet so will do so asap ! ... Have a prosperous New Year CW and go well...
CW, this is indeed a labor of love. I appreciate all the work you've put into this. While I'm much "greener" than you on HB, may I add one more? When people take the time to comment on your hub, take the time to respond to their comment. I see you do that already, but I thought I would mention it because it is a show of respect and appreciation. Thank you!
Cindy
Wanderer- Yes you are informative and hope more people would be laughing their way to the bank making use of your information...hehe
Misty- How can I not compliment my hub elder sister? But I must say you are very bold and broad minded which I really admire a lot. I hope people check out your great writings.
Anjali- Thanks for the motivation and it is support like this that encourages me to do all the "research". I sincerely hope this information is useful to you.Thanks for stopping by.
Ajcor- You do write very well and you are one of my favorite writers too. I hope you do get to visit all those other hubs which I found very useful and entertaining. Happy New Year to you and your family/friends. May God bless everyone with Health, Wealth and Happiness.
Cindy- Thanks for appreciating my labor of love. Even I am trying to constantly learn and hope you are enjoying your stay here. I do try to respond after a few comments together in one comment. How can I not comment when someone takes the time and effort to read my writings. I am simply bound by the love and affection to respond with my gratitude for their nice words towards my writings.
Gee, countrywomen, you have really put a lot (and I mean a great lot) of effort in putting together this hub. And I feel honored to be mentioned by you. I have bookmarked this one, as there are a lot of hubs I still haven’t read and you just put them on my to-do-list for 2009 *smile*
And I agree with Christoph: you rightfully included yourself as you are an example of someone who always adds a positive contribution. Thank you for including my hub in this one and the best wishes for the year to come!
I think I'm pretty popular too! lol This must have taken ages
Excellent advice ... delightfully combined with an expansive view of many of the marvelous contributers that can be found in this amazing realm. Very well done!
-CW2, thank you very much for the Merry Cemetery inclusion. That was the only story on HubPages which I did "on assignment" so to speak. I wouldn't have chosen to write about a cemetary in Romania, but once I started researching it, I loved it.
Thanks again!
Also; the best Travel-Hub writer on Hub Pages, as far as I've read, is JReuter... hands down. Some of the dude's prose is like reading National Geographic.
WOW..... I found a spot to THANK YOU for including me on this very impressive list you have made...There are so many wonderful people here Is hard keeping up with all of them...but your list helps...I found a few I have missed and shall go back and read them...A very Happy New Year to you my dear...G-Ma :o) Hugs
Countrywomen, Thank you thank you. I am so honored to be on your list. I agree with everyone that you should be on the list as you are very popular here at HP.
Hi,CW,thanks for putting me up along with these illustrious writers and hubbers!I'm touched as I am new to writing and to Hubpages as well :) Thanks a ton! :)
Ananta- Thanks for bookmarking this hub. Hope you do enjoy so many different hubs from many excellent writers like you. Thanks for complimenting me but as far my hubs are concerned I still have miles to go but still I will be trying maybe one day who knows.
Glassvisage- Oh yes you are popular. I will have to check out some of your hubs too and hope to include you too. This hubs is a work in progress. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Cindy- Thanks for the compliments. I feel my efforts were justified with your appreciation. I will check out your hubs too very soon. Thanks for commenting.
CW1- Yes you told me earlier that it was published in some Russian magazine too. I also found it very lively hence included it. Yes I will check out his hubs about travel and I will surely include his link after getting such a high recommendation from you.
G-Ma- I always love your recipes and that brain teaser hub was good too. Yes I do hope you check out all the great hubbers in this hub family that we have. I especially love your sweet hugs which feels as if my mom is hugging me. You are such a wonderful soul and a pleasure to meet here on hub pages.
Gwendy- Yes I will try to write better hubs so that I may feel I am justified to include myself (although I did include Cris Angel/California hub indirectly). Btw I do hope others contribute to your hub and mention what they feel about fellow hubbers. We all need motivation and maybe a reality check sometimes. Thanks for stopping by.
Laila- You maybe new to hub pages but you are a very good writer. I can say that since I have been to your comp tutor blog. It is very simple to make something difficult but very difficult to make something simple. You do have the ability to collect and present the information in a smooth easy to understand manner.
Happy New Year Everyone. May we all be blessed with Health, Wealth and Happiness.
CW, thanks for visiting my blog and appreciating it! Now I'm more touched! :) :)
Happy New Year to you and God bless you!
Laila- You are welcome. And wishing you also a Happy New Year 2009. May God bless you, your family/friends with Health, Wealth and Happiness.
Wow, now it's a mega hub directory...nicely done countrywomen!!!
Thanks for the inclusion. It's nice to be recognized once in a while.
Dingdong- Thanks for appreciating. I hope you come again and again to this hub(oops press the bell dingdong)...LOL
LG- You are a very broad minded and wonderful hubber I met here. I was surprised to see this wonderful hub and included it. I am glad you liked it.
I coild have put more into the hub, but was worried that it would be too much.
Yeah, you'll hear the bell CW, it's a symptom of DD's arrival... LOL
Thanks for some good lights on picture hubs, actually there are lots of them that bring some information along with mere entertainment.
DingDong- I love DD's comedy show which used to come in Door Darshan a long time back. Anyway thanks for pressing the bell again..hehe
Yes I agree a picture is worth a thousand words. I feel people need to respect each other and their efforts. We all have a place and a purpose. Hopefully we all gain a positive experience at hub pages. Glad you stopped by again.
Hi CW, are you in my fan club? If yes, do you get email(from HP) when I publish new hubs? I ask this because many are not receiving such notifications.
Sorry for spamming, I'm inviting you to my recent hub:
Hi CW,
This could be a nice suggestion - As you know, now we have the bookmarking feature in HP, you can simply bookmark the latest hubs page or the profile page of selected hubbers(as you wish) which can help you stay updated with whatever they publish. You can just visit your bookmarks once in awhile to find updates.
Weblog- That is a great suggestion to bookmark some of my favorite hubbers. I will do that but meanwhile in case I do miss reading your hubs then please don't hesitate to remind me(no need to say spam and all ok). Btw I was your fan but never sent a fan mail earlier which I just sent.
Hey CW, sorry for that I was wrong about bookmarks. I just went back and checked, it seems we can bookmark individual hubs, but not profile page or latest hubs page!
But, yes we as usual have our own browser bookmarking to do that right LOL
No problem. Btw when I comment on your hub it just disappears without allowing me to even edit my own comment in case if I have spelling mistakes or want to add more information their. Are your settings different from mine?
Yes, you can find the settings in edit mode. I always have the particular setting enabled because we can filter unwanted(like spams, personal attacks) comments even before they appear in our hubs.
I guess then others would face the same issues that I mentioned earlier. I guess if I allow myself to express myself I should be able to withstand those personal attacks too (if they are too bad then I can always deny them). Thanks for letting me know about it though. Thanks for the nice fan mail. Hope you liked my fan mail too.
Hi CW, I can understand what you refer to as an 'issue' - but, we should understand the need of comment moderation. It's there in blogger and some other sites too, people simply come in for trolling, spamming etc. As you may know mainly trolls start with personal attacks, this mostly happens when the visitor is not a hubpages member.(There is another setting here that restricts unregistered members commenting)
Take my pic gallery hubs, some guys, especially unregistered ones when they come and see a sexy(or romantic) photo in hubs you can imagine to what extent they go. I can allow, for example when someone leaves a message like 'I like to kiss her..' but, they comment very weird sometimes, hope you understand what I mean.
Also, it's risky to allow weird, obscene comments if you see that from adsense viewpoint, simply not noticing a bad comment is not an excuse. Thats why I always want to approve a comment before it can appear in my hubs.
After all, it's our responsibility. What do you feel?
I guess you do have a point. I did get couple of emails after I wrote that "It's ok not to be a christian" hub. One was very rude too and denouncing hindu religion..... Those unregistered ones are of course a cause of concern since we don't know who they are to respond back. I will think about it but I still feel my own comments I should be able to correct it. But if you are regularly getting such nasty comments then I would say your approach seems more practical.
CW this must have kept you busy for a good few hours! Thanks for including me in your roll of honour! I haven't had much chance to look at hubpages over the holiday, but I can see you've had a great response. Well done on an informative hub.
Amanda- Yes my restless brain was kept busy for a few hours...LOL
You are one of my personal favorites(not that your hub was included because I was biased towards you but then it certainly helps)...hehe. Yes I did get a good response and thanks for terming this hub "informative" which was the primary intention behind this hub.
You're one of my favourites too!
Your personality and your hubs both are my favorites. I hope one day I get to visit UK and see those beautiful places you talk about. Bye take care.
I hope you get here too, and don't forget to look me up!
Yes I will and maybe also get some training from you about hypnosis too..hehe
Looking forward to it!
Don't worry going forward I will bend "backward" to receive it...LOL
Hi CW, yes I can see from both sides. When I comment on some other hub, I know I might make spelling mistake or I may need to add something more and hence I look forward to be able to edit my comment. And, when it's on my hub I want toapprove the comment before it can appear for readers. It's so simple that we are happy with what we choose for ourselves.
I think you are very popular countrywomen because you take the time to spread real cheer. How many people truly do that :).+
SweetiePie- Well its actually very simple when I try to make others happy that makes me also happy so it is a selfish motive after all...hehe
Weblog- Your logic works fine for you perfectly. Well only when it is vice versa then it becomes an issue for others like me...LOL
Hey CW, did you give up using referral trackers? or feeling too hard?
Weblog- Well their is a lot going on other front for me anyway I read that it only allows for a few hours hence I just let it pass since now so much traffic isn't their to this hub for me to justify the effort. Maybe next time I will. Thanks for asking and hope you had a great time. Happy New Year.
I just wanted to know if you had some difficulty in applying the trackers, thats why I asked. The limit is not just single time, the tracker will be active for 120 minutes everytime a new visitor clicks on the link. The impressions(adsense, ebay etc.) and clicks are randomly rotated for HP and yours. I think this hub has many links and the effort will be worth, you can do step by step for your ease.
Happy New Year.
Weblog- No I didn't have any difficulty. Ok so I can still keep the trackers and it will last forever then. Thanks for the follow up I will do that step by step. Their have been other things going on in my mind but I will attend to this soon. Happy New Year.
Thanks for the interesting Hub - just wish my name was there LOL!
I am still very new at all this and still don't understand how referral trackers work or how to use them. have looked at all the info HubPages gives and find it totally unhelpful - I as a neophyte need to know exactly, step by step, what do I need to do? Maybe Weblog could do a Hub about this?
Anyway thanks again - I always enjoy your Hub!
Happy New Year and love and peace to you and yours
Tony
Tony- Do you intend to have a travel hub about South Africa? Or maybe life coach would be good to include let me know. I will ask weblog about a hub about these things.
Since I just know how to use the trackers I can tell you in details: First go to the hub you want to have the tracker I.,e http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Are-Dogs-Mans-Best-Fri
Then at the bottom of the hub their are three icons you see Share It, UP and Down.
Click on the green share it
Now click on link to this page
Then the URL would be highlighted select that and copy it.
Now come to your own hub and edit in text mode
Highlight the particular text you want to link
In this case Man's relationship with dogs then click on the chain symbol (Hub link description)
Now insert the link and save the changes.
Now verify when you hover it whether you can check the link is visible with the tags.(It takes 2/3 minutes to get updated)
Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions as I myself had to ask weblog couple of times these things.
CountryWomen: Thank you so much for mentioning me as I did not realize you did that, and you as well are an inspiration to others as you also have a warm positive spirit. This article is absolutely wonderful need I say more. Have a wonderful New Year!!!:)
AEvans- Thanks for visiting this hub. I really hope we all carry on in the tradition set by senior hubbers here like you. I have enjoyed reading your hubs and positive contribution in forums. You are an inspiration to other hubbers like me hence it was my pleasure to include you. Thanks for stopping by. Happy New Year and hope you had a great time last night.
Happy New Year, CW! This is a great list. There are some hubs here that I wasn't aware of, simply because I can only read so many in a day and still write. This is great, though, I can just come here to click on them.
Thx! Great hub, tons of comments, too.
Shirley- Thanks and Happy New Year to you too. I hope you get to visit some of them at least. I found this very good and relevant would like to use this in the present list. Let me know your thoughts: http://hubpages.com/hub/Beauty-Tips-Using-Natural-
Looks familiar...feel free and thx! :)
It is your hub and your welcome :-)
Thanks for the quick response.
No, no - thank-you!
This hub is so informative for me since I am new to this. I have never written on the web before and I am glad I am starting here.. I am going to visit some of the hubs you listed. Thank you for puting this out there.
Shirley- You are most welcome. Thanks for stopping by again.
Fairure- Welcome to hubpages. I have just listed a small sample from the galaxy of great writings on hubpages. I hope you like these articles in the list. Please do let me know which ones you liked the most. Thanks for commenting.
Miss CW, I was browsing through your hubs when i noticed this hub and im really surprised i didn't get any notification when this was published. wow 9 days ago!!! Anyway thank you very much for including my name here. I feel really honored that you found my hub interesting enough to mention it here in the midst of some really great hubs i had the good fortune of reading Its really wonderful you took an effort to do this and its no wonder why you are loved and respected by almost everyone here in hubpages.
I recently created and designed my own blog where i have the latest hubs, top hubbers, latest request in Hubpages listed there with the help of the RSS feeders. If you can spare some free time i hope you can go over and have a look at my "Hubpages Hubs Directory blog and tell me how you find it. Thank you Miss CW once again for being my friend. Here is the link to the blog i created.
http://hubpagesdirectory.blogspot.com/
Ashwin- In my case I guess I feel I receive too many notifications hence created a new email Id specifically for hubpages. Anyway I did like that magic hub and it took me many attempts to figure it out and that too after reading the comments. It was really entertaining. I will check out that blog and thanks for those kind words about me. You are a favorite person too and I can see G-Ma considers you like her son.
Hubpages should hire you. Have a great New Year 2009. Cheers :)
Thanks Cgull8m. Now to whom should I send my resume?..hehe
Happy New Year 2009. May you, your family/friends be blessed with health, wealth and happiness.
Wonderful hub, and very inspiring! thanks for the research and the sharing.
Tutor1235- Thanks for appreciating. Glad you liked this and hope you get to visit many hubs in this list. Thanks for stopping by.
Nice hub CW. No coincidence that I am already in the fanclubs of the vast majority of the fine hubbers that you have listed.
Rmr- I just checked out quickly and found that you are a cat person. I would love to skim your works and pick one for the list. Can you suggest some of your best hubs maybe I would start from there. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.
Countrywomen, don't worry they will contact you soon. You have good knowledge about Hubpages, I am sure they would love to have you. Cheers :)
cgull8m- Ok then I will be waiting for their call:-)
Well I have yet to learn the various things which so many hubbers tell me. But yes I would love to work for them as I would get paid to enjoy...LOL
CW, I don't usually promote my own hubs, but my most popular two are how to speak fluent cat, and how to raise a baby sparrow. I'm very flattered that you would ask. Thank you!
Rmr- Ok then I guess many people would be keen to speak the cat language. Thanks for the clarification. Btw if we have something good to say then its ok to promote so that our good word spreads around. It will be my honor to include your hub too. I have seen the cat hub and its good. Thanks again for stopping by.
Awesome work. How do you find time to do a lot like this. Don't you sleep?
I could not read all the comments and your replies in this page due to time constraint.
Good job. Keep going.
Easetravels- This doesn't seem like work at all to me. In fact even during my work when I am running some tests in the back grounds and waiting for the results I check hubpages (now that is certainly addiction). But seriously hub pages is a source of relaxation and welcome break for me. Thanks for appreciating and commenting. Have a great day. Happy New Year.
Right in so many points... being a newbie here this hub will be one of my foundations. I'd really be glad if you can, when time permits, to browse my hubs and point to me the things I can imporve and change and doing wrong. So that I won't carry the mistakes on my future hubs. It sure wouldn't hurt to be popular. Thank you for creating this hub. Thumbs Up!!!
This is a great hub! I am very new to this, and your hub helped a lot! Hopefully i can get things together here soon and improve my hubs!
NeedfulThings- Thanks for considering this as a foundation. I will surely check out your hubs. Well a quick tip I can give to improve would be (whenever possible try to click on edit your comments to correct the spelling as their might be a typo like "imporve"). Oh yeah I am absolutely with you about being popular. You are welcome and thanks for the thumbs up. Glad you could comment.
Lesmith2009- Glad this hub helped you. I am sure you will get the hang of it and in case you do have any questions just ask in the forums. Hope you have a great experience at hub pages. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Hi friend,
Check out my recent hub which is about upcoming Kollywood movies: http://k2009.readthis.ca
(I've shrunk the long url for some convenience)
Kindly let me know your opinion and especially if there is some error in language.
Weblog- Thanks for the link. Now I have lots of good movies to watch out for 2009. I found the hub to be good. Btw even I commit a lot of mistakes and by no means an expert. SweetiePie would be more ideal to judge about the language part of the hub.
I believe you said it all and very nicely stated. Thumbs up!
RainneRae- Glad that you liked this hub. Hope you get to visit all those great hubber's and check out those wonderful hubs. Thanks for the thumbs up and commenting.
Wow, great hub! You really put some great thought into your piece. How long did it take you to write it? Hope you are havin' a fabulous week!!!
SingleMama- Thanks for appreciating my efforts. It took me couple of hours and I keep updating it from time to time. I have a great week so far. Hope you too are having a great time. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Hi CW - thanks for the opinions. I too watched hindi Ghajini, and felt like the movie is technically much better than tamil. It has to be that when a movie is remade and the responsibility is higher when the same director is remaking it. Especially, photography and Rahman's re-recording were awesome.
About Aamir, what I felt was his acting, especially when he expresses anger, vengence is too good. But, he couldn't beat Surya in romantic scenes, and the audience who watch it for first time(those who haven't seen original) will enjoy it very much. Asin as usual rocks!
And, you said you don't see tamil movies much...what's your mother-tongue? I'm just curious to know.
Weblog- Glad we both have the same opinion about the movie. You may be right since I have seen the Tamil one many times therefore the Hindi one lacked the novelty which comes when you watch an earlier version. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Wow, thanks for gathering such great hubs into one place. I'm enjoying going through them all.
Benjimester- I am glad you found this hub useful and also hopefully will enjoy going through these wonderful hubs written by great writers. Thanks for stopping by.
Wow! Thanks for the mention. I am flattered. (So you are the one who read the Hub on fruit trees. I was wondering who it was!)
I am on the road right now, so my visits have been kind of sparse here to Hubpages. Sorry I didn't see this sooner! Loved the Hub. You named almost all my favorite Hubbers!
Countrywomen...You have indeed captured how to become a poular Hubber...Because you are popular and very great hubber.
Thanks for this great hub!
Akeejaho- Sorry!! I couldn't respond earlier. Yes it was me(and I hope there are many more like me too)...hehe. I am glad I nailed almost all your favorite hubber.
Joseph- Thanks for all those nice encouraging words. I will surely try to live up to your expectations. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Hi, CountryWomen
Just found this Hub - Thanks for including the Greece Hub. Looking forward to seeing you across here sometime!
Sufi- It was fun to include one of the few places rich with natural beauty and history. I am glad you finally did manage to stop by and comment. Btw can you send me your email address? I am glad you finally did manage to stop by and comment.
Impressive work!!! Everyone wants to be popular, or maybe rockinjoe really doesn't. I don't know...great hub!! Great way to acknowledge all the great hubbers!!!
Anna- Thank for appreciating my efforts. It was really fun to read so many hubs and then categorize them(I wish I had read more of your stuff too and will do so to include once I am back from my planned break). I guess rockingjoe believes in girls like "bad" boys hence "unpopular" must work for him..LOL
You should have included being simply beautiful, then I would find my way into your hub.
I think the popularity has been lazy in hubpages. I think now is how to get money from writing, not to become rich. Ha ha ha ... I yearn your comment again, my friends!
Hi coutrywomen,
Happy Valentine’s Day where ever you are. Well I don't see any of my hubpage reference here. I guess you don't love me any more....hahaha just kidding. No problem but where are you? I made the hub on Thai recipes on your request but you never came to visit. Hope to see you soon.
Countrywomen, I just found this: and want to tell you, you grace us all with your polite input, your courtesy is surpassed by none, your dignity is a compliment to all...thank YOU for being on hubpages, and for your consistent support of all who write and who's hubs you visit. =))
Great Hub and thanks for including my humble offering!
Love and peace
Tony
Benson- You are beautiful (I saw that person in a skirt and now can't get that image out of my head)..LOL
Btw I will read more of your hubs and hopefully find something to include..hehe
Hsofyan- I guess we all need to earn money but writing is way too much fun (I guess getting paid to have fun would be even better)..hehe. Surely I would visit your hubs and these days times is the biggest constraint. Thanks for stopping by.
Mr.Nice- I do like your recipes and your wonderful interactions. I will surely include your recipe. Thanks for commenting.
Marisue- That's way too many compliments that I can handle (now I am on cloud nine)..LOL
Btw you inspire me with your patience and fortitude in difficult times (I wish whenever I have kids I remember that there is a person who took care of hundreds of kids). May you have a great future in Oklahoma. Thanks for stopping by and heaping all those compliments on me.
Tony- That was nice hub about South African history along with wonderful photos I am glad that you like its inclusion. I wish good luck for the ongoing South Africa/Australia cricket series. May the best team win. Thanks for wishing for love and peace which is needed now more than ever before.
Good starting place for new Hub writers such as myself. Thanks
I am still new ( at 8 weeks) and when I am not -I am sure there will always be more to learn. I bookmarked this Hub and plan to cut my teeth somemore on it. This is a wonderful positive Hub and you included thoughtful words to say about each Hubber mentioned.
Great Idea CW!
CW
Nice compendium of hubber diversity and success.
Hi CW I have just re-read this great hub and noticed that I never thanked you for including me in the Hub. So a double thank you!
Wow, Countrywoman, you are so generous-- and very perceptive in your choices. There are a lot of hubbers worth mention here.
Sorry for coming in so late, as I missed the original post of this. After almost a year here, it finally ocurred to me to search my own name. I am extremely flattered to be included in your list.
Not just because of that fact, I have always admired your your positive, independent attitude, and appreciated the insights into your native culture.
Cobraski- I am glad you find this hub useful my friend. May you have a great time reading these good hubs as much as I did.
Tomato- Actually the idea was based on Rockinjoe's other hub. But thanks anyway for appreciating and finding this useful.
IssuesVeritas- Thanks for the kind words my friend.
Sixtyorso- And thank you for the double thanks. It is because of great writers like you that I enjoy being here at hub pages so much.
LingJingLing- Thanks for appreciating.
Rochelle- You are really a celebrated real life author and I am really honored that you visited this hub. Also thanks for appreciating my views.
Thanks everyone for stopping by and commenting.
It's great to see so many interesting hubs pointed out, that takes some of the dirty work of browsing for good ones! This is definitely the longest guestbook I've seen here so far..hubbers have some worthwhile things to say, I read all of the comments. I've defnitely embraced the topic of travel, like you said. It's what flows out of me onto my hubs the best, and it's what I know.
Thanks for all of these suggestions, you've provided a valuable resource for the community!
Kiwi- Thanks for visiting reading this hub/all the comments and encouraging me. If you love travel than Jreuter is one of the best: http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Adventure-in-the-Aleuti
You really have done your homework... Great hub!
Hey CW, this needs to make the rounds again I'm sure.
hubber-2009 says:
11 months ago
I am still searching for my page here......