New hubbers are often curious as to how to succeed here at Hubpages. Of course everyone has their own definition of what success is. Some want to write good hubs, others want to make money, and others want to improve hubscores and attract fans.

There’s a lot of good advice on here on how to do all these things. You’ll find it by surfing the site, reading others hubs and hanging out in the forums, but I have another idea. We’re a community here at Hubpages and I believe part of the way I’ve been successful, at least by my own definition, here is that every day I try to create a little Hub Karma.

If you’ve been hubbing, (or blogging) for a while you may have come across the term ‘comment karma’. This is the idea that if you comment on others hubs (or blogs) they will comment on yours. This is a tangible thing and it certainly works. Many hubbers will reciprocate by leaving you comments if you comment on their hubs, plus other people reading that hub will see your comment and click through to check out your hubs.

Note: this only tends to work if you comment meaningfully. It’s pretty easy to spot the people who are commenting for the sake of it. They don’t contribute much and often don’t seem to have read the hub in detail. Meaningful comments bring something to the conversation and offer the writer real feedback. Being warm, witty, amusing or controversial (within limits, and always while maintaining respect for the writer and other commenters) can also encourage people to check out your work.

Commenting, however, is only one form of Hub Karma. Some of the others are less tangible. Here’s how I up my feel-good factor and create a little good Karma here on Hubpages.

Rate others hubs up. See that little button at the end of each hub asking you to rate it? Use it. Lots of ‘up’ rates lead to a better hubscore. If you’ve enjoyed a hub take a nano second to click and demonstrate that fact. It’s completely anonymous and no-one will ever know you did it, but if you believe in true Karma, that’s the best way to do your good turns.

Support others monetization efforts. If you’ve read a hub and it’s on a subject you’re really interested in, take a moment to check out the Google ads and Amazon and Ebay capsules. Chances are you may see something you want to explore further. I read a lot of hubs about writing and often click on the ads on these hubs if they are advertising a writing related website I haven’t come across before. That’s one of the ways I end up finding all the sites in my Free Resources for Writers hubs.

If I see something I want to buy from Amazon or Ebay on a hub I’ll click through and make the purchase (and while I’m making a purchase anyway, I may also have a browse around and buy a couple of other things). These things should also show up on that hubber’s Amazon earnings as I clicked through their affiliate link. Again these are things that are totally anonymous. No-one knows it was you who put those extra cents, or even dollars, in their affiliate accounts but you do – true Karma again.

Note: I’m not suggesting for one minute that you should use Google or other affiliate schemes in any way that is fraudulent or that contravenes their policies. I’m simply saying that if you’re genuinely interested in checking out a site, or if you’re going to make a purchase anyway, why not do it through a fellow hubber’s hub.

Share the hubs you love. There are lots of ways to do this – StumbleUpon, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace etc. No-one in their right mind would sign up for every social networking/bookmarking site there is. There are just too many. But if you’re a member of one to two, it doesn’t hurt to share the hubs you love. Hubpages helps make it easy for you with the little 'Share it!' link at the end of each hub. More traffic to hubpages is a good thing for all of us and ... more Karma for you.

Link like crazy. The term ‘link love’ is used by some in the blogosphere to refer to exchanging links between related blogs to drive traffic to each other’s blogs. Links work well in hubpages as well. Include links to other relevant hubs in your hub (or in your blog or other articles you write). Again, make sure they’re genuinely useful related hubs that you’re linking to. Outging links improve the quality of your hub. Incoming links improve the traffic and Google ranking of the hubs you link to. Everyone’s a winner and (yep, you guessed it) more good Karma for you.

I’m sure there are other ways to create good Karma here on Hubpages. Feel free to share your ideas in the comments. We’re a community – let’s act like one and support one another.