My Quest for 100 - Attaining the Highest Hubscore
67For the first time (I think) ever, I reached a Hubscore of 99 today. I was the 3rd-highest hubber at the moment. It was one of the proudest moments of my life, and it actually brought a smile to my face.
It seems silly considering most of the people at the top have been there for quite a while. To be honest, I should have been there for a while too.
I am one of the oldest hubbers here, and by oldest, I mean I've been here longer than many. I started here two years ago when my professor, who is a friend of one of the HubPages founders, suggested we give it a try. I was a college freshman then, and my participation in HubPages has ranged from minimal to obsessive, depending on my time in school (my participation increases over breaks, it seems...).
I definitely dropped the ball when it came to increasing earnings and my Hubscore (or maybe I should say I never really picked it up). I made a few pages in the beginning, but I never knew anything about designing a hub layout for maximum advertising space, or about what I could do to increase my Hubscore in general, such as getting more fans or fulfilling more requests.
It took me a really long time to get my first check from Google Adsense, and I thought it was because I was a bad hubber. I learned from reading other hubs, however, such as How to Make $100 per day with AdSense:12 Tips for Hubbers, that helped me realize it takes more than my writing to lead to a certain Hubscore.
It's a little frustrating knowing that I could have done so much better so much earlier, but I guess the only thing I can do is keep using what I've learned and try to spread the information to other hubbers. And the bottom line is probably that the more you participate, the better you do. It can take a lot of work to do as well as some hubbers on here, like Chuck.
In the meantime, I'll keep working for that Hubscore of 100. To do so, I've been on here obsessively, touching up my hubs, reading those of others and trying to do as many as I can. I don't think I've been on here so much for the score, however, as my actual enjoyment of this place. My more realistic goal is to reach 400 hubs... then who knows what next!
Additional Resources
- How to Increase your Author Hubscore
- How Hubscore Works
All this information is available around HubPages, in the FAQ or in some cases discussed further in the forum. But rather than send you off on a wild goose chase to find it all I've collated the information... - My Rollercoaster Hubscore
This page will show you the ups and downs of a particular page's hubscores(in 3 days time). It will also show you possible reasons and ways for the score to go up or down.
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Comments
Maybe I should read some hubs about increasing my score.
Have to agree with you, I think we probably should all work harder. I sure need to lift my game to improve.
Wow I see you can write I was just thinking you were cute at first.I wasted a lot of time on so called blogger sites trying to hustle traffic.I had pimped my blog out with every widget known to man.I had 15 things watching a vistors and they stood still:( I wasn't writing and recently am able to develop a little better style.
If your a reflection of the people on here then I'm in the right spot.
Best wishes to you and thanks for being the first to leave me a comment;)
Now how do I get you to 100? :)
100...the holy grail ;-)
I hope you attain your goal one day because your hubs are absolutely fantastic. They range from being funny to informative, but they are always interesting. Good luck on 100!
wow! You must have spent a great deal of effort doing that - 99 ?
TO get 100....just 1 more point :) Keep it up.
WOW!! GREAT
that's great that you make your dream come true! my congratulations!
Very insightful and well detailed. Good hub
Ralph Deeds says:
2 years ago
Congratulations!