When visitors come to your Hubs, you'd like them to stay for a while, for a few reasons:

1. You'd like them to read, and then click on a Google ad or eBay/Amazon offer to learn more or buy something related. (You can make money that way!) If they just quickly hit the Back button in their browser, they're not likely to do that.
2. It might help you with getting traffic from Google. Some people (myself included) suspect the Google Toolbar is a sort of "Nielsen ratings box for the Web" that tracks how long visitors stay at a site. Presumably, if they don't stay long, that means the page is not good. If they do, then that's a vote of confidence in that page. Google will send traffic to pages that it sees people staying at long enough to actually read.
3. It's gratifying to the ego to know that someone likes your Hubs enough to read them the whole way through!

That said, first impressions count. Creating a page that makes an immediate visual impression helps grab the attention of a potential reader, and make him/her an actual reader.

What can you do? Let me give you a few examples of great Hubs integrating pictures published by fellow Hubbers:

• Greg Hardwick - Eco Retreats in Australia - Pictures to the right, with explanatory captions
• K. Cossaboon - How to get rid of undereye circles naturally - Pictures to the right, integrated with a Text Capsule containing related advice
• Kevin Mc - Roadside Oddities: Car Art - A mixture of full-width (default) and right-justified pictures, to make a visually appealing page
• Susan Gunelius - Tips for Handling Angry Callers as a Virtual Call Center Agent - High-quality, relevant picture at the bottom, with explanatory title and caption

How do you make a picture go to the right like Greg, K. and Kevin did? All you have to do is click on the --> (right arrow) button in the Photo Capsule. If it is dimmed and you can't click it, then click the ↑ (up arrow) button first and then the --> (right arrow) button.

The same can be done by inserting a relevant YouTube or Google video. All you have to do is find a relevant video, copy the URL (link), and plug it into an inserted Video Capsule in your Hub. Here are a couple of Hubs that integrate relevant videos:

• Cityplus - Verizon vCast on Demand - Two right-justified Google videos relevant to the topic
• Dylan Duarte - Whatever happened to Maureen McCormick? - Right-justified picture and full-width YouTube video

Spice up your Hubs like these great Hubbers have done. You'll likely be rewarded with more traffic and more clicks in the long run!