New Hub Design Coming Soon! (Update: Week of 12/8)
good to know looking forward to it.
I'm happy to read that the hubs are being widened! The changes sound good and I'm anxious to see the complete new look. What will the Recommended Content module contain? Is it an actual part of the hub content or a link to the content?
Is there any way to see a more complete preview of what it will look like?The Recommended Content widget is a new Google service we're going to test. Currently, the widget is available to a limited number of publishers and will (for now) recommend content only on HubPages. We'll see how it goes and whether it's successful at driving traffic to Hubs!
The redesign (mainly the content modules) is still in the works, but I may be able to post some more screenshots later this week.
I'm so glad you like it so far, rebekahELLE!
Thanks for the feedback, janderson99! I'm happy to see Related Searches go too.
Just glancing at your profile page you haven't provided a real name, so you are fine, if privacy is what you are concerned about. The name you put for "real name" can even be a pen name if you like. To add/change/delete it you click "Edit" on your profile page.
Looking really good!
I love the looks of the new design.
I'm glad the Breadcrumb Structure will be changed back as it was. I had posted about this in the forum a long time ago when I notice the filtered view didn't indicate the lowest level breadcrumb, leaving only the top level, which is very misleading to the reader. So this change is good too.
I knew about the larger AdSense ads, Google had informed me of them for my business site. I think that will be a good experiment to test that on our hubs.
The wider width for the title should make it stand out better, and that's the first thing people see. Good move.
I also like the idea of the author section on the hubs. I know there are many opinions about this, basically saying that readers never pay attention to who wrote the article anyway. But I beg to differ. I think it's useful to give the reader a little knowledge of the source of the information they are reading. The info on the author can lead to building a following of "organic readers." How's that for coining a new phrase?Looking forward to these changes
I can bet they perform better (fingers crossed nonetheless)Hey all! The new Hub design is coming along well, but we pushed back launch to next week. For now, I want to share another screenshot. Below you can see the new More by Author section. I hope you like it!
The selection criteria for that Hub is a combination of category relevance and quality. Sometimes, a Hubber may not have a Hub that meets the criteria. If that happens we won't show any content in that space, and the second 300x250 ad in the sidebar will also be dropped.
The bottom of the main Hub body will look the same for now, yes. For this iteration, we focused our efforts on the general ad layout, title area (including the author byline), and the widened sidebar.
I noticed the site was already down once. Maybe save this adventure for your lowest traffic period.
Come to think of it, Friday-Saturday is the lowest for me. So go for it.
Hark! It is 12/1. Our adventure begins
- OrhanGokkayaTRposted 10 years ago
0I can't wait for this design!
Sorry about that, Lionrhod! The link should take you to a specific post of mine where I briefly discuss the Matched Content widget. In short, we don't know a ton about it either. It is a new Google product we're testing that is available to a limited number of publishers. It is supposed to show a list of recommended content within HubPages. How it chooses that content is based on a number of things, from relevance, reader interest, clickthrough rates, etc. Visually, the module will look similar to the Related Hubs (thumbnail + Hub title) listing. We'll have to see how it plays out next week.
- swilliamsposted 10 years ago0
