Hello Everyone, just stopping in to introduce myself for the first time.
Ive been on hubpages for about a year, but I am just now getting serious about making articles. Ive posted 2 articles in the past few days and both have been featured.
My QAP on both are quite lower than I want, but I am working on increasing them.
I am a part time writer and only write about topics that I am actually interested in. My main interests are games/hobbies and science/education.
Please, feel free to say hello, drop a reply, view my articles or leave a comment!
Looking forward to making new friends
Welcome to HubPages, you've made a good start.
Just to clarify, when an article is "Featured" on HubPages, that really just means it's normal - so don't get too excited!
If an article is "unFeatured", that means it's not quite good enough. HubPages will allow it to be published, but it will have a special "no follow" label attached to it. That means it will be invisible - the only people who can see it are you, and anyone you send a link to.
Your goal should be to write articles that are extra good, so they are accepted for the vertical sites - that's where the money is. Aim for 1,500 to 2,500 words, and be patient - it takes time to build traffic. Good luck!
Hello Jamie,
I'm a newbie and it's nice to meet you. I'm in to writing/reading poetry and fiction. I also dig music, art, movies and social issues.
Hi!
Thanks for replying! Hope to hear more from you soon.
Keep writing articles about topics that you are passionate about. It appears that you doing that already. Keep up the good work. Also, be sure to update your articles when necessary. From my own personal experience over the past couple of years, be careful about putting too many hyperlinks in your articles. I really got into serious trouble about that back in February, 2016.
Generally, I write articles about various topics that pertain to consumer finance because that is my profession. Recently, I changed channels and wrote a hub about a city north of where I currently live. (I now live in Pittsburgh.) As it turns out, I am very passionate about that town up north as well.
Good luck in all of your writing endeavors.
Tess, the article that HubPages rejected was about online freebies. Although the hub contained about 2,000 words, I probably had circa 25 hyperlinks in the article. HubPages’ editorial staff rejected the article because it was “overly promotional” and contained too many links to third-party sites. They wanted more content and less emphasis on links. (I just checked some old emails for confirmation of what I just stated.) It looks like that you have different results on this issue than I did.
I wrote a hub recently that contained no links. However, I believed that it was not my best work and needed more attention and revising. Much to my surprise, the editors moved to ToughNickel before I could do any more work on it.
You do know that after it's been moved to ToughNickel, you can still continue to add to and improve it?
Thanks for your input everybody. I do keep my hyperlinks to a minimum, as I dont link for promotional reasons, only to provide source/credit when necessary, or to recommend another page.
Welcome Jamie. I've been on HubPages under this account for a few months although I've been around (a previous old account) for over 5 yrs. I like it here and enjoy writing articles. Just continue to write what you're passionate about and you can't go wrong.
by Dero 5 months ago
Why was my article rejected?https://hubpages.com/animals/how-to-lit … cat-owners
by Oscar Jones 4 years ago
This last year I improved my hubs and had 112 featured of 130 articles: Now suddenly they bust me down to only 30 featured hubs. I feel this contributes to a websites decline. I made a comment on a survey that I don't get any payout for this site and gave my opinion, and now...
by Shauna L Bowling 9 years ago
I recently had a hub un-featured for engagement, as the half-circle indicates. I think this is an unfair practice and should be eliminated entirely. Here's why I feel this way:Our hub traffic is often affected by the time of year, holidays, seasons, and current events to name a few. If left alone,...
by TheImranKhan 3 months ago
Hello Hubbers,I'm new to HubPages and have just published my first article. It's related to trade shows and events in the business niche.While exploring the platform, I came across the idea of "Featured Articles" and I'm a bit curious about how it works. What exactly does it take for an...
by Chitrangada Sharan 14 months ago
It feels good to find my article on Holidappy in the HubPages Weekly, ‘Featured Articles of the Week.’Sharing a screenshot.Thank you HubPages for the mention.
by AF Mind 4 years ago
I want my articles to be featured. Can you please review them and tell me what I can do to improve them?Introduction and FAQ https://hubpages.com/religion-philosoph … on-and-FAQMy Testimony" My 20 Year Walk https://hubpages.com/religion-philosoph … -Year-WalkIs The Almighty...
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |