Did my first hub - looking for feedback

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   cyndeehaydonposted 17 years ago

   Was hoping to get some feedback on my first hub. The thing that confused me is that when I added photos it seemed to take away points - does that sound right. I do blogging and always feel photos help the reader experience.
   
   Still just learning as a hubpages newbie and looking for all tips and constructive advice. Thanks, Cyndee
   
   Here's the hubpage if that helps:
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/2001-Reasons-Wh … aradise---

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      LiamBeanposted 17 years agoin reply to this

      It's very well written. Professional comes to mind.
      
      
      
      Using numerous text capsules will help you edit or update the hub if you chose to do that. It's also easier to check spelling and formatting if you break the hub into text capsules instead of just one big one.  This is just a technicality though. My first four or five hubs were one continuous text capsule with no breaks.
      
      The only other suggestion would be to add more tags I suggest joining some like "Florida" & "birding" into "Florida Birding", "birdwatching in Florida", "Things to do in Florida" and so on. This might raise your Google presence.
      
      Id also insert some eBay and or Amazon capsules that might include hotels in Florida, etc. And this is the advantage of using text capsules. You can position sales capsules next to text capsules if there are more text capsules to manipulate.

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      College politicoposted 17 years agoin reply to this

      Looks pretty good. Not bad for a first try. I would recommend writing a little bit more and adding some more pictures and maybe a video.
      
      For some more detailed tips on hubbing you can check out my newest hub: How to achieve success on hubpages

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         College politicoposted 17 years agoin reply to this

         Oh theres also a forum thread that has all the best hubs dealing with advice on how to be successful on hubpages: http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/2578

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      makemoneyonlineposted 17 years agoin reply to this

      Don't worry about your points they will come back after a while : yes it's better to put pictures

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   mohinishposted 17 years ago

   hi your hub is looking all right, the way i've seen usual hubs.

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   shailiniposted 17 years ago

   lol..I was actually looking for 2001 reasons..list..good start - I would add more bird pictures to the hub to appeal visually.

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   bobwposted 17 years ago

   Looks good for a start. Read this hub:
   http://hubpages.com/hub/How-I-got-my-hu … first-page

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   Peter M. Lopezposted 17 years ago

   It's a good first hub.  I would suggest using multiple text capsules and subtitles with the photos spread throughout the hub.

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   cyndeehaydonposted 17 years ago

   Mohinish - thanks for taking a looks for me!

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   gamergirlposted 17 years ago

   Welcome to Hubpages.
   
   My suggestion to newcomers is to click the 'Hubs' option, then click on Best.
   
   This will give you an incredible view into the most successful hubs on Hubpages.com.
   
   Also, as a point of note, you can do a search on 'how to hub' in the search bar right below the 'My account/my profile' buttons and read every hub result that comes up.  Some ideas work, others do not.  Be a critical thinker when you read hubs anyone sends you as reference, and find topics that you know a lot about and love.  In my opinion some of the best hubs written so far have been written by people who have expert knowledge as well as interest in their chosen topics.
   
   Good luck!!

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   Rudraposted 17 years ago

   Nice looking hub with appropriate legands. Maybe a video will fit in nicely.

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   cyndeehaydonposted 17 years ago

   Wow guys and gals :-) thanks you for all the great suggestions and encouragement,
   
   I wondered if I could do the text in sections - I'll play with it some more
   
   Love photos - I take a lot of them especially upclose - we have so many here especially around our beaches. Now video with birdwatching is a little harder - but I'm up for the challenge.
   
   Can anything more be added once it's been published?
   
   I can't thank you enough for taking the time to help me make my hub pages better.
   
   I am not one who does adsense - however the thought of linking sparingly to my hyper-local blog is appealing. Maybe I should investigate the ads revenue more...
   
   Thank you so much fellow hubbers - am really enjoying all your hubs too!!!

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    Inspirepubposted 17 years ago

    You can edit your Hub at any time - if you go to look at it while you are logged in, there is an "EDIT" button at the top.
    
    You can also pull in an RSS feed from your blog in an RSS capsule, if you are blogging somewhere that supports RSS feeds (most do).
    
    You will get penalised on points if you link more than twice to the same URL on a Hub, so you have to be very sparing (but RSS feeds don't count as links, I am assured!)
    
    Jenny

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    cyndeehaydonposted 17 years ago

    Thanks Jenny - I look forward to playing with it!

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