An Attitude of Gratitude to the Unsung Heroes of HubPages
- Crazdwriterposted 15 years ago
0Oh sunforged! Congrats on the engagment! and summer weddings are always nice.
And sorry to haer about your loss too. I truly do hope that this pregnancy goes full term and you have a happy healthy baby.
Okay be honest sun...do you want a boy or a girl first? - Crazdwriterposted 15 years ago0
wow I learned a few things too sunforged. that is sooo cool that you make your own wine. do you sell it as well? and yea I can tell you are going to be a great daddy
lol I'll have to get my dad to write some electrical hubs for me too since he is a retired electrician. I can write a hub about it ..well just me helping him but still could write one
- Nelle Hoxieposted 15 years ago0
- Crazdwriterposted 15 years ago0
My experience is that it's all about finding a good niche, some decent workable adsense keyword phrases, and hoping for a bit of luck.
I've written stellar hubs that went nowhere, and other hubs that went there and back, without me understanding why. It's all about combining quality with quantity and waiting to see what shines.
I have several niches I'm working right now with two of them really working well for me. Both, I discovered by writing a hub in them and receiving a good return ... so I dipped into the bowl again as I knew I had found a place where the chili tasted just right.
Take it from me, 20, though some of us knew about making money off of adsense before we arrived here, not one of us knew exactly how to do it on Hubpages, as it's a bit of a different beast altogether.
I can rank on topics here through hubpages that I can't rank on yet with my own site, and that's because hubpages gives you a really nice pagerank boost.
While you might think the 'ones who know' appear like bullies, consider a clever analogy I just came up with ...
Let's say your best friend is about to place his hand in a meat grinder. Now, not wanting this to happen you might appear a bit over zealous as you grab his hand and pull it away ... but your intentions are pure. This is how the elder hubbers tend to be, as they don't like seeing other hubbers making the same mistakes made by people before them.
As such, they offer great advice ... and yes ... they do appear a bit gruff at times ... but it's always in the spirit of helping other hubbers grow, and in time you will see that I was right about this.
Like it or not ... we're members of a community that thrives upon each others success. When all pump out quality work the community gains respect on Google, making everyone more money. As such, any elder hubber knows that their success lies on their own backs as well as other hubbers.
Of course, that's why they start helping out, but in time (as I have realized) we do it because it makes us feel good when someone turns around months down the road to thank us for being there when they skinned their knees and needed help off the ground.
We've all been there ... and making those first days a bit less painful for new members helps us cope with the struggle we all went through during our first days.
Trust me, 20, whether you're here to make make a profit or to meet new friends who share an interest in writing ... you couldn't have found a better pillow to rest your head on.
These are good people, without exception, and if you allow them to help ... well ... they can get a bit confrontational at times when you don't listen to them, but they will also push you to become successful. I should know, as I like to push struggling artists along as well, as I know a little nudge is all they need to get on the path to success ... and helping someone else succeed creates a success for me that transcends any profit I could ever make here.@20jdhf05
ok, I concede for the night, Not once has anyone stated that hubpages was there only tactic...you can either start on the ground floor with a fresh site or start in a penthouse using a performing platform
- many of the hubbers mentioned and who who have responded to you have hubs and articles explaining to you some methods of backlink structure ranging from using other publishing sites (squidoo, infobarrels, xomba,shetoldme), article marketing and even subscription based and expensive link services...no one said hubpages was set and forget
Infobarrel
Squidoo
Xomba/SheToldME
Dale on ezine expert writer! linked to his tutorials already..ezinearticles expert his advice should be read
Have a real budget, see how a hubber competes in an ultra competitive niche like "luxury real estate!"
@kcc - i prefer seo for firefox, keyword research and competition analysis on the fly would be quite tedious w/o it.
its free:
heres seoquake https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3036
similar tool
heres seo for firefox (forces an email submit)
http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html
@shazwellyn
PR refers to PAge rank which is a measurement created by google which roughly dictates a sites respectability in its eyes
it ranges from PR0 - PR9 (google itself and facebook, are the only pr9 sites i can think of off the top of my head)
..interlinking ...when you publish a hub, you automatically get inlinks from your hub profile, the latest feed on the front page, all the tags you placed, on other hubs in the "related" section...all of these links significantly help your hubs ranking in search results..they are all onsite but are effective nonetheless
- shazwellynposted 15 years ago0
@shazwellyn
PR refers to PAge rank which is a measurement created by google which roughly dictates a sites respectability in its eyes
it ranges from PR0 - PR9 (google itself and facebook, are the only pr9 sites i can think of off the top of my head)
hubpages.com has a PR of 6 , which is very good and is the best of the online writing sites..but that ranking is for www.hubpages.com not for www.hubpages.com/yourprofile or/ your hub / or whatever else may be added after the the .com!
I was really happy when i checked my own profile page one day to see it was indexed and ranked at a PR3, now when I link off that page I can spread/pass the page rank juice along to new sites and articles
...i bet that just got confusing
Ill try and dig up some links that explain better...basically, when a higher page rank site makes a recommendation, by having a link on it to elsewhere ...google listens and gives the site that is linked to a little more authorityKCC I thankyou for slipping me into your list. A most welcome sight. Quite a few on your list (and a few that weren't) have helped me, whether because I've read (and noted) what they've written or because they've helped me personally, off-site.
And to anyone that helps others for no personal gain, kudos all round. Being decent is what makes the world go around - not cold hard cash
And 20 - do stop. This is a lovely thread and you're getting your knickers in a knot when there's no need and creating discord. What you're getting is contructive criticism, not a public mauling. Be the best hubber you can be - and take the advice being offered. Stop scrapping with Darkside and Sunforged, they're both good men
Final word - Well done KCC. I'm sure you've helped as many as any on your growing list and at least you had the thought to start this thread. I take my hat off to you. Or at least the scarf I currently have tied around my neckHear Hear! These folks are what make hub pages the amazing site that it is! Ask a reasonable question and one of these lovely people can be counted on to help out. I learn new things almost daily here because of this community of helpful hubbers
Hey - thanks for adding me to the list KCC.
- lynnechandlerposted 15 years ago0
I am so thankful to CindyVine, Sunforged , KCC and others who put my name out there. I believe right or wrong all of us are a team and it feels like family here.
- lynnechandlerposted 15 years ago0
- Crazdwriterposted 15 years ago0
I would like to add prettydarkhorse to this great list, Maita always has such a positive attitude no matter what. Thanks.
Oh sunforged you'll have your fiance/wife's help and plus hey you have tons of us hubber female friends who can help out. 
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