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a tree
I hank
here this
fallen arc
yet the
loop in
terry that
a singularity
present now
go to
New Mexico
and the
ennui divided
there with
scrambled eggs
and this
dark star
A star of the east
Val Graz Jul 27
Mommy I'm sorry I manipulate you for,
The alochol I feel I love more,
And Daddy I'm sorry I pretend I'm naive,
About all of my bad deeds,
I tried so hard to stay dry,
But the rain it pours inside,
I'm drowning in my own self,
I'm suffucating with my mental health,
And I try, I try so hard,
To be who you care for,
The girl who laughs just cause she can,
Who asks for hugs before bed,
But I'm not her anymore,
And I'll never be moving forward,
But really I'm just someone,
Who feels way too much at once,
I cry at night when I'm all alone,
Dancing with my demons on my own,

Please don't hate me, I couldn't survive,
I do that enough for myself, and I can no longer hide,
That I don't have a problem with substances,
That I can recoginize when I've had enough,

I'm so tired of pretending it's under control,
This feeling of alcohol that sings in my soul,
The cough syrup that makes my shaky thoughts,
Become shaky feet, legs, and hands,
I'd rather feel pysically ill,
Than countinue to be mentally unwell,
So I will continue to veer off the tracks,
And spin out of control, it's just a fact,
I have no sense of when to stop,
Please don't make me stop,
It's so hard to be in my own head,
Every day it's like a death,
I die a bit, a piece of me fades away,
And I'm sorry to inform you, to say,
I'm not okay, I'm just not alright,
With myself I will continue to fight,

Please don't hate me, I couldn't survive,
I do that enough for myself, and I can no longer hide,
That I don't have a problem with sustances,
That I can recoginize when I've had enough.
Val Graz Jun 20
Fucked up on cough syrup again,
This wasn't in the plan,
But they all want too much,
And I can't seem to give enough,
So I numb my pain,
In any way,
Just so I don't have to remember,
Except now I remember,
So I'll try to forget,
Numb the pain again,

I hate you and your guts,
I'm sorry about your luck,
But you're a monster now,
And monsters get put down,

Fuck, fuck, I can't think,
It feel like I'm gonna sink,
Into the past,
No not that,
Someone help me survive,
And stay alive,
Because I can't go back,
I can never go back,
To the basement,
Because I hate it,

I hate you and your guts,
I'm sorry about your luck,
But you're a monster now,
And monsters get put down.
Haley Tyler Feb 26
I let the warmth take me.
White hot flame rolling down my throat,
settling in my stomach like your nails
digging into my skin.
Be still my heart,
let the numb take you
like the fermented fruit has taken me.
Watch the edges blur,
sugar coated nostalgia watering down cough syrup.
Drinking, drinking, until I am gone.
TK Nov 2017
Today I poured out the devil’s lesser friend
For days I starred at the concoction that remained in my bag.

Finally over a period of withdrawal and being ill
I had been clutching onto a bottle of syrup tightly... Unsure if I would change my mind,

And I did, multiple times I went to reach for it
Yet I restrained, subconsciously waiting for a period of weakness-

Knowing in that moment I’d turn back to the bottle
Letting the purple syrup ease my pain, suffering and distress when I needed it most.

BUT Today...
Today, I followed through with my plan
I snatched the readily mixed solution and poured it out straight into the garden

A hard step for me to take,
A difficult move for me to make,
A choice that had to be made.
Katelyn Billat Nov 2017
I grabbed at my chest,
Wanting to rip out my lungs
as they suffocated my heart.

I originally thought you
poisoned my heart but
Maybe your
Apple pie
Maple syrup
Corrupted my lungs and
Turned them evil.

They squeeze together and
Dis-form  themselves just to hurt
My heart.

I cant breath when I think of you,
No, not in a good way.
Xaviera Allan Nov 2017
Bring her here
Take her across the continent
Upon hopeful wings she'll fly
She'll leave whole but not return complete
Half-drowned in maple syrup
Rubber people snapping back
To fit perfectly in your places
When her eyes have dried
Or the knife has left her chest
She'll forget the snap of her neck
And how the air became
Breath that left her lungs
Under the heavy burden of love
Having lost her pop art romance

Bring her here
Not too far to necessitate
These pessimistic apologies
To the land of the smoke and fog
For a new reunion you'll meet
Fresh touches but you might wait to kiss
Bright eye to bright eye for the first time
She's only imagined this brilliant date
Maple syrup smell in her hair
Origin story on chemical paper
It's all primed to explode
Burning jet fuel and ashes of a past life
She'll begin a newborn regret with you
At least her heart will beat at all

Bring her here
Put her cold hands sticky
With maple syrup in your warm orange
Foreign streets built of glass
Watched over by tall judgemental trees
This charade is ephemeral
But it won't be acting on summers throne
Those days are invisible to you
Escaping to the golden city
Send an invitation to the lovers in denial
Show them your magic
If you can make them believe
Maybe memories can't be recreated
Maybe everything is better in dreams
It is better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all.
For my friend and their long-distance relationship.
Anomaly Apr 2017
They said If I took cough syrup that I could die
Slowly I gave the escape from reality a try
But I drank more than the recommended amount

After a while I lost count
The liquid tastes best mixed with sprite
Friends pushed away , and confusion in sight
The devil brought out my innocence one night

I layed crying on the bathroom floor
And the devil out the door
The purple liquid down the drain
And nothing to escape from the pain
Kevin Mar 2017
scorning sun bursts into the aisles of graying curly waves,
punching yellow teeth and candied sweets with the
green of loving laughter that i've not heard in years.

you taught our fingers to bleed of bramble dew.
so sticky in our attempts to keep Genevieve's crystal filled but,
clear of improper pounds. collected ounces that rudely
overflow, are picked with mudded, forested feet.

consumed so clean and sweet, from thorns
between the brush, the aisles buzzed of summers paths
that only lead us where we knew.

through the scales and passed the cords
where drying life would heat our warmth,
nights would drop with echoing sounds like trains
slowly passing through our country's vacant crossing.

you voluminous sap of unaccounted ooze.
you sweet maple so never barren or dull.
you flame of northern light.

take me back to the path we passed
where cords are dried to burn
where frogs croak in Côté's creek
where my memories live and yearn
These are the memories I have of my lovely French Canadian Grandparents. My grandfather died when I was three, my only memory of him is collecting sap from maple trees and making maple syrup. The memories of my grandmother are her Crystal Candy jars always full, her yellow teeth stained from cigarettes, going blueberry and raspberry picking barefoot in the summer at our log cabin, her undeniably infectious laugh, and snoring so loud at night it could keep the dead awake.
Keda Kanye Dec 2016
The songs he wrote were syrupy
The way his fingers moved across his bass
Like he was swimming
Through thick. Thick. Water
The kind you find
In colder parts of the world

The words he spoke were syrupy
The way he let his tongue roll deep inside his throat
The way he mixed laughter into every syllable
The way he’d duck his head with embarrassment

I told him once that I’d like a goat
And the way I touch him
Well it sometimes feels like harassment
It’s just that he’s so
And the way that he moves when he’s trying
To express
his pent up joy
Is syrupy

I told him that I'd like to have a farm
Live without waste
Love as if I were blind
To the darkness we all harbor
But I'm lying
And he knows I'm lying
I'm not tired enough yet

To cultivate peace

I would sometimes stay awake just to hear his laughter
You could say his whole life was syrupy
The way he let things pass
By him
with no intention of grabbing hold
Of Opportunity

And I'd like to think that he and I
Are similar in most respects
And it seems as if I care for everyone
And that all I want is joy for all
And it seems that he cares for the little things
And that he cares for me
But we both know
That neither of us care
About much
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First Week

This week I learned five new words through my work and watching the Japanese drama:　この世界の片隅に。(konosekai no katasumi ni)

刻み値 “kizamichi” increment, step value (noun)

お盆 “obon” the tray used to carry food and drink at a restaurant (noun)

会計 “kaikei” the bill at a restaurant (noun)

複雑 “fukuzatsu” complex, deep (adjective)

チャラチャラ “charachara” messing about, not serious (adverb)

〜なくて済む “~nakute sumu”

I read on another blog post that it means “get by without doing” but I think it depends on the context. However, I consulted other Japanese people and I found it can also have the emotion よかった。 “yokatta” or glad that something happened/didn’t happen. For example:

The window was left open, but luckily the cat didn’t fall out.

The video below has a little bit more information if you need it!

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Forgive me, blog readers, for I have been out of touch. It has been 4 weeks since my last posting.

But this is just one of the many lessons I learned from the last seminar I attended during Apple Expo 2010, which happened to be only one well worth my time. Humphrey Ho of Agile Dudes Inc. presented an engaging and information-packed session on why and how to use social media for business-to-business communications and marketing strategies. Instead of regurgitating Ho’s presentation, I will simply share the points that rung true for me.

So why would a business want to jump on the social media band wagon? Studies have shown that an increase in social media activity results in increased revenue, while a decrease in social media activity results in decreased revenue. It’s time for businesses to stop limiting their marketing campaigns to advertisements, print pieces, direct mail-outs, and PowerPoint presentations and to start adding business-to-business (B2B) social media campaigns. While the traditional marketing formats may still work, it is the social media that will reinforce the marketing messages and increase loyalty among existing clients.

How to use social media in the B2B world

Just like any other marketing piece you are creating, you first must have a clear purpose. Creators/copywriters will need to know the following:

  1. What you are doing
  2. What the goal is
  3. Who the audience is
  4. How you will measure whether you’ve met your goal
  5. How the social media project fits in with other branding/marketing strategies
  6. What social media tool(s) you are using (eg, Twitter, LinkedIn, blog posts, Facebook, forums, YouTube, etc.)
  7. What the SEO terms are in your industry

The important thing to remember is that social media is changing all the time, and you will need to have a backup plan for new and emerging trends in technology. However, social media is also a great way to keep in touch with trending among your clients/fans, whether that be  a trend toward using one type of editing or graphic design software over another, or a trend toward patients requesting a specific drug instead of physicians prescribing the drug at their own discretion. Social media tools can be used not only to create a network of existing and potential clients, but can also be a way in which businesses can create a more personal connection with those clients.

Points to remember when using social media tools

While many of us may already use some form of social media on a personal level, there are some things to keep in mind when launching your business blog or Facebook page.

Stay in line with your branding. Ensure you use the same colours/logos and terminology on your social media project. Social media tools should reinforce your brand and straying from the core messages of your business or even the look can create confusion among your customers. Hire a copywriter to write the copy to ensure it is professional and that it addresses the target market effectively. Remember, your media tool should always offer interesting and relevant information to your target audience.  Once the piece is written, employ an editor to review the social media elements and to cross-reference them with other published elements. A strong brand will be consistent in message, values, organization, and style.

Post regularly. This is where I have been found guilty. But seriously, a business wanting to use a blog to generate traffic to its website or its client’s website, or to get people discussing a certain topic needs to post new content on a regular basis. The frequency of posting new content will depend on the type of social media tool being used, the purpose of the tool, the target audience, and your topic. Remember that social media acts in real-time and posting content about something that happened 6 weeks ago may not be relevant to your target audience anymore. Whatever your needs, it is best to set up a social media schedule. Since the most difficult challenge businesses face with social media is creating enough copy, search out and hire a writer to do so for you. Your freelance writer can also re-purpose existing materials for the Web or for social media content, and turn existing online content into brochures and white sheets, etc. Professional writers and editors also have knowledge of SEOs, so be sure to hire out this task.

Get your legal department involved. As instant as social media is, remember that it requires much work on the back end. It involves handling highly personal information and requires that you secure that information. Ensure your business not only has an Internet policy but also a social media policy. If your media tool is for internal personnel, the tool will definitely need to be secure to protect proprietary information.

Monitor or hire a company to monitor your social media networks. What good is it to have launched a social media strategy and not be able to determine how effective it is? Applying tools such as Google Analytics can reveal key information about your audience, from how they got to your page and the length of time spent there to your visitors’ geographical location and service provider. With this information you can get to know your clients/fan base a little better and you can provide them with more engaging content and information that meets their specific needs. Set a schedule to review this data on a regular basis and explore how it might impact the content or the next steps in your social media B2B strategy.

And there you have it, folks: all the points to follow when engaging in B2B social media. Since attending this seminar, I have applied Google Analytics to my website, I review my blog and website stats regularly, and I am exploring how I can get more relevant content to you, the readers, on a more regular basis. If you would like to see a certain topic discussed, please let me know by posting a comment below. Thanks!


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Here’s an easy way to remember how to use the apostrophe for possession and contractions.

Never use an apostrophe to indicate a plural. Just. Don’t. Do. It.

An apostrophe indicates possession… except for “its.”  “It’s” means “it is.” (Hey, there’s always an exception.)

Or put another way:

This one won't be forgotten!

Lesson learned

Now you’ll never forget!


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Cleanse Month 2017

6 Ways to Detox Naturally

Our bodies are designed to detoxify themselves naturally. In fact, most of our major organs, especially the liver, are designed to rid out toxins and flush out impurities in our bodies.

With modern day living, we face an overload of synthetic toxins and chemicals on a daily basis through hair products, cosmetics, processed food, plastics and just everyday stress. That’s why we need to do what we can to support our body’s natural detoxification abilities.

The good news there are plenty of natural ways to help support your body’s detox. Introducing these simple lifestyle changes that will go a long way:

1. Replace your morning cuppa with green tea

If you need a little caffeine boost in the mornings, green tea offers enough caffeine levels to stimulate a response but doesn’t give you the jitters. It also has a host of benefits – high in antioxidants and also known to boost metabolism.

2. Drink lots and lots of water

If there were a miracle drink, water would be it. Water is essential in flushing out toxins from our systems and keeping all our organs functioning properly.  Increase your water intake to reap health benefits both long term and short.

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Eat more whole foods that don’t contain preservatives and additives.

4. Eat as much whole foods as possible

Processed foods contain preservatives, additives, refined sugar and high levels of sodium and fat, which do a disservice to your body.  Instead eat more whole foods, which are foods that are processed and refined  as little as possible. This includes vegetables, fruit, unpolished grains, beans, meat and dairy.

Read more: 5 Processed Foods you don’t need in your life

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Work up a sweat 3 times a week to dispel toxins from your body

5. Sweat it out

Exercise helps to detoxify the body of toxins. When you sweat, built-up toxins in our system are released giving your body a natural cleanse! According to independent research by environmental thought-leader Bruce Lourie, our bodies expel toxic plastics in our sweat. Support your body’s natural water cycle by drinking lots of water, excercising regularly and sweating it out in a sauna, if you have access to one.

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Chronic stress disrupts our body’s natural rhythm.

6. Find ways to manage your stress levels

When we experience stress, our body goes into “flight or fight” mode, triggering a physical reaction – our heart beats faster, our muscles tense up and blood flows away from any non-essential body systems. Under long term stress, the body continuously pours resources to fight it, which takes a profound physical toll over time. It’s critical to find ways to manage your stress levels – be it through exercise, meditation or a hobby.

7. Sleep well

Having 7-8 hours is a necessity that has come to be viewed as a luxury. With our hectic lifestyle, sleep usually gets compromised as we stretch our days to cramp in more waking hours. Sufficient shut eye is essential for our systems to recuperate and repair itself for the next day.

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As we’ve mentioned in the introductory blurb to this series of articles, beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder when it comes to Hifi equipment, but we think that the Avantgarde Trios will appeal to pretty much anyone with a passing interest in hifi and, dare we suggest, will also score highly on the WAF scale too. OK, they do look a little bit like something from another planet and they certainly don’t conform to the minimalist approach to high-end loudspeaker design, but then we think they look all the better for this.

The Avantgarde Trio is a three way spherical horn ‘satellite’ which is then complimented below 100Hz with active subwoofers or by 2 to 6 Basshorn modules.

Low- mid Frequencies on the Trio are handled by the 38” horn, which is driven by an 8” driver, the midrange (down to 600Hz) is dealt with by a 23” horn and the top end by a 7” horn. With only 4 passive crossover components the system delivers a very healthy 109dB sensitivity.

The Trio, even without the Basshorn modules, is certainly no shrinking violet and stands a full 1.67m in height and 95cm in width. Each unit is also 83cm deep and so whilst the Trios are big, they aren’t huge, though they do weigh in at an impressive 56Kg each.

The Basshorn is an active bass system with a frequency response of 18 to 250 Hz. Each Basshorn is driven by two 12 inch long excursion drivers with 600 watts RMS. The mouth area of each Basshorn module is 9 ft squared. With six Basshorns in the system this offers a colossal 54 ft squared.

Whatever of the specifications and measurements (that’s not what this article series is about) the Avantgarde Trios certainly strike an impressive and impactful visual statement and they undoubtedly don’t try to hide themselves away from passing glances. With the full compliment of 6 Basshorn modules the Trios will certainly dominate any room in which the lucky owner chooses to place them, but we feel there is a certain stunning beauty about the ensemble.

Eleven standard colours are available to further enhance the appearance of the already striking loudspeaker – from ‘Turmaline Vivid Black’ to ‘Ruby Brilliant Red’. The look of the Trios is certainly very contemporary, but we think that whether in an ultra-modern and minimalist apartment, or a more traditional living space, they are a statement piece that will get your visitors talking.

Now, there are options and the trio is available in either the standard ‘one-on-top-of-the-other arrangement’, or the curved ‘Trio Classico’ curved frame… though this is a $2400 option atop the, already not insubstantial, $68 000 for the standard Trio with the standard subs. Add the full compliment of six Basshorn modules and, let’s face it who wouldn’t want to do this, you get the price up to a bank-balance-busting $163 000…plus another $6000 if you want a customised colour. These are luxury items and luxury hifi comes at a price. Would they be on my short list if I had the money…oh yes!

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

List entry Number: 1258102

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Devon

District: North Devon

District Type: District Authority

Parish: Chittlehampton

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Grade: II

Date first listed: 08-Jan-1988

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3/97 Hoe Farmhouse - - II Farmhouse. C16 in origin, remodelled and extended in C17 and again in late C19 and early C20. Rendered stone rubble and cob with brick dressings, unrendered stone rubble at left end. Slate roof with gable ends. Brick stack at left end, and 2 rear lateral stone rubble stacks with tapered caps, with tall brick shafts. Plan: the house consists of 5 rooms in line, the middle and right end room being heated by the rear lateral stacks, with the right end room being divided from the rooms to the left by a cross-passage. A further doorway gives direct entry into the second room from the left. The house has been progressively extended at the left (lower end). Originally it consisted of an open hall at the right end and passage, conforming to the position of the present passage with a lower end extending to the left to a point immediately to the right of the lower of the 2 lateral stacks. Probably in the late C17, the house appears to have been 'turned round' when the stacks were inserted, and the hall ceiled, the former lower end being extended to the left and converted apparently to the hall, with an additional probably non- domestic room beyond. In the late C19, the hall was divided, creating a narrow room and staircase running from front to back between the hall and passage, and an extension of 1-room plan added at the left end. At this stage, the house was occupied as 2 dwellings, but has now reverted to single occupation. 2 storeys. 4-window range. 2-light casements, 6 panes per light to upper storey. Ground floor windows have 2 panes per light; the window at the right end is of 3 lights. All openings have brick quoins, those to ground floor with slightly cambered brick lintels. C20 leanto porch to left-hand doorway. Interior: largely altered in late C19. The fireplace lintel to the lower rear lateral stack has x-scratch mouldings. Creamery niche to right of fireplace to right-hand room. Ceiling beams are principally C19 and C20 replacements. Roof: the medieval roof structure over the original hall and lower end, however, is largely intact with 2 jointed cruck trusses, the feet of which rest on short wall plates circa 2 metres above the plinth. The truss towards the upper end has trenched purlins, the lower truss threaded purlins and ridge purlin. Both have slightly cranked morticed and tenoned collars. The lower truss was originally closed with mortices in the soffit of the collar and apex for studs. Smoke-blackening is clearly confined to the roof members to the right of this truss, and the right gable end wall is also smoke-blackened beneath the whitewashed plaster render. The lower truss is sited immediately to the left of the present passage. There is no indication of there having been an inner room beyond the hall. In the C19, Hoe Farm formed part of the Rolle Estate, the late C19 remodelling being characteristic of a number of neighbouring estate farms.

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30 March

The Crimean War was a military conflict fought between October 1853 – February 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.

The immediate cause involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Catholics, while Russia promoted those of the Eastern Orthodox Christians. The longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of the United Kingdom and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at Ottoman expense. It has widely been noted that the causes, in one case involving an argument over a key, have never revealed a “greater confusion of purpose”, yet led to a war noted for its “notoriously incompetent international butchery.”

While the churches eventually worked out their differences and came to an initial agreement, both Nicholas I of Russia and Napoleon III refused to back down. Nicholas issued an ultimatum that the Orthodox subjects of the Empire be placed under his protection. Britain attempted to mediate, and arranged a compromise that Nicholas agreed to. When the Ottomans demanded changes, Nicholas refused and prepared for war. Having obtained promises of support from France and Britain, the Ottomans officially declared war on Russia in October 1853.

The war opened in the Balkans when Russian troops occupied provinces in modern Romania and began to cross the Danube. Led by Omar Pasha, the Ottomans fought a strong defensive battle and stopped the advance at Silistra. A separate action on the fort town of Kars in eastern Turkey led to a siege, and a Turkish attempt to reinforce the garrison was destroyed by a Russian fleet at Sinop. Fearing an Ottoman collapse, France and the UK rushed forces to Gallipoli. They then moved north to Varna in June, arriving just in time for the Russians to abandon Silistra. Aside from a minor skirmish at Constanța there was little for the allies to do. Karl Marx quipped that “there they are, the French doing nothing and the British helping them as fast as possible”.

Frustrated by the wasted effort, and with demands for action from their citizens, the allied force decided to attack the centre of Russian strength in the Black Sea at Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula. After extended preparations, the forces landed on the peninsula in September 1854 and fought their way to a point south of Sevastopol after a series of successful battles. The Russians counter attacked on 25 October in what became the Battle of Balaclava and were repulsed, but at the cost of seriously depleting the British Army forces. A second counter attack, ordered personally by Nicholas, was defeated by Omar Pasha. The front settled into a siege and led to horrible conditions for troops on both sides. Smaller actions were carried out in the Baltic, the Caucasus, the White Sea and in the North Pacific.

Sevastopol fell after eleven months, and formerly neutral countries began to join the allied cause. Isolated and facing a bleak prospect of invasion from the west if the war continued, Russia sued for peace in March 1856. This was welcomed by France and the UK, where the citizens began to turn against their governments as the war dragged on. The war was officially ended by the Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 March 1856. Russia lost the war, and was forbidden from hosting warships in the Black Sea. The Ottoman vassal states of Wallachia and Moldavia became largely independent. Christians were granted a degree of official equality, and the Orthodox church regained control of the Christian churches in dispute.

The Crimean War was one of the first conflicts to use modern technologies such as explosive naval shells, railways, and telegraphs. The war was one of the first to be documented extensively in written reports and photographs. As the legend of the “Charge of the Light Brigade” demonstrates, the war quickly became an iconic symbol of logistical, medical and tactical failures and mismanagement. The reaction in the UK was a demand for professionalisation, most famously achieved by Florence Nightingale, who gained worldwide attention for pioneering modern nursing while treating the wounded.


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Top 5 Wednesday: Series That Got Better

* Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge for book bloggers, hosted by Lainey and Sam. The goal is for bloggers to choose their top 5 picks for the week’s given challenge, and you can find out more over on Goodreads! *

This week’s challenge is to pick 5 series that started off not so strong – maybe downright awful, maybe just not as good as they could’ve been – and successfully improved during the later installments!

1. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

This is the first series that comes to mind when I think of series that got better with each book! I’ll add a disclaimer that I’ve only read the first 3 books, but I feel like Scarlet was way better than Cinder, and Cress was way better than Scarlet! As you can guess, I have pretty high hopes going into Winter and Fairest.

2. The Illuminae Files by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

Don’t get me wrong, Illuminae was amazing… but Gemina blew it out of the freaking water. It took everything good in the first book and just tripled it, and added in the adorableness that is Nik Malikov, and it was pure flawlessness.

3. The Conqueror’s Saga by Kiersten White

I thought And I Darken was pretty good, but boring at points, and it relied a little too heavily on politics and super in-depth world-building, to the point that little action happened. Now I Rise, though? Amazing. I wouldn’t have changed a single thing about that book.

4. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

I love the entire series, don’t get me wrong, but if you read them back to back, there’s a very clear differentiation between Jo’s early writing and the last few books. Her writing just became so much smoother and the characters and settings were much more fleshed out. Of course, that could also be partially due to the series shifting from MG to YA.

5. The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

Wait, wait, don’t leave! Hear me out for a second here. I picked up Twilight when it was brand new – like, within a week of its release date. (*hipster swag*) I loved it! I’m not ashamed to admit that. (I also don’t judge anyone who still loves it, but that’s neither here nor there.) But when New Moon came out, I was stunned. I thought it was so much better than the first book! I loved Eclipse, too. Unfortunately, by the time I got halfway through Breaking Dawn, I was regretting my pre-order, and the series hasn’t been the same for me ever since. That said… I reread New Moon a few years later and still thought it was vastly superior to the first book.

What’s your favorite series that got better as it continued? Feel free to drop links to your T5W posts, too!

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  1. Wow! I’m so glad to hear that the series Cinder starts gets better… same for Illuminae considering I loved it, it’s so great that it can get better! I read And I Darken so to hear that Now I Rise is better is so great too! I liked AID but I was so over the love triangle by the end that I was happy with what she decided to do!! Great list!! ❤

    1. Oh man, if you loved Illuminae, I would be SHOCKED if you don’t love Gemina! It was one of my top reads of the year so far! So was Now I Rise, now that I think about it. Ugh, me too – I think you’ll be pleased with the direction that whole scenario takes in NIR, though. I know I was! I might have cheered over one specific scene – I won’t spoil for you, but it’s awesome lol! Thank you ❤ ❤

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  2. Could not agree with TLC and HP more!
    All books of those series are awesome [Haven’t read Fairest and Stars Above yet though], but they get even more awesome as you read more and more books.
    Honestly, I like it when series are like that because you can see and feel how the author is growing, haha.

      1. I have the books, just haven’t read them yet, haha. I don’t know where to start anymore when it comes to my TBR-pile at home [not even mentioning the one on my Kindle].
        I remember being mad at Winter because it ended! I was all “No, nonono. You’re adding at least a 100 more pages to this because I want more! Don’t end? Oh, come on.”
        Worst book-hangover I had in a while, honestly. :’)

  3. I’m so excited to read Now I Rise it’s been gleaming at me from my shelf (after the moving house I promise!) but I agree about Gemina, I feel like they really hit their stride and I’m so excited for Obsidio.

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      1. In that case, I might wait! I’ve currently got about 8 series where I’m waiting for the next instalment, and it’s killing me, so I’m not keen to add to the misery 😉

      2. Yup, or when you pick up a book, knowing it’s a trilogy, and then all of a sudden the author turns it into a series with 12 books! It’s tough being a bookworm 😂

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  4. I completely agree about The Lunar Chronicles! When I first read Cinder I wasn’t too impressed by it but that changed with every single book and now it’s one of my absolute favourite series 🙂

    1. If you COMPLETELY disliked AID, I don’t know for sure that NIR will have the same appeal for you, but I’d say it probably depends on what made you dislike AID. If it was the characters and plot, you won’t like NIR. If it was the slow pacing, you’ll probably love the sequel, because it picks up SO much.

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Igor Gouzenko

Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko (Russian: Игорь Сергеевич Гузенко [ˈiɡərʲ sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡʊˈzʲɛnkə]; Ukrainian: Ігор Сергійович Гузенко [ˈiɦor sɛrˈɦijovɪtʃ ɦuˈzɛnko]; January 13, 1919 – June 28, 1982) was a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945 – just three days after the end of World War II – with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. This forced Prime Minister Mackenzie King to call a Royal Commission to investigate espionage in Canada.

Gouzenko exposed Joseph Stalin's efforts to steal nuclear secrets, and the technique of planting sleeper agents. The "Gouzenko Affair" is often credited as a triggering event of the Cold War,[1] with historian Jack Granatstein stating it was "the beginning of the Cold War for public opinion" and journalist Robert Fulford writing he was "absolutely certain the Cold War began in Ottawa".[2] The New York Times described Gouzenko's actions as having "awakened the people of North America to the magnitude and the danger of Soviet espionage".[3]

Igor Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko hooded
Born Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko
January 13, 1919
Dmitrov, Moscow Governorate
Died June 1982 (aged 63)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Ukrainian
Other names George Brown
Occupation Cipher clerk
Known for Exposing Joseph Stalin's efforts to steal nuclear secrets

Gouzenko was born to a Ukrainian family on January 13, 1919, in the village of Rogachev near Dmitrov, Moscow Governorate (now Moscow Oblast), 100 kilometers north-west of Moscow, he was the youngest of three children.[4][5] Igor's father was not present in his early life. Igor attended the Moscow Architectural Institute. While at the institute he met his future wife Svetlana (Anna) Gouseva; the couple married soon after meeting.[5] At the start of World War II, he joined the military where he trained for a year as a cipher clerk. In 1943, he was stationed in Ottawa, where for two years he enciphered outgoing messages and deciphered incoming messages for the GRU. His position gave him knowledge of Soviet espionage activities in the West. Igor worked under the leadership of Colonel Nikolai Zabotin.[5]

Gouzenko's Somerset Street apartment (upper right, facing street) in 2007

In September 1945, hearing that he and his family were to be sent home to the Soviet Union and dissatisfied with the quality of life and the politics of his homeland, he decided to defect. Gouzenko walked out of the embassy door carrying with him a briefcase with Soviet code books and deciphering materials. He initially went to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the RCMP officers on duty refused to believe his story. He then went to the Ottawa Journal newspaper, but the paper's night editor was not interested, and suggested he go to the Department of Justice – however nobody was on duty when he arrived. Terrified that the Soviets had discovered his duplicity, he went back to his apartment and hid his family in the apartment across the hall for the night. Gouzenko, hidden by a neighbour, watched through the keyhole as a group of Soviet agents broke into his apartment. They began searching through his belongings, and only left when confronted by Ottawa police.

The next day Gouzenko was able to find contacts in the RCMP who were willing to examine the documents he had removed from the Soviet embassy. Gouzenko was transported by the RCMP to the secret World War II "Camp X", comfortably distant from Ottawa. While there, Gouzenko was interviewed by investigators from Britain's internal security service, MI5 (rather than MI6, as Canada was within the British Commonwealth) and by investigators from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (as the CIA had not yet been founded).

It has been alleged[6] that, though the RCMP expressed interest in Gouzenko, Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King initially wanted nothing to do with him. Even with Gouzenko in hiding and under RCMP protection, King reportedly pushed for a diplomatic solution to avoid upsetting the Soviet Union, still a wartime ally and ostensible friend. Documents reveal that King, then 70 and weary from six years of war leadership, was aghast when Norman Robertson, his undersecretary for external affairs, and his assistant, H. H. Wrong, informed him on the morning of September 6, 1945, that a "terrible thing" had happened. Gouzenko and his wife Svetlana, they told him, had appeared at the office of Justice Minister Louis St. Laurent with documents unmasking Soviet perfidy on Canadian soil. "It was like a bomb on top of everything else", King wrote.[7] King's diaries assembled after his death were missing a single volume for November 10 to December 31, 1945, according to Library and Archives Canada.[7][8]

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Igor Gouzenko's pistol, which he was carrying when hiding in his neighbor's apartment (exhibit of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC).

Robertson told the Prime Minister that Gouzenko was threatening suicide, but King was adamant that his government not get involved, even if Gouzenko was apprehended by Soviet authorities. Robertson ignored King's wishes and authorized granting asylum to Gouzenko and his family, on the basis that their lives were in danger.

Ramifications of the defection

In February 1946, as news spread that a network of Canadian spies under control of the Soviet Union had been passing classified information to the Soviet government, it created a great stir.[9] Much of the information taken then is public knowledge now, and the Canadian government was less concerned with the information stolen, but more of the potential of real secrets coming into the hands of future enemies.

Canada played an important part in the early research with nuclear bomb technology, Canada along with the UK being part of the wartime Manhattan Project, and that kind of vital information could be dangerous to Canadian interests in the hands of other nations.[9]

Gouzenko's defection "ushered in the modern era of Canadian security intelligence".[10] The evidence provided by Gouzenko led to the arrest of 39 suspects, including Agatha Chapman, whose apartment at 282 Somerset Street West was a favourite evening rendezvous;[11] a total of 18 were eventually convicted of a variety of offences.[9] Among those convicted were Fred Rose, who was the only Communist Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons; Sam Carr, the Communist Party's national organizer; and scientist Raymond Boyer.[9][12]

Chapman was later acquitted; the judge in her case announced that "No case has been made out and, as far as this trial is concerned, the accused is dismissed."[11]

A Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate espionage, headed by Justices Robert Taschereau and Roy Kellock, was conducted into the Gouzenko Affair and his evidence of a Soviet spy ring in Canada. It also alerted other countries around the world, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, that Soviet agents had almost certainly infiltrated their nations as well.

Gouzenko provided many vital leads which assisted greatly with ongoing espionage investigations in Britain and North America. The documents he handed over exposed numerous Canadians who were spying for the Soviet Union. A clerk at the Canadian Foreign Ministry, a Canadian Army captain, and a radar engineer working at the National Research Council were arrested for espionage. A spy ring of up to 20 people passing information to the Soviets led by Communist Party MP Fred Rose was also exposed.[13]

Life in Canada

Gouzenko and his family were given another identity by the Canadian government out of fear of Soviet reprisals. Gouzenko, as assigned by the Canadian government, lived the rest of his life under the assumed name of George Brown.[14] Little is known about his life afterwards, but it is understood that he and his wife settled down to a middle-class existence in the Toronto suburb of Clarkson. They raised eight children together. He was, however, involved in a defamation case against Maclean's for a libellous article written about him. The case was eventually heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.[15]

Gouzenko remained in the public eye, writing two books, This Was My Choice, a non-fiction account of his defection, and the novel The Fall of a Titan, which won a Governor General's Award in 1954. Gouzenko also appeared on television to promote his books and air grievances with the RCMP, always with a hood over his head.

Gouzenko died of a heart attack in 1982 at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Svetlana died in September 2001 and was buried next to him. His grave was unmarked until 2002, when family members erected a headstone.

Igor Gouzenko Tombstone
Igor Gouzenko tombstone on Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

In June 2003, the city of Ottawa[16] and in April 2004, the Canadian federal government[17] put up memorial plaques in Dundonald Park commemorating the Soviet defector. It was from this park that RCMP agents monitored Gouzenko's apartment across Somerset Street the night men from the Soviet embassy came looking for Gouzenko.

The story of the Gouzenko Affair was made into the film The Iron Curtain in 1948, directed by William Wellman, with screenplay by Milton Krims, and starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney as Igor and Anna Gouzenko, produced by Twentieth Century Fox.

See also

  1. ^ "CBC Archives".
  2. ^ "Soviet Defector Believed Beginner of Cold War". Toledo Blade. December 25, 1984. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Hicks, Granville (July 18, 1954). "Decline and fall of a Russian idol" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Сколько стоит продать Родину, Дмитрий Прохоров, Olma Media Group, 2005.
  5. ^ a b c Knight, Amy (2005). How the Cold War Began: The Igor Gouzenko Affair and the Hunt for Soviet Spies. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. pp. 14,. ISBN 978-0-78671-816-0.
  6. ^ Pincher, Chapman (2009). Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage Against America and Great Britain. New York: Random House. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4000-6807-4.
  7. ^ a b Appendix: Secret and Confidential Diary Relating to Russian Espionage Activities – September 6 to October 31, 1945, by William Lyon Mackenzie King, The Evidence Web, Library and Archives Canada, September 6, 1945
  8. ^ Quoting a photocopy of a typewritten page at the Library and Archives Canada web site,

    The volume which contained entries from November 10 to December 31, 1945 is missing. It was not with the other diaries which were assembled after Mr. King's death in July 1950, and is the only volume in the entire period 1893 to 1950 which has not been accounted for.

  9. ^ a b c d Finkel, Alvin. Conrad, Margaret (2002). History Of the Canadian People: 1867 to Present. Toronto:Addison Wesley Longman Publishing, p. 347.
  10. ^ "The RCMP Takes Over". Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
  11. ^ a b "The trial and tribulations of Miss Agatha Chapman: statistics in a Cold War climate". The Free Library. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  12. ^ Raymond Boyer, Canada's Human Rights History, (C) Dominique Clément.
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Hubpages vs Squidoo

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  1. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    I am new to both but just wanted to say that I am very much impressed with HubPages.  I put up some stuff there first and then found out about this site.  So, I put up a few things here as well.  The difference is incredible.  Both sites are relatively easy to negotiate and work.  But the views for those postings are 34 to 1 in favor of HubPages.  The amount of traffic I am seeing here is awesome.  I think it must be a tribute to the community.  I just wanted to compliment everyone here on my experience so far.

    1. WeddingConsultant profile image66
      WeddingConsultantposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Kidgas, welcome to hubpages! Don't worry about feeling overwhelmed here at hubpages...we all have to start somewhere. I can relate since I feel so overwhelmed at squidoo. Their lens-creation methods are dizzying compared to hubpages!

      Glad to have you here.

  2. Dame Scribe profile image61
    Dame Scribeposted 9 years ago

    Welcome to HubPages and thank you. smile I think you will thoroughly enjoy your time here and make some awesome friends.

  3. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Thank you very much Dame Scribe.  103 Hubs must have been a lot of work.  It took me 2 hours to do my latest.  I am clearly impressed with some of the totals that I see.  It just seems overwhelming somewhat.

  4. Lucey Knight profile image79
    Lucey Knightposted 9 years ago

    I have to say, I prefer HubPages over Squidoo.  It does take some work in preparation of the content that goes into the hubs, however it is very rewarding.  Welcome to the community and much success!

  5. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Thank you very much, Lucey.  I am pleased to be here.  I also enjoy the preparation and writing.  I like to organize my thoughts and teach others.  I hope that people will find my Hubs useful and informative.

  6. sunstreeks profile image80
    sunstreeksposted 9 years ago

    I never had any luck with Squidoo. Never got anything near in traffic in what I get with Hubpages. From what I've read, Squidoo webpages are losing the Google love they once had.

    1. Whitney05 profile image82
      Whitney05posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I never had luck either.
      I too heard Squidoo lost Google love.

      I hope HP doesn't lose search engine favor. Anyone know what we can do to prevent it. HP team??? Thoughts?

  7. aniketgore profile image62
    aniketgoreposted 9 years ago

    Hubpages rocks

  8. Rotem profile image60
    Rotemposted 9 years ago

    Kidgas, welcome to hubpages.

  9. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Thanks all.  Right now views are 43 to 4 in favor of Hubpages.

    1. Trekkiemelissa profile image75
      Trekkiemelissaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      That may not always be the case.  Going with both sites is a good idea though.  When I first started, hubpages was doing better than squidoo.

      Currently that is not the same story.

      I have 87 lenses and 70 hubs
      I have 681 visits on my lenses in 7 days
      I have 251 page views on my hubs in 7 days.

      One site may have good traffic one day and another may be doing better another day.

      At least while you are waiting for hubpages to pay off to you in adsense, you can work with squidoo and get your rankings up and get some income coming in that way.  Within a few months being with them, I was able to get payout real easy.

      Both sites are similar in nature, but are also very different.

  10. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Now views are 68 to 4.  Of course I now have 8 hubs vs 3 pages over there, but that is because of the initial results and reception I have received on this site.

  11. sunstreeks profile image80
    sunstreeksposted 9 years ago

    I think Squidoo lost do to spam mostly and maybe a little do to the adult content.

    I think the best thing hubpages members can do is to read through some of the new hubs that are published and flag or report anything that does not fit the rules. Rate down anything that may not violate rules but is low quality. Actively report users that are creating many junk profiles and spamming with copied content.

    When you see junk, go look at the profile pages. If they have a profile page for of it, send HP a message to check out the users other hubs as well.

    In regards to the porn that filters did not catch, I emailed hubpages a few weeks ago because I found 50+ profile pages using google search [search code="porn + hubpages"] with no hubs but the user was abusing the system trying to get backlinks to kiddie/animal/rape porn from their many profile page. I've seen pages with full on nekkid porn content (one a picture of a girl who looked barely 16), image clips from porn (ya, I recognized it).

    I understand that the photo galleries bring traffic, but without offering text content, what does the search engines think about this.  In my opinion regardless what the hub is about, posting 10 pictures with less then a paragraph of text is not quality content.

    Any hub with less then a paragraph of text and a link is not aquality article. Thats a social bookmark.

    Maddie can't find everything all on her own and the filters can't get everything either. If hubbers want to keep this place in googles favor so that we can earn for years to come, then we have to actively help to get rid of the junk.

    1. shibashake profile image87
      shibashakeposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      That is a great point. I think HP admin can utilize the community a lot more with regards to this issue.

      I also wish they would get a lot more serious about taking down duplicate content. That does not result in Google love either and ends up being bad for everyone.

    2. RooBee profile image86
      RooBeeposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      So true, thanks for that! Vigilance is really necessary here and I am quite new but would hate to think of low-quality junk dragging down HP.

      I have really fallen for HubPages & many of you Hubbers yourselves, so I'll certainly try to do my part in this area. I hadn't really thought of it in this context before (duh) - I just kind of rolled my eyes when I'd see a really bad hub. <---very rare for me so far, btw!!

  12. sunstreeks profile image80
    sunstreeksposted 9 years ago

    Just a little FYI. I wrote on Epinions (one of the first get paid to write articles site). I published articles from, 2000 to 2005.

    The urls are awful for SEO purposes on my epinions articles. I had no idea how to write for search engines (ya, still learning). The majority of my articles are for products that don't even exist, yet I am still making passive income from them. Article writing isn't long term as in 2 to 4 years. Good, evergreen content will be good so long as the content is relevant. This could be 2 years, could be indefinetly.

    When I write on Hubpages I'm looking at long term earnings with my evergreen articles and knowing that they are truly possible. Even if I stopped writing today I want a good percentage my articles 5 to 10 years from now to still be earning at the very least, what they are already earning now. I write on a few other article sites but I focus on hubpages because their earning system is in the best interest of the writer and the company. I went through having high expectations with earnings at Epinions and having them squashed when the website changed how they paid from page views to some secretive complex algorithm.

    The very best way to ensure that hubpages members are able to continue to earn and make good money 5 to 10 years from now is to keep the site clean and free of junk. The articles don't have to be anything special, some people write unique content that doesn't say much. As long as the word count is good and so are the keywords, google loves it. This is good for adsense and good for hubpages. What is bad is duplicate content, substandard content, adult content that links out to bad neighborhood websites (good for adult sites, bad for public article sites), etc.

    I look at going through the new articles list and flagging some of the bad ones as doing my part to make sure my own work is going to continue getting its best chance for long term earnings.

  13. abhitgo profile image54
    abhitgoposted 9 years ago

    Hubpages for sure..
    I love this hubscore. I feel genuine content is available here on hubpages other than Squidoo.

  14. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Good comments from everyone.  Please let me know if there are any issues about the quality of my content.  I want to leave a positive legacy on the internet that will be useful for years to come.

  15. Janet21 profile image81
    Janet21posted 9 years ago

    I write for both sites and I find that in this forum, people put Squidoo down and in the Squidoo forum, people put Hubpages down.  I think that is just normal.  But, since I am very happy with both sites, I defend Squidoo here and Hubpages over there. smile

    I just created a hub on my experience on Hubpages thus far and it touches on Squidoo as well.  You can check it out here.

    One thing that I have noticed is that there has been a sudden increase on Squidoo and on my blogs from  Bing is the new microsoft search.  However, I don't see any traffic to my hubs from bing.  And, I don't see hubs ranking yet in that search engine.

    1. Trekkiemelissa profile image75
      Trekkiemelissaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Same here for me.  Both sites have their pros and cons.

    2. Haunty profile image80
      Hauntyposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I've read some of your lenses incl. the world #1 and I wish you the best. smile

  16. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    I appreciate all the responses.  My guess is that it is not a good idea to take my own original work and place it on both sites.  While that seems like an efficient way of doing things, it sounds like it would be frowned upon by the search engines.

    Am I correct in this assumption?

    1. Trekkiemelissa profile image75
      Trekkiemelissaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Plus if you try to duplicate your content here, hubpages will catch it and your hubscore will go down.

    2. darkside profile image81
      darksideposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It seems like a short cut, but it's anything but efficient. What you can do though, is if you have two articles about the same topic, both original, you should publish one here and one there and link them. The result, twice the chance at getting traffic.

      Now if you linked identical articles a person clicking through will get no benefit whatsoever.

      As Trekkiemelissa says, "Both sites are similar in nature, but are also very different." And sometimes those differences are very similar, you just need to know what the difference is to instantly know how bits of the other one works. I wrote about it here.

  17. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Thanks Trekkie for the info.  I assumed that would be the case.  But, it sure makes for a lot of writing and having to come up with lots of ideas.  My head spins just thinking about it.  I guess the idea is to take one step at a time.  I think I will work on Hubpages til I get to 30-50 Hubs (the traffic is a nice ego boost) then work on Squidoo til I catch-up.  Then work back and forth adding and adding.  If I can add about 5 per week, that would be an accomplishment.

    PS--Made my first 0.01 in adsense today so I got a penny for my thoughts.

  18. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Thanks, darkside.  I read your Hub.  It was very informative.  I don't know if I have any links at my lenses.  I am just starting to figure out what this all means.  I will go check and see about adding some.

  19. Isela profile image61
    Iselaposted 9 years ago

    Welcome! I´ve had the same experience as you´ve had in regards to traffic, low on Squidoo vs. Hubpages.

  20. vishalg8 profile image54
    vishalg8posted 9 years ago

    Hi, if you ask a question on hubpages, obviously you will find more people preferring hubpages instead of squidoo :-) Thats the reason they are there...

    That said, i also prefer hubpages over squidoo..

  21. Mrvoodoo profile image61
    Mrvoodooposted 9 years ago

    I tried Squidoo but it wasn't for me, didn't like the fact that money seemed to be grouped into some kind of collective pot from which those who had been there longer and who had more hubs took a bigger share of the cash, rather than rewarding people on a hub by hub basis like on Hubpages.

  22. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Quick update:  96 views to 7.  I now have 11 hubs total and of course that will play a role, but I appreciate the traffic.  Plus, I actually have 6 views from Google.

    1. Will Apse profile image91
      Will Apseposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I tried to read a squidoo lens once but it just gave me a headache. There is a lot to be said for a cleanly designed web page.

      1. Lisa HW profile image66
        Lisa HWposted 9 years agoin reply to this

        That's exactly the kind of thing I was planning to say after I finished reading everyone else's posts.  I thought it was "just me", but I like how HubPages is just kind of "straight and to the point" visually (as well as in how the site operates in general).  I signed up with Squidoo ages ago, and I just never bothered doing anything.  Too much "visual overload" - or something.

  23. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    126 views to 8.  I am working on a few more Hubs which should be finished later today.

  24. andromida profile image58
    andromidaposted 9 years ago

    I am with hubpage for over two weeks and I also joined squido one day back.To me hubpage is more user friendly and faster than suido.And of course,response from the friends are awesome.I love

  25. profile image0
    Nelle Hoxieposted 9 years ago

    It's funny the way somethings click and others don't. But I've never been able to get into squidoo. I can't even get into it for the free backlinks.

    But I've loved Hubpages from the start.

  26. Trekkiemelissa profile image75
    Trekkiemelissaposted 9 years ago

    I think part of the reason some people get Squidoo is because they start with Squidoo before they came over here.  I am not talking about 1 or 2 lenses, but a fair share of them.

    It also helps that some may be technical minded.  That does not mean that all are like that as I do know some that do stick with Squidoo are not, but they learned the system.

    Some that have stuck with it, they succeeded only because they asked for help.  Everyone works at a different pace.

    I like it because I get something every month even if its not a whole lot.  Its still more money until adsense finally does pay off and that does take time depending on how well your hubs do each month.

    Each month, my squidoo earnings have improved.

    That goal to $100 for adsense is getting closer too smile

  27. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    I would tend to agree with you that there is oft times a level of comfort and familiarity with a certain platform when one starts on that platform.  I find the same thing with other websites.

    Traffic update:  163 Hub views vs 7 lens views (one was even taken away on the stats page which I don't understand).

  28. nyliram profile image54
    nyliramposted 9 years ago

    I am on the both sites, and find that one has more of a way of selling what it is you produce. where the other (This one)is about writing. I am on this one now to improve my English, which is still not that good. I am working also hard to lose accent.

  29. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    I didn't hear an accent at all (LOL).

    1. nyliram profile image54
      nyliramposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Actually it becomes more Kiwi by the day, as days pass, I feel as though I have always been here.

  30. viryabo profile image87
    viryaboposted 9 years ago

    I started off with squidoo and thought the world of them. That is until i joined HubPages.
    But i must admit that not being able to put banners and individual product links on HP bothers me. Its so easy on Squidoo.
    But traffic is poor on squidoo and i love HubPages for the very clear details of page views you can get on 'my account' page. That is apart from other great qualities.

  31. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    I like the traffic source update stats.  I can tell that I am getting a lot of traffic from one of the forums where I placed a link.  I am somewhat surprised by this, but it has been incredibly effective.  Right now I am just looking at generating traffic.  I am refusing to even look at earnings until at least the end of June if not later.  I am on track with my traffic goals which are modest, but it is a good feeling.  Hopefully, someone is learning and being helped by what I have to say and offer.

    Hubs up to 196 views.

  32. AEvans profile image78
    AEvansposted 9 years ago

    Welcome !! I really have not taking the opportunity to utilizr squidoo so I truly cannot compare. This I do know I am a hubpage addict. big_smile

  33. Dame Scribe profile image61
    Dame Scribeposted 9 years ago

    I like that sign ... NO PORN ...when we make a Hub. smile I also had found one those *photo* Hubs with girls on them in their panties yikes 2nd day I think and wasn't even aware I could flag hmm dumb, yeah tongue but I know now big_smile

  34. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    I am now up to 250 views on my Hubs.  Can't even comment on Squidoo.  No views added there in almost a week.  Of course, I am spending my time here currently.

    I am pleased that I am meeting my traffic goals of 1 view per hub per day.  Plus the slim majority is outside traffic as well.

  35. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Another brief update.  I am now up to 342 views on HP.  It may be even more since there have been some problems with the stats portion of the site recently.

  36. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Now over 530 views on HP.  I am certainly impressed with the amount of Google traffic relative to Squidoo.

  37. Janet21 profile image81
    Janet21posted 9 years ago

    Update on Squidoo:  As of July, they are removing all porn pages from the site. The new TOS no longer allows porn or x-rated pages.  fyi....

  38. Kidgas profile image76
    Kidgasposted 9 years ago

    Thanks, I had read that.  Maybe I can move up in the rankings.

  39. albinoeski profile image53
    albinoeskiposted 9 years ago

  40. soni2006 profile image78
    soni2006posted 9 years ago

    I was a previous squidooer before joining hubpages. I had around 40 or more lens over there and a good income every month but then everything stopped and I deleted all of them. I have found hubpages better than squidoo. It is not complicated too.

  41. brandEXPANSION profile image37
    brandEXPANSIONposted 9 years ago

    I published my first lenses (Squidoo) about 2 weeks and my first Hubs 4-5 days ago. I posted basically the same number of pages on each site in the same structure (about 15 spoke pages pointing to one center page). The topic is the same on Squidoo and HubPages but the content differs. I did the Squidoo and HubPages for backlinks to my site, not necessarily traffic. And the HubPages link to my Squidoo pages.

    After publishing my lenses I pinged them, did RSS feeds, bookmarked them, lens roll, got about 15 backlinks from an article distribution, etc. but after 10-14 days they were still not indexed by Google. I published my hubs about 10pm, did a digg for the center hub and at 7am the next morning the HubPages had been indexed by Google and the digg was #1 on Google for my keyword. And low and behold, my Squidoo lenses, (which remember are linked to from the HubPages) had finally been indexed.

    If wasn't my goal and it hasn't been long but no Google traffic to either so I can't comment on that aspect but from my experience, Google shows more love to HubPages.

  42. Tom Cornett profile image80
    Tom Cornettposted 9 years ago

    Hubpages has a much better writing contract than most sites.  You retain ownership and publishing rights on Hubpages. Sites like Helium and Triond can use your writing forever without your permission and not pay you a dime.  I checked out Squidoo...Naaaaa!

  43. Tyson Ellis profile image35
    Tyson Ellisposted 9 years ago

    HubPages now, after all of Squidoo's recent lame changes. I didn't like those at all.

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