Secrets on how to get followers on the hub pages

My good old Possum hub has finally gone to the wayside here at the Hub Pages & I have no hard feelings about it whatsoever $6, and actually I'm very relieved. It was really getting to be too much work to maintain. I'm not going anywhere right now, and it's time for a new chapter to begin for me here on the hub pages. I been here on the hub pages for almost two years now, and I've seen a lot here through different sets of eyes. So I've decided to tell you all what I've learned about following other hubbers here on the hub pages. It's very rewarding to have others following you, and it's also more complicated then a lot of people realize. It's disappointing for many to follow someone, and to find out latter that they aren't following you back. Something that everyone needs to remember is that the hub pages is worldwide, and you are dealing with all sorts of folks from every corner of this big round spinning rock that we all are living on. Most of the folks here on the hub pages are really good people, but you are always going to have knuckleheads where ever you go in this world. Just don't pay them any attention here on the hub pages or anywhere else for that matter. It's now time to get into the nuts and bolts of following.

1) Don't ever take your followers for granted, and they can stop following you as fast as they started to follower you. There are multiple reasons a person will stop following you. They may have lost interest in what you are writing about. They may have been banned by the hub pages for some reason. They may just be trying to reduce the number of people they are following. Be prepared for attrition here on the hub pages, where you'll constantly find old followers leaving and new followers arriving frequently. Just don't take it personally when another person stops following you, and remember you always have the choice to stop following them as well. You also can't blame another hubber who stops following you, especially if you aren't following them to begin with.

2) If you want more followers then you need to follow other people. You will see and receive much more traffic to your hubs just by simply following others, and leaving comments & fan mail.

3) Be polite and follow others in return who are kind enough to follow you. Some people feel it's just plain rude when someone doesn't follow them back. I've even read in the forums where a person who had a tremendous amount of followers was bragging that they only followed twelve people back. I'm not going to name names here, but that's pathetic behavior.

4) If you follow to many people, then your profile score will most likely suffer. This usually occurs when a person follows over a thousand other hubbers. This is where you need to ask yourself an important question. Are you here for fun, or are you here for a few nickles, pennies & dimes? I have a job & I'm here purely for fun, and to enjoy the company of other wonderful people here on the hub pages. To many that profile score is obsolete, outdated, and needs to be done away with by the hub page staff. Most of us don't even pay any attention to it & could care less, but this is a choice that each person needs to make.

Now don't get me wrong, and this hub isn't about just following anybody. Everyone is different, and there are those who I'd follow even if they stopped following me, and then there are those who I wouldn't follow even if they paid me cold hard cash. Everyone is different even here on the hub pages, and you have to take following case by case, and base your decision as you see fit.

Of coarse it goes without saying that it's a no brainier to go ahead and follow those hubbers who's writings interest you. As of writing this hub there were well over 227,500 published users (hubbers) on the hub pages. However that number is highly inflated for multiple reasons. There are various types of hubbers & issues to consider when it comes to following. Here's a simple break down of each category. .

1) Temporary hubbers - These are the folks that joined the hub pages & wrote a few hubs, then left never to return again.

2) Inactive hubbers - These are seasoned folks that over time have gotten upset either at the hub pages or with their own results. They leave, sometimes deleting all of their hubs never to be heard from again.

3) Part time hubbers - These hubbers come & go from the hub pages. They return every now and then usually separated by multiple months. They leave a couple of comments, return a few follows and are gone again. They will probably follow you back, but it could take some time.

4) Retired hubbers - these people are permanently done with the hub pages, and are possibly even deceased.

5) The unresponsive hubber - These folks for whatever reason rarely or even sometimes never follow anyone in return. You will discover this by simply looking over their history, and you will discover that it's full of comments, questions, and forum responses. They seldom follow anyone, and when someone is kind enough to follow them, it often goes unanswered. There are those out there that might not want to hear this, but it's the bitter truth.

6) Hot hubbers - These are extremely active people who have a recent history of following others. Now if you want some guaranteed followers, these are the hubbers you will want to follow. To find them, you just simply click on a hubber's history, and on just the first page or two you'll discover if they are following others or not. If they have been following someone in the past day or so, or even better within the past 24 hours, then they are very active followers & you'll want to consider following them. Usually where you find one hot follower, there will be others around as well.

You will find your own history, and every single other hubber's history located on the lower section of the profile page. This is a virtual treasure trove of facts. This history dates back for the past eight weeks or two months for everyone who's on the hub pages. So there's no hiding anything from anybody on the hub pages, and the history shows everything. I've always found it interesting to see all of the unapproved comments, and items removed by a moderator, which I stumble across. That being said, I want to pass on a time saving short-cut which I've discovered over the coarse of time since I've been here. When you are searching through a history for hubbers to follow, anywhere you have already traveled to changes the shade of color on your computer monitor for "YOUR" computer. Now I realize that all computers aren't the same, but on my computer the words are a brighter shade of blue for places that I haven't traveled to yet. After I've clicked on them the color changes to a darker purple looking shade of color. Another words if you are looking for fast people to follow, then there's no reason to click again on somewhere you've already been. Simply scroll on down through the history looking for hubbers names in the brighter shade of blue, and click on those. This will save you a great amount of time when you are in search of new followers. You can take all of this information that you are armed with now, and get yourself some followers. After all I didn't get over 1,000 followers, because the Possum was a popular subject matter!

I appreciate every single person who has ever been kind enough to follow me, and here's a complete run down of every single one of my first 350 followers. From my very 1st follower ever K9keystrokes on May 23rd 2010 and then to each and everyone of my great followers in order. #2 Fifacry, #3 Juel Stephen ,#4 Jill of All Trades, #5 Koffeeklatch Gals, #6 Starqueen 13, #7 Steele Fields, #8 Wavegirl 22, #9 Billy Austin dillion, #10 Wave Child, #11 Donotfear, #12 nnirr123, #13 Hanilol, #14 Mentalist Acer, #15 lxxy, #16 Pretty Dark Horse, #17 Kimberlyslyrics, #18 gg-zaino, #19 alexandriaruthk, #20 Marlin 55, #21 Jemmy-T, #22 Carolina Muscle, #23 Me,Steve Walters, #24 zzaron, #25 Lita C Malicdem, #26 Five One Cows, #27 Angela-1973, #28 katyzzz, #29 Louis Taylor, #30 Susanlang, #31 hospitalera, #32 breakfastpop, #33 Art 4 Life, #34 Cy V, #35 Poethepoet, #36 bizchickblogs, #37 Nell Rose, #38 McConnell Group, #39 vivekananda, #40 leni sands, #41 Lisa Luv, #42 Putz Ballard, #43 Pinkylee, #44 Froggy 213, #45 Tkumah, #46 ehern 33, #47 poeticColor22, #48 Japemwellows, #49 Rebecca E., #50 mistyhorizon 2003, #51 sandylongman, #52 Peggy W, #53 DarkDisOrder, #54 premsingh, #55 poetvix, #56 Freeworking, #57 manlypoetryman, #58 Gypsy Willow, #59 Judicastro, #60 aliki1231, #61 Quill, #62 Sando5, #63 svarun, #64 prey, #65 Falco 5, #66 Beth 100, #67 worldgrandeur, #68 Jael Turner, #69 The Wizz, #70 Ladybird 33, #71 Neil Sperling, #72 rajivnandy, #73 TattoGuy, #74 stars439, #75 Cheeky Girl, #76 dashingclaire, #77 mtsil098, #78 patdmania, #79 Gus The Redneck, #80 Jeri741, #81 flurish, #82 Kimberely Bunch, #83 Medkh 9 #84 James A Watkins, #85 Aneesh3, #86 lyndria, #87 paradigmsearch, #88 sord87, #89 Nando's, #90 lauraloita, #91 mquee, #92 sandipan, #93 Bkcreative, #94 Florida Guy, #95 Nicole Winter, #96 the clean life, #97 lisasimpkins, #98 Eagles, #99 TEL 131, #100 TheHoleStory, #101 goody6, #102 drbj, #103 ,PeggyCole 17, #104 taty96, #105 mdlawyer, #106 epirus, #107 Sarabhi Kaura, #108 dyesebel 10, #109 Amber Allen, #110 Coolmon2009, #111 hafeezrm, #112 equealla, #113 wildorangeflower, #114 A la carte, #115 Healing Touch, #116 RevLady, #117 Soumyarajan, #118 Rose Ella Morton, #119 beyondthenumbers, #120 tanvii, #121 artspeck, #122 Terry B. Davis, #123 writinggoddes, #124 technorican, #125 Deborah Sexton, #126 pastella 13, #127 Dale Michaels, #128 Shaun 75, #129 Several Ninjas, #130 Missing Link, #131 Christoph Reilly, #132 dc4u, #133 My Mastiff Puppies, #134 marisuewrites, #135 leanO, #136 abhijeet4800, #137 Shirley Pisa,#138 Kimh039, #139 sid_candid, #140 ajcor, #141 JonisCorner, #142 buryshane, #143 KnowledgeSpeaks, #144 arrowsparrow, #145 devsir, #146 GmaGoldie, #147 Paula Andrea, MA, #148 Jennifer 75, #149 Bhart1989, #150 pankau mahajan, #151 erthfrend, #152 Tom_Radford, #153 Bard of Ely, #154 Consious Observer, #155 blaise25, #156 Fullerman5000, #157 stephhicks 68, #158 butterfly Tattoo, #159 myjesus 49, #160 xixi 12, #161 peacegirl 101, #162 Rusty 32, #163 nextstopjupiter, #164 PMS9, #165 N.E. Wright, #166 minesgm, #167 quicksand, #168 chrissie 123, #169 HubMania, #170 Wolfpack 5, #171 Anglnwu, #172 Greenblood, #173 lex123, #174 doodsdpogi, #175 asalvani, #176 Ratnaveera, #177 thepinkumbrella, #178 Leslie Jo Barra, #179 JollyTan, #180 ghomefitness, #181 brandonfan, #182 Lady Guinevere, #183 trisol, #184 oktoral, #185 nadatarek, #186 Mireille G., #187 zoey 24, #188 dnewman, #189 Moyra, #190 tonymac 04, #191 Composed, #192 andhrahistory, #193 LDC2010, #194 shamelabboush, #195 NormanCsarni, #196 anjaycrossroad, #197 drummos, #198 remaniki, #199 passtest, #200 besavy ,#201 Amie Warren, #202 stephanieculkins, #203 Annabelle 74, #204 Ravaged Nation, #205 lisa.bom, #206 cupid51, #207 daydreamer13, #208 Brothersofmadness, #209 phamzy, #210 Minnetonka Twin, #211 nikipa, #212 kennynext, #213 point2make, #214 Fiddleman, #215 cosmoshastra 123, #216 michellebanjoman, #217 dilipchandra 12, #218 Sam 9999, #219 Richieb799, #220 Jeffery Tymczak, #221 beth811, #222 wilbury4, #223 bwaldo1@gmail.com, #224 images99, #225 BobbiRant, #226 Bordz60, #227 joe w bennett, #228 hermfry 418, #229 Freya Cesara, #230 eculligan, #231 John Clifford, #232 Kaie Arwen, #233 loua, #234 Krishubpages 123, #235 Mr. Nice, #236 Astra Nomik, #237 dallas93444, #238 camlo, #239 msorensson, #240 Old Poolman, #241 Linda Myshrall, #242 Cole C, #243 Jimmie Mac, #244 Max Graham, #245 Richard Stephen, #246 jasonycc, #247 milenaamr, #248 Run Abstract, #249 toknowinfo, #250 mkott, #251 MikeSyrSutton, #252 Momma Mia, #253 BeatsMe, #254 Queen of the Lint, #255 Jayne Lancer, #256 Wayne Brown, #257 Craan, #258 singlemomat52, #259 dasamerman, #260 Anaya M. Baker, #261 carrie450, #262 CarolineChicago, #263 Holiday Magic, #264 quuenieproac, #265 Jay Louidor, #266 denden mangubat, #267 the voice, #268 Fossillady, #269 louisxfourie, #270 Peter-Jan-Celis, #271 dabeaner, #272 inversicolor, #273 bunnypoeta, #274 toyboyclip, #275 debbiesdailyviews, #276 markbennis, #277 klw1157, #278 NikiiLeeReyes, #279 Couponalbum, #280 kids-toy-box, #281 FenixFan, #282 Korculablue, #283 eventsyoudesign, #284 Zakmoonbeam, #285 Madama, #286 libby101a, #287 gr82bme, #288 Reality Bytes, #289 lyjo, #290 Game boy 70, #291 tipoague, #292 rubber hubber, #293 Winterfate, #294 original010, #295 Ande Moore, #296 bgamail, #297 Jo Deslaurier, #298 yyoushouldknow, #299 anna_02, #300 visthevoid, #301 littlesecret 13, #302 getexbackhelper, #303 KKalmes, #304 mimind, #305 Fuller_legend, #306 Hilly Chism, #307 marty 1968, #308 Team A, #309 mackyi, #310 CheyenneAutumn, #311 Christy Zutautas, #312 ichoosehim, #313 Sky321, #314 justom, #315 blondepoet, #316 clearblue99, #317 AliciaC, #318 Tom T, #319 brightforyou, #320 AllAboutHim, #321 shane_75, #322 jxb7076, #323 fundamentallife, #324 Jason Nichols, #325 _cheryl_, #326 ChristinaGomes, #327 Eiddwen, #328 Jen's Solitude, #329 American_Choices, #330 daPuma5, #331 schoolmarm, #332 Sara757, #333 clark farley, #334 Dave Sibole, #335 destiny 357, #336 bojanglesk8, #337 Nyah-Leese, #338 mr. daydream, #339 umyjay, #340 tmbridgeland, #341 jamesroy11143, #342 nclark140, #343 gramarye, #344 Paige Masters, #345 mahnoor1, #346 onceuponatime66, #347 vivek dubey, #348 iamalegend, #349 sameerk,and finally at last rolling in at the magical grand #350 is WeNdYpOoPoO. My first follower is just as important as the 350th follower, and also just as important as all 348 followers in between them and every single future follower down the dusty hub page trail.

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