HubPages launches, lands $2 million in funding
Cory Bergman August 5th, 2006
Similar to Digg in design, HubPages allows anyone to start their own site, and then the most popular content they publish (based on an algorithm that extends beyond basic traffic) is aggregated and ranked on the HubPages home page. Content publishers split the ad revenue down the middle with HubPages. The company was founded by three Microsofties, and they just landed $2 million in funding from Hummer Winblad.
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