I had just finished reading the third finalist hub when I was going to email Mr Menayen of HubPages Inc and say “Hey, where’s the hubs I’m supposed to be judging? You sent me these flagship hubs instead!”
Yes, again the quality of the entrants have been outstanding. And I can’t help but think how easy the job of the Guest Judge is compared to what the Hub Staff have in sorting through the deluge of entries every… single… day… for a WHOLE MONTH.
After this weekend don’t expect much support from the HubPages staff as they’ll either be sleeping for a week or lying in a coma on some hospital bed due to information overload. Imagine getting your brain pumped. “We’ve got a male Caucasian with a quality content OD on our hands!”
Now here are the five finalists: Tax Tips for Seniors, Accounting – The Language of Finance, Use your credit card for all purchases, Can you afford a vineyard? Can you finance a wine-making operation? and Websites that Teach Kids About Money.
All of an exceptional level of quality. If you need to come up to speed on taxation information for Seniors or the background and basics of accounting then these are the two webpages on the entire world wide web where I’d want to start. Clearly communicated and well presented. I felt smarter after reading them. Though this was not to be their day.
If I were to give out a third place I’d go with Websites that Teach Kids About Money. A well chosen list of resource links, contextual product placement, even an on-topic video! Do you have kids? Have you thought about teaching them about money? If you replied yes to both those questions then you should read this hub. In fact if you answered yes and no you NEED to read this hub.
Second and first place were tight. Very tight. I’m not a wine connoisseur but I have written a hub on winemaking. I live across the road from a vineyard. This hub was great. In fact I’ll be emailing the link to my neigbour, I think he’d be interested in the “adopt a vine program”. Can you afford a vineyard? Can you finance a wine-making operation? gets second place.
First place goes to Use your credit card for all purchases. The criteria in which we are asked to judge the finalists is originality, usefulness, and how interesting and engaging they are. And this hub scores high on all points.
Each and every one of the five finalists are well written, informative and without a doubt original. For me the winner nailed the engaging part by starting with a provocative title. It captured my attention. The information is useful. In fact I’ll be emailing this one to my wife so she can read it when she gets up this morning. And it ended with a conclusion (take away). All things being equal between the first and second place winners, the credit card hub tied it up nicely. It had closure.
While I won’t be judging on the last day I will be setting my alarm early so I can see Jimmy The Jocks results for the grand finale. Congratulations to todays finalists, todays winner, the overall winner which may or may not already be decided on points, and also to the HubPages staff for not only this fantastic competition but allowing us all to play in their sandpit. I think me wanting to set my alarm to go off on 7am on a Sunday to read the five finalists and find out who the winner is is a testimony to the competition and also how much fun its been.
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