Have you been blessed by a Squid Angel? Or are you wishing for an angel blessing?
Are you wondering what the blessing actually DOES?
This is the right place to be! I'll try to unveil the mystery of the Angels program.
My time as an angel is over. It was fun, but now it's time for a break. If you'd like an angel blessing, keep reading to find the link to all the current angels.
Angel Blessing Facts
- Each angel can bless your lens. Multiple blessings carry more weight. What will happen? Your lensrank will rise at the next lensrank update. Megan Casey says, "If one Angel blesses a lens, the lens gets a small boost. If several Angels bless it, the boost jumps to a new tier."
- Unlike star ratings, you can ask for a blessing at the Angels Forum. And angels are known to visit the Critique Me Forum as well, so put your lens out there for some feedback and see what happens. You can also comment in this guestbook with a request.
- The blessing is subjective based on the Angel's opinion of worthiness. Basically the angel is looking for a quality lens -- unique, useful, and updated.
- Each angel is assigned to look after a few categories on Squidoo. Of course, an angel can bless a lens or group in any category. But her special responsibility is to those assigned areas.
- You are under no obligation to thank the angel who blesses your lens. Don't feel that you have to reciprocate in any way. Of course a simple "thank you" is always nice and can never offend an angel, but it's not required at all.
Has An Angel Visited Your Lens?
An Angel Blessing is Not Eternal
The blessing only affects your lensrank within Squidoo and will slowly wear off, so don't rely solely on it to carry your lens.
From Megan Casey again, "LensRank doesn't affect your Google traffic or other search engine results."
Moral of the story? Keep promoting your lens outside of Squidoo.
My Squidoo Tips Lens
Even before I was an angel, I created a Squidoo Tips lens. I guess if you stay with Squidoo long enough you learn your own ways of coping. Here are mine.-
A Homeschool Mom's Squidoo Tips & Tricks
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Just starting out making your first lens or polishing off number 20, you're probably still on the lookout for ways to make better lenses and improve the ones you've got. What's a lens, anyway? It's just Squidoo's word for a webpage. It's your lens o...
Flickr Angels
A hint for those seeking blessings -- graphics, images, and photos are very eye-catching content! In my opinion, it's almost impossible to have too many photos in a lens.
The Flickr module is the easiest way to add pictures to your lens.
Hint: Don't let Flickr Pick. Spend the time to hand pick a few choice images, perfect for your content.
Go to the Advanced Image Search and click the box towards the bottom that says "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content." That way you'll not have angry photographers leaving you nasty comments about abusing their images.
Better yet, create your own Flickr account and use your own photos! Most of the photos I use on my lenses, especially related to homeschool, are my own. An added bonus is possible traffic from Flickr. In the photo's description at Flickr, be sure to link to the lens where you use the photo. Tag your images well and give them a generous Creative Commons license so they will be found in searches.
Other ways to add photos are the Polaroid Module and using HTML.
More Writing Helps
These articles will give you some GREAT tips and how-tos for online writing (not just blogging). Lenses that follow these suggestions are much more likely to receive angel blessings.- A 60 Second Guide to Engaging Your Readers
- A list of tips. Great place to start.
- How to Get Blog Readers to Pay Attention
- These principles for blog readers certainly apply to any online reading -- including lenses. This is a MUST read.
- Write Reviews that Add Value and Solve Readers' Problems
- How to write a review. Does your lens review a product? Be sure to read these tips.
- The Disgustingly Simple Rule for Web Writing That's Often Hard to Swallow
- Another great writing article -- simplicity and scanability are vital!
Latest Writing Articles I've Bookmarked
I store my bookmarks at Tagfoot. Here are my latest finds tagged "writing."
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byAngel Blessings Poll
Some angels choose to bless anonymously. Others like to let the recipient know. What do you think?
The Guestbook
If you said, yes, you want to know if you've gotten an angel blessing, do you have a guestbook?
That particular module makes it super easy for the angel to let you know.
Another Poll
If you answered that yes, you would like to know when you've been blessed by a Squid Angel, please share why.
Who are the Angels?
In the past, the angels were lensmasters who volunteered and were selected by HQ to serve for a few months reading and evaluating lenses. But for this angel term, the angels were invited to serve.
They are sort of the class monitors of Squidoo, making sure that spammy lenses don't stay around long and that good ones are recognized and rewarded. That's a tall order to fill, and that's why they are called Angels -- it takes almost super-human strength.
To see the current angels, visit the Squid Angels Headquarters group.
More Angel Related Lenses
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Diary of a Squid Angel (2008)
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In March 2008, Squidoo HQ announced a new group of Squid Angels. I was editing a bunch of lenses, and upon refreshing a page, the lovely yellow Angel badge popped up on my title bar. That's how I learned of my Squid Angel status. It wasn't hard to fi...
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Is A Squid Angel Looking Over Your Shoulder?
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Have you been Blessed by a Squid Angel? Did you even know that there is a group of lensmasters on Squidoo who are Squid Angels? You may never even have heard of the Squid Angels. Or perhaps you know that they exist but know little about them. Well I...
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Squid Angel
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SquidAngel Blessing | If you have found your way here you have probably been 'Blessed By A Squid Angel!' What just happened? Read on to find out more about Squid Blessings and more about SemperFidelis. Perhaps some randomness, as well!
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WHO? SquidAngels!
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Get to know the SquidAngels! We are a small group of dedicated lensmasters with special powers to bless remarkable lenses for a little LensRank (and ego) boost. We also help to keep Squidoo safe from spam and other bad apples. Did you know?: Eve...
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Ten Tips for a Bless-Worthy Squidoo Lens
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Being a Squid Angel is a responsibility I take very seriously. I'm currently serving my third term as a Squid Angel, and am thrilled to have an opportunity to recognize and reward Squidoo lenses worthy of a boost. It's exciting to meet...
Guestbook
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- clemency clemency Dec 7, 2009 @ 5:17 am
- Thank you, what a lovely lens. I've had a couple of lenses blessed and had no idea what it meant, you've explained it really well.
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- dagsmith dagsmith Dec 2, 2009 @ 9:09 pm
- Great lens. I had visited before, but now that I am a Squid Angel I can appreciate your work even more! Obviously, I sprinkled some Squidoo angel dust on this lens.
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- shankapotomus shankapotomus Dec 1, 2009 @ 12:57 pm
- I think it would be great if when a lens is blessed by an angel there is a marking on that lens. Maybe a halo next to the name or something to that effect. If others are reading your lens and can see that it has been blessed, maybe they can learn from that.
By the way, great lens here. I was searching for answers to questions and you provided them.
I will give you a Baby Squid Blessing!
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- Spook Spook Oct 14, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
- Spending a bit of time trying to learn how to do my new role correctly. What a great example and I loved the graphics. Blessed by an Angel.
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- Makita Makita Jul 22, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
- Thank you for all the blessings I've received. You are an inspiration to me!
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- Stuwaha Stuwaha Jul 21, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
- Thank you for the blessing :)
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- jptanabe jptanabe Jul 14, 2009 @ 10:10 am
- Thanks so much for blessing my Prehistoric cave paintings lens! And this is such a nice lens to explain about the angel blessings. 5* to you!
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- hlkljgk hlkljgk Jul 14, 2009 @ 9:11 am
- thank you for the blessing. i also added the Green Papaya Salad recipe - thanks for mentioning it.
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- OhMe OhMe Jul 6, 2009 @ 5:35 am
- Thank you so much for blessing my Queen Anne's Lace lens. Hope ya'll enjoy dying your Queen Anne's Lace. It is a fun summer project.
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- hlkljgk hlkljgk Jun 23, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
- thank you for the blessing @ Rehoboth Beach, DE
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- NanLT NanLT Jun 21, 2009 @ 7:52 am
- Many thanks to the blessing on "F is for... Fennel".
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- ChristinasFavs ChristinasFavs Jun 20, 2009 @ 7:10 am
- Hi Jimmie, thanks for blessing my Stillborn Loss lens. I appreciate this so much as this lens is very special to me as I see how it is helping others. Thanks again! God Bless!
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- Pukeko Pukeko Jun 19, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
- Hi Jimmie,
Thank you for blessing our Salt Water Experiment lens. We had fun making it.
Melissa and Sarah
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- naturegirl7 naturegirl7 Jun 19, 2009 @ 8:29 am
- Jimmie, thank you for all of the lovely blessings that you have bestowed on our lenses. You have created a beautiful lens here and I wish that I could bless it for you.
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- BunnyFabulous BunnyFabulous Jun 19, 2009 @ 5:55 am
- Jimmie, thank you so much for the angel blessing and your comments on my lens. Thanks for taking the time to encourage me. 5 stars on this lens too. Very helpful!
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- JoyfulPamela JoyfulPamela Jun 8, 2009 @ 10:36 am
- Hello Jimmie ~ Thank you so much for the wonderful surprise blessing! I enjoy your lenses greatly and admire all the work you do, so it means alot that you noticed my first attempt. Thank you again!
Pamela
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- Suzie-Shine Suzie-Shine Jun 7, 2009 @ 6:09 am
- Oh gosh, thanks for the blessing on my very first lens. Actually I didn't know what it meant! But I do now. That has given me great encouragement and this is a super lens.
Suzie
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- puzzlemaker puzzlemaker Jun 5, 2009 @ 8:04 am
- Thanks so much for your time to take a look at my lens. Your lens answers many Squid Angel questions.
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- honeyedice honeyedice Jun 5, 2009 @ 2:16 am
- R angels really der? n do dey really help? how will v kno..
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