Fresh Squid FAQ

Squid Angel -- Blessings to YOU

This is the first instance on Squidoo that I've ac more...3 points

This is the first instance on Squidoo that I've actually written about my Catholic upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio, and what an impact it had on my spiritual being. You see, it was the nuns and priests that I encountered in elementary and grade school who instilled in me strong Christian beliefs, part...3 points

A Step-by-Step Primer on How-to Squidoo

Are you seriously interested in creating quality a more...3 points

Are you seriously interested in creating quality and unique Squidoo lenses while bringing steady traffic to your lenses? Do you also want to earn a little cash to pay for gas, back to school supplies, or sock away for that vacation? My lens will give you tips and show you plenty of helpful pictures...3 points

Directory of Squidoo Lens Directories

This page is a work in progress.There are an incre more...2 points

This page is a work in progress.There are an increasing number of sites for the lensmaster to use as tools for getting more traffic, self-promotion and interaction with other Squidoo members.It took me a long time to find all these directories on my own, and some of them I have still not submitted t...2 points

Expanding Your Lens Publishing Power -- How-to Squidoo

Hello Lensmasters! I have prepared this special Sq more...2 points

Hello Lensmasters! I have prepared this special Squidoo how-to lens just for you! This lens gives you step-by-step directions from a squidoo addict who has experienced over two-1/2 years on Squidoo to become a GIANT Squid 100 Club Member, Squid Angel, Squidoo Activist has 3 LOTDs [lens of the day],...2 points

I AM a Member of The Giant Squid 100 Club

Yes, you too can be a Giant Squid on Squidoo. When more...2 points

Yes, you too can be a Giant Squid on Squidoo. When the call went out to us lensmasters here on Squidoo, the challenge was to create 100 interesting and topical lenses in order to earn the honor of being a Giant Squid. I do believe a few lensmasters, if not a lot, offered a bit of mild protest as 'th...2 points

The Best Keywords Tools | Keyword Research and Trends

Using trend reports and keyword suggestion tools t more...2 points

Using trend reports and keyword suggestion tools to find what people are looking for, you can then focus your website content, advertising, and affiliate links to improve your conversion. These are the best free ways to find the most popular keywords (on Google, Microsoft Live/MSN, and Yahoo) and tr...2 points

Squidoo Therapy

I used Squidoo Therapy to get LOTD!2 points

How To Add Animoto Video To Your Squidoo Lens

This is free and so much fun! Create sassy little more...2 points

This is free and so much fun! Create sassy little Animoto videos with your choice of music and add them to your lenses. Upload a few of your pictures, pick your song from a great selection in several music categories - and Animoto produces a free 30-second video with fabulous effects for you. This w...2 points

How To Squidoo With A Lotta Help From My Friends - Squidoo Tips And Tutorials

This lens presents my archive of Squidoo resources more...2 points

This lens presents my archive of Squidoo resources: tips for beginners, how-to lenses, articles about Squidoo.com, Squidoo books, Squidoo tricks, insights, trials and errors to learn from, Squidoo tools, Squidoo help, outstanding lenses by top Squidoo lensmasters - in short: Everything I learned abo...2 points

Squid Angel Blessings by Chef Keem

With a Squid Angel Blessing your lenses will get a more...2 points

With a Squid Angel Blessing your lenses will get a boost for your lens rank, which might improve your earnings and lead to more traffic and recognition. Not bad, huh? But what does it take to receive a Squid Angel Blessing?In general, our group of currently active Squid Angels looks for quality, ori...2 points

How To Be You - On Squidoo

First of all - welcome! We're interested in YOU. T more...2 points

First of all - welcome! We're interested in YOU. The Squidoo community (and the world) wants to meet YOU. Your lenses may be about a huge variety of topics, but they will all reflect your personality in one way or another. So tell us: Who are YOU? Why are YOU here? How may we help YOU?Go ahead - fil...2 points

Types of Squidoo Lenses

There are many different lens templates you can us more...2 points

There are many different lens templates you can use when creating your lens. Some of the different lens types can conveniently be found at the very bottom of your dashboard screen. Others are well hidden. You can learn about them all here.2 points

My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo

The basic tools provided by Squidoo will do pretty more...2 points

The basic tools provided by Squidoo will do pretty much everything you need to get your content out to your audience. But sometimes you want to format it a little differently, and this is where inline CSS comes into play. Here I show some of the tricks I use on my lenses, and the code that does that...2 points

Kathy's Squidoo Help Library

This is a quick reference lens with a few of my fa more...2 points

This is a quick reference lens with a few of my favorite Squidoo lenses that I often refer new lensmasters to. Of course, I've tried to organize them so you can find what you are looking for easily.I've offered a selection of lenses on the same topic. Some are more detailed than others and of course...2 points

The Best Squidoo Lens NOT To Do

The wrong way to build a lens.2 points

Great Squidoo Groups Lensography

This lens was started because I just got tired of more...2 points

This lens was started because I just got tired of all the groups out there that just aren't great. So this is dedicated to groups that ARE great.2 points

How to backup your lens

Recently, I came across a few posting on SquidU ab more...1 point

Recently, I came across a few posting on SquidU about people accidentally deleting their lens or due to some bug. To avoid future headache, once you have created your lens and are happy with the content, I recommend you take a few extra minutes to back it up on your computer hard drive. One you have...1 point

LENSMASTER OF THE DAY Headquarters

Lenscrafting has become an art by itself. It has e more...1 point

Lenscrafting has become an art by itself. It has evolved into something more than just type and post. In the world of Squidoo, it is the only art. It takes more than just skill to build a truly great lens. It takes more than just time. It takes more than just discipline. It takes a Lensmaster with a...1 point

Squidoo To-Do Lists

I am by nature a list-maker. I make lists of every more...1 point

I am by nature a list-maker. I make lists of everything! As I started learning about Squidoo and making lenses, I started making lists. Return often. As I learn and grow in Squidoo land, I am sure my lists will change also. Join me on this fantastic discovery -- Squidoo!October 2008 - Thank you all...1 point

Squidoo WHO? Learn from Successful Lensmasters

Slow down there, cowboy. Study the technnique of m more...1 point

Slow down there, cowboy. Study the technnique of more experience lensmasters and you'll learn the ropes much more quickly.1 point

Lost in Squidoo - Hot Tips for Newbies

If you feel like you're in over your head, think a more...1 point

If you feel like you're in over your head, think again. Everyone has to start somewhere...1 point

Thanks for the help

A thank you to various Lensmasters plus a very sim more...1 point

A thank you to various Lensmasters plus a very simple tip1 point

The YouTube Module

How to make the most out of your YouTube modules!1 point

LOTD of a Giant Squid 100 Club Member

Well, thanks for dropping by my lens that showcase more...1 point

Well, thanks for dropping by my lens that showcases my 3 LOTDs -- lenses of the day. Yes, I've been honored on 3 separate occasions to have a lens of the day. Those have come over the past 2-1/4 years of being a member of Squidoo and authoring over 370 lenses!I love Squidoo and have loved this place...1 point

Squidoo Lensrank Experiment

Squidoo is one of the most exciting ways to earn m more...1 point

Squidoo is one of the most exciting ways to earn money online, but if you really want to be a successful Squidoo lensmaster (or lensmistress), there are a few things that must be done.Although some claim that Squidoo is easy and a lens can be together in 5 minutes, others brag about how much money t...1 point

http://squidoo.com/confessions-giant-squid

My journey to Giant Squid and resources I used to more...1 point

My journey to Giant Squid and resources I used to get there.1 point

A Guide to Groups for Lensmasters

Groups are collections of Lens, usually focused on more...1 point

Groups are collections of Lens, usually focused on a particular theme or interest. Groups are run by Groupmasters, to maintain and promote them.The are a large number of Groups on Squidoo now, so deciding which ones to join can be a difficult task, and some Groups are more appropriate that others. T...1 point

How to Add PayPal Buttons to Your Squidoo Lens

If you're looking for how to add a PayPal button t more...1 point

If you're looking for how to add a PayPal button to your Squidoo lens, here's how. Please be aware of the risks involved, as you will have to disable the Encryption feature.1 point

Squidoo Chat Room

Hang out with other Squidoo Lensmasters, swap tips more...1 point

Hang out with other Squidoo Lensmasters, swap tips and get critiques of your lenses in the Squidoo Chat Room.Started by Captain Squid, this chat room is open to all Lensmasters and does not require any software to use. Just click on the entry form below, and you can dive right in...1 point

Squidoo Guide: Linking Tips

There are many ways that you can add links to your more...1 point

There are many ways that you can add links to your Lens, improving the experience of your readers. How you add those links often depends on what those links are for. This Lens explains the different types of links, and the techniques available to you.1 point

Tables for Squidoo Lenses

The and associated tags are not permitted on Squid more...1 point

The and associated tags are not permitted on Squidoo, and if you attempt to put these into your lens, they will get stripped out. The Table Generator will convert CSV data or a HTML table into code that is compatible, and looks just as good.Below is a step-by-step guide on creating a t...1 point

How To Find Lenses and Groups on Squidoo

Searching for Squidoo lenses on a search engine ca more...1 point

Searching for Squidoo lenses on a search engine can be a real pain sometimes, as the results are very often filled with non-content pages like tags. Finding the best groups for your lens to join can also be very tricky.Here I provide two custom searches (by Google) that are optimised to only return...1 point

How To Add Amazon Product Links

It used to be possible to embed the official Amazo more...1 point

It used to be possible to embed the official Amazon Product Links into a lens (if you were an Amazon Associate). However, since the support for IFrames was withdrawn, this is no longer an option.At SQUIDUtils.com there is a special tool which generates a static version of the Amazon Product Links, w...1 point

Affiliate RSS Feeds for Squidoo

If you are a member of one or more affiliate progr more...1 point

If you are a member of one or more affiliate programs, like Amazon, then you probably already know how put static links on your lenses. However, over time these links can become outdated or even broken, and you could be losing revenue because of this.Affiliate RSS Feeds allow you dynamically display...1 point

Lensmaster Tools and Utilities

SquidUtils is the place to find complementry utili more...1 point

SquidUtils is the place to find complementry utilities and tools for your Lenses on Squidoo. Here you can see all of your lenses and groups, with shortcuts to some of the most vital functions not included on your usual dashboard. If you ar...1 point

Mission: Possible... Becoming a Giant Squid with Help from the Giant Squid Greeters

Attention Giant Squid Greeters... Your mission, sh more...1 point

Attention Giant Squid Greeters... Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to welcome new lensmasters to the Squidoo community, answer questions and offer assistance to struggling newbies, and mentor lensmasters working toward their Giant Squid goals and beyond. Should any team member be cau...1 point

Squidoo WHO? Learn from Successful Lensmasters

I'm not the type to jump into something without re more...1 point

I'm not the type to jump into something without reading about it first. I don't sign petitions at the mall. I don't pass on cautionary emails without checking them out first to see whether they're spammy. And I'm certainly not going to waste time creating lenses without studying the work of those ...1 point

Lost in Squidoo - Hot Tips for Newbies

How'd you find your way here? Was it a web link, o more...1 point

How'd you find your way here? Was it a web link, or word of mouth from someone who builds lenses? I stumbled into Squidoo one afternoon while researching a topic for a monthly column. I'd never heard of it before, which is hard to believe, considering I've been online since 1994.The more I explored ...1 point

Squidoo Design - FREE Logos for the Squidoo Community

FREE Squidoo Design Group There are more Logos dis more...1 point

FREE Squidoo Design Group There are more Logos displayed there & you can add your Lens .. I also display other peoples work :) So get on board.I´m working on a Squid for all occasions.. Your going to love this, as it´s going to really make your Lenses & Groups look TOPIf you need a Logo, Avatar or...1 point

Free Spacers & fillers for your Lens

Yes, Janusz is back to help you make your Lenses e more...1 point

Yes, Janusz is back to help you make your Lenses even better than they are already :).This is #3 in a series of 'How To' make your Lens look Great!.I have made a number of Spacers & Pics that you can add to your Lens. As always allare FREE for you to use, all I ask is that you leave a small comment...1 point

How to Create a Contest on Squidoo

Want to learn how to to raise money for your favor more...1 point

Want to learn how to to raise money for your favorite charity or increase your income, or both? Many lensmasters, myself included, use contests to do just that. I'll show you how.I'll give you complete instructions on how to create a contest on Squidoo. You'll learn everything from A to Z including...1 point

How To Squidoo And Change The World

Creating a Squidoo lens can help make a difference more...1 point

Creating a Squidoo lens can help make a difference in the world or your little corner of it. Would you like to raise awareness and/or money for a good cause? Find a missing child? Tell someone you love them? Get an animal adopted? Show people how to build their business? Save a polar bear? Bathe the...1 point

Royalty Free Landscape and Seascape Photos

Royalty free photos for your lens or blog!1 point

Increase your Squidoo Earnings with Affiliate Marketing

Squidoo is a great place to earn a little extra ca more...1 point

Squidoo is a great place to earn a little extra cash, but are you realizing your full potential?You can further monetize your Squidoo lens, blog, or website by adding some affiliate marketing links! Hand-pick products and make recommendations, provide banners to suggsted sites, or provide simple tex...1 point

48 Ways to Use the Poll Module

People love interaction, especially here on Squido more...1 point

People love interaction, especially here on Squidoo. Readers want to respond to what they're feeling with their own thoughts, and the poll module can be a great way for them to communicate with just the click of a mouse. Make interaction simple for them, get some answers, and provide the results...e...1 point

How to Submit your URL to Search Engines, Google

'How can you index your website in the search engi more...1 point

'How can you index your website in the search engines?'This is an often asked question for any website owners, Squidoo users, Bloggers, and eBay sellers. There are several top search engines to think about, the obvious being Google and Yahoo. Indexing your website will let the search engines know yo...1 point

Where to get Backlinks to your Site

Well, no one...except search engines! If you want more...1 point

Well, no one...except search engines! If you want to people to read your page on the web, you need to have plenty of incoming links pointing right at your site. Search engines value the quantity, quality, and relevance of these links. The trouble with getting 'backlinks' to your site, as they are ca...1 point

48 Ideas for New Squidoo Lenses

It happens to everyone. You sit down, you intend t more...1 point

It happens to everyone. You sit down, you intend to create a masterpiece lens, and then you realize you're completely out of ideas.If you're stuck on new lens ideas, here are 48 ideas for fresh lenses that might give you a jumpstart!1 point

Squidoo CSS - my favorite code to spice up a lens

I've gathered my favorite Squidoo-code for later r more...1 point

I've gathered my favorite Squidoo-code for later reference. I'm tired of trying to find that specific lens I used a css effect on and then having to go to edit-mode, copy paste, and then go back to the lens I was working on. This lens will help me be a better lensmaster and perhaps it will help some...1 point

Squidcasting - how to squidcast on squidoo

Squidcasting is THE way to let people within squid more...1 point

Squidcasting is THE way to let people within squidoo know your new lens exists.You can use it in all kinds of ways - but how do you do it without annoying people?1 point

Lensrank explained (really)

Well, squidoo lensrank has, by common consensus (a more...1 point

Well, squidoo lensrank has, by common consensus (at least) the following factors:Lens freshness.sales made through money making modules like amazon and ebay.visitor numbers.star ratings.favorites.whether you've been blessed by an angel.whether you're a giant squid.click outs from your lensvisitor ac...1 point

SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization

SEO - search engine optimization - has many differ more...1 point

SEO - search engine optimization - has many different facets. This lens goes over the main ones - especially how they effect making successful lenses on squidoo.1 point

The Introduction Module in Squidoo

Squidoo recently changed the Introduction module. more...1 point

Squidoo recently changed the Introduction module. It suddenly has an inbuilt table of content and a 'discovery tool'. This lens is about the ins and outs of these new features.Squidoo gives these options on all lenses.1 point

If you want to become popular on squidoo...

In some ways squidoo is like a popularity contest. more...1 point

In some ways squidoo is like a popularity contest. I've done pretty well here with as I write more than 300 fans. So I feel qualified to write this lens about the subject.1 point

Cute modules to spice up your lens

Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. G more...1 point

Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. Go beyond the text-module and the link-list module and use some color. These modules are built into squidoo and really make your lens look good. Some are hard to find, so I added descriptions on where they are in the 'add modules' mode.1 point

How to do Keyword Research for squidoo

It is an under statement to say that keywords are more...1 point

It is an under statement to say that keywords are important for getting your squidoo lenses (or any webpage really) found in google or another search engine.If you are going to be making a lens to make money, you had better find out two things:- what words are people typing in search engines to look...1 point

Google Blog Search Module

I love to make a lens better by using google blogs more...1 point

I love to make a lens better by using google blogsearch. The content changes - which makes your lens more interesting.As an added bonus you get an easy way to check out what other people are saying about a topic you are interested in. Which means you can go and join the conversation :)1 point

Squidcasting - how to squidcast on squidoo

Squidcasting is THE way to let people within squid more...1 point

Squidcasting is THE way to let people within squidoo know your new lens exists.You can use it in all kinds of ways - but how do you do it without annoying people?1 point

Great Squidoo Groups Lensography

This lens was started because I just got tired of more...1 point

This lens was started because I just got tired of all the groups out there that just aren't great. So this is dedicated to groups that ARE great.1 point

Greekgeek's Squidoo Tips: How to Get Your Lens Found

Attract visitors and search engines!1 point

SEO: The Art of Search Engine Optimization

Getting Google to notice your lens.1 point

Squidoo Graphics For Your Lenses!

Free Squidoo-related clip art. Linkware!1 point

Fixing Missing Images on Amazon Listings

Putting graphics on Amazon modules.1 point

Aligning Graphics on Web Pages

Side-by-side paragraphs and pictures, centered ima more...1 point

Side-by-side paragraphs and pictures, centered images, and more.1 point

Is Squidoo a Scam? An Honest Answer

Answering a commonly-searched question.1 point

HTML Squidoo Tricks How To Lens with sample codes step-by-step

HTML Squidoo Tricks How To Lens with sample codes more...1 point

HTML Squidoo Tricks How To Lens with sample codes & step-by-step instructions to change fonts, background colors, table of contents, modules & images.1 point

Squidoo Modules Lensography

This lensography is about a series of lenses I cre more...1 point

This lensography is about a series of lenses I created about all of the Squidoo Modules available to build your lenses. I built these lenses as a way to give a little back to Squidoo and the great community of people here. This lensography is a way of putting them all together, in one lens, so they...1 point

Make your own Free Squidoo Banner

Welcome to Nr1 in a series of How To add Your own more...0 points

Welcome to Nr1 in a series of How To add Your own Banners, Spacers, Buttons & Intro Logos.Not everyone can use Photoshop, which is why I have started a series of how to add personal Banners etc.. WITHOUT needing any Pic making skills. Please keep coming back as I will be adding lots of exciting Bann...0 points

Make your own Free Squidoo Intro

This is Nr2 in a small series of How to Make Banne more...0 points

This is Nr2 in a small series of How to Make Banners, Spacers & Colored Squids... Enjoy.You can use them for your Intro, or as a background in any other Module.Why not pay a visit to the Links above :).. You wont be sorry.I look forward to seeing your Lenses, you can add them to my Link Plexo.I alwa...0 points

Advanced css for squidoo - spice up your lens MORE

My lens about css for squidoo often gets the quest more...0 points

My lens about css for squidoo often gets the question: how do I combine the code?This lens is an answer to that question.0 points

Lensrank explained (really)

Well, squidoo lensrank has, by common consensus (a more...0 points

Well, squidoo lensrank has, by common consensus (at least) the following factors:Lens freshness.sales made through money making modules like amazon and ebay.visitor numbers.star ratings.favorites.whether you've been blessed by an angel.whether you're a giant squid.click outs from your lensvisitor ac...0 points

Advanced css for squidoo - spice up your lens MORE

My lens about css for squidoo often gets the quest more...0 points

My lens about css for squidoo often gets the question: how do I combine the code?This lens is an answer to that question.0 points

SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization

SEO - search engine optimization - has many differ more...0 points

SEO - search engine optimization - has many different facets. This lens goes over the main ones - especially how they effect making successful lenses on squidoo.0 points

Cute modules to spice up your lens

Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. G more...0 points

Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. Go beyond the text-module and the link-list module and use some color. These modules are built into squidoo and really make your lens look good. Some are hard to find, so I added descriptions on where they are in the 'add modules' mode.0 points

The Introduction Module in Squidoo

Squidoo recently changed the Introduction module. more...0 points

Squidoo recently changed the Introduction module. It suddenly has an inbuilt table of content and a 'discovery tool'. This lens is about the ins and outs of these new features.Squidoo gives these options on all lenses.0 points

How to do Keyword Research for squidoo

It is an under statement to say that keywords are more...0 points

It is an under statement to say that keywords are important for getting your squidoo lenses (or any webpage really) found in google or another search engine.If you are going to be making a lens to make money, you had better find out two things:- what words are people typing in search engines to look...0 points

Google Blog Search Module

I love to make a lens better by using google blogs more...0 points

I love to make a lens better by using google blogsearch. The content changes - which makes your lens more interesting.As an added bonus you get an easy way to check out what other people are saying about a topic you are interested in. Which means you can go and join the conversation :)0 points

If you want to become popular on squidoo...

In some ways squidoo is like a popularity contest. more...0 points

In some ways squidoo is like a popularity contest. I've done pretty well here with as I write more than 300 fans. So I feel qualified to write this lens about the subject.0 points

Flip This Link Award Winners - BEST How To Squidoo Lenses

This group of lenses will show you how to maximize more...0 points

This group of lenses will show you how to maximize your lenses for improved traffic as well as how to create stellar lenses by using all of the facinating and effective options as you build them. When I first started building my lenses, I searched all of...0 points

HTML CODE - Squidoo Edition

This is a comprehensive guide for those that wish more...0 points

This is a comprehensive guide for those that wish to learn how to expand their knowledge for html concerning their lenses. With this guide you'll be able to increase the value of your lens by making it more unique and attractive to your audience.We'll be going over several different aspects of lens...0 points

URLs Every Lensmaster Should Know

New lens masters and seasoned Squids alike will be more...0 points

New lens masters and seasoned Squids alike will benefit from this detailed list of important HTML, websites and other tidbits that help make lenses great.0 points

Make Money with Amazon and Squidoo

Using Amazon is another great way that Squidoo let more...0 points

Using Amazon is another great way that Squidoo lets you make money. Amazon sells just about anything these days, it has really moved from an online bookstore to an online department store. How do you make money? Well every time that someone clicks on a link in your Amazon module and ends up buying s...0 points

HTML-backgrounds

Have you seen sharp looking lenses formatted with more...0 points

Have you seen sharp looking lenses formatted with HTML and wished you could do the same? I'm not an expert and there are plenty of EXCELLENT how-to-HTML lenses available, so I thought I'd do something a little different. (At least, I hope it's different - I searched and searched.) Following are samp...0 points

CSS Codes: Making Webpages Look Great

Fancy text, image captions, and more.0 points

How to Upload Images on Squidoo

Easy ways to add pictures to lenses.0 points

Free Web Graphics: Where to Get Them (Legally!)

Creative Commons, stock photos, and clip art -- wh more...0 points

Creative Commons, stock photos, and clip art -- where to get 'em.0 points

make money

IPC Instant Cash, allowing average people to earn more...0 points

IPC Instant Cash, allowing average people to earn above average incomes. Make money online starting today. We change your life and your lifestyle!0 points

Contents at a glance list too long?

Once you develop a content-rich Squidoo lens, you more...0 points

Once you develop a content-rich Squidoo lens, you will have included many modules whch are listed in your Contents at a glance links at the top of your lens, right under the introduction. (This bit!)The list of links can be so long, it might be easier not to enable the Contents module at all. But, w...0 points