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"The Little Lens That Should" Squidoo Lens Booster Club!

This is the new Squidoo Lens Booster Club - supporting hidden gems of remarkable significance!

Many of the finest Squidoo members create wonderful lenses which for some reason never attract much traffic. However, these lenses should be seen! They we...

49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses
...or 10 or 100!

It's pretty easy, non-techy, and of course, free. Right? Right.

Sure, to make your lens a real knockout it takes some time, but chances are you've already learned the basics and are looking to do more.

Congrats. That's the best pl...
6 ways to improve your lens, right now!
You've already done the hard part. You've had a big idea, something you want to talk about or share on your lens, and you got started. Way to go.

So, this lens is about what comes next. It's a quick, 30 second overview of just a handful of easy thin...
Add a printable coupon to your lens
The amazing iframe can be used to include a printable coupon in your lens. Don't print the entire page! Just print the coupon.

Click on the printer icon in the next module to see how it prints just the graphics.
Advanced HTML for Squidoo

The techniques shown here aren't much more advanced then what's in the Basic HTML tutorial. The code being used isn't any more special. But the results and presentation can appear to be more sophisticated. Hence it being the Advanced HTML tutorial. F...

Basic HTML for Squidoo
Before you start reading all this, you may want to open Advanced HTML in a new tab, because you'll be wanting to check it out as soon as you've finished this!

You can use basic HTML in a few of the lens modules.

Mostly used to create hyperlinks (the...

Best interview answers
The most important thing to remember when studying your best interview answers is that finding a new job is very much like conducting a marketing campaign, where you are the product.

For each potential customer (employer,) you want to make sure you...
Do Squidoo: A much requested guide to creating a successful Squidoo lens

Are you seeking information on how to use Squidoo effectively?  Excellent, because this lens is made just for you!

Find the answers to: 

- How do I do ...?
- Why won't ... work?
- How can I ...?
- Why do you ...?
- Where is the ...?

Finally d...
Fast Recipe Tips And Tricks For People On The Move

Welcome To My Fast Recipe Lens!

I am, without a doubt, "Your Smiling Chef."  Okay okay...I'm not exactly a real Ms. Super-Duper Executive Chef at Pierre Gagnaire.  But that's okay.  I can live without the fancy chef hat a...

Fresh Squid FAQ

Are you a newcomer to Squidoo? Just signed in and can't find your way around just yet? Well, let me tell you:

Welcome! You'll find Squidoo as experience addictive, thrilling and fulfilling!

Fresh Squid Headquarters is here to help you in your first...

Getting More Out Of Squidcasts
According to the definition of Squidoo a squidcast is a squirted message, sent from a lens.
From the dashboard every lensmaster can send such a squidcast, related to a specific lens, which will be shown within the favorites of anyone in the lensmaste...
How To Get Deep Links with RSS Feeds

There are a number of online syndication services that will display an RSS feed as a web page. These will typically contain deep-links to pages on to the originating website, which is a valuable source of backlinks.

I originally wrote about thi...

How to Make YouTube Videos Look Great

The key for YouTube to display your video the best possible way, is to upload the best possible quality video that meets or exceeds their requirements. That is by encoding videos the right way. 

I'll show you a few ways on how to encod...

HTML and CSS

HTML and CSS work closely together. Let me tell you one thing about myself. I've been playing with HTML since 98, but the past few years, i've been using it even more and most of what I have learned, I've learned on my own. I even know css which is a...

Interview Sample Answers
Everyone knows that preparing for an interview properly requires having highly effective answers to the questions you're going to be asked. Interview questions can be deeper than they appear, and it's important to review some job interview "sample an...
Job Interview Weaknesses
In my career as a staffing manager, I have conducted a lot of interviews. I will tell you, there are very few people who consider themselves "excellent" job interviewers.

If you feel that job interview weaknesses are keeping you from that dream job,...
Junior Golf...Even Kids and Teens play Golf!

Because what your daughter or son will learn on the Golf course, like courtesy, discipline, honesty and respect will stay in him and her forever!

The junior golf game is growing, so make it grow in your kids' life!

Visit Junior Golf Guide to get all th...

Katinka Hesselink - my other lenses
I'm a lensmaster, webdesigner an oldest child, an eternal student, a former teacher and single.

Most of you know me here on Squidoo as lensmaster 'spirituality' - but I've also got a life outside my interests in spirituality (though perhaps that's n...
Lensrank explained (really)
Well, squidoo lensrank has, by common consensus (at least) the following factors:

  1. Lens freshness.

  2. sales made through money making modules like amazon and ebay.

  3. visitor numbers.

  4. star ratings.

  5. favorites.

  6. whether you've been blessed by an angel.

  7. whethe...
Little known facts about The Netherlands


Learn about working women in The Netherlands, our royalty, or relationship with water, some history and a lot more. Like: isn't your country called 'Holland'? Well sort of, I'll explain below... Isn't half the country below sea l...

Low votes in squidoo should be banned!
I think people should lighten up about the star ratings. Even a low star rating will boost your lensrank (a bit). So any rating is better than NO rating. Disagree? Tell me!

[That said: it does anger me when a good lens that hasn't been voted on yet...
Questions to Ask: Job Interview Tips
One major factor that can separate you from your competition at a job interview is knowing the right questions to ask.

Questions to ask? Job interviews are about answering questions, not asking them. Right? Think again! An interviewer is watching fo...
Squidconomy - The Economics of Squidoo
Historical Adsense Payouts, Buying and Selling lenses, Affiliate payouts and more make up the mountain of ways you can make a few bucks using squidoo. Here is the history of these things and how they evolve through the life of Squidoo.
Squidoo Modules

This lens demonstrates a selection of some of the most used and useful Squidoo Modules. You'll see them in their natural environment, with content or product included.

Accompanying each is a description of what the module does.

To start with, this is...

Submit URL: Squidoo Lens Promotion
On this page, you'll find some links to places you can submit your Squidoo lenses to so that you can get more web traffic to your lens.

Google is usually the main source of traffic to my lenses, but to rank well in Google takes other websites linkin...
THE GIANT SQUIDS (and how you can become one)

No, it's not a rock group (but it might as well be). It's the core group of movers and shakers at Squidoo. It's a gathering of influentials, the most dedicated lensmakers on Squidoo.


Here's how this whole thing started. One day at Sq...

The Old Time Radio Flier 01 "RECOLLECTIONS AT 30"

The intention of this lens and others I propose is to bring awareness to the almost forgotten media of American theatrical radio. To bring something old and new, in this technological age, to those who pass by and take the opportunity to listen to a...

The Top 100 Squidoo Resources Top Site

Topsites are sites with a ranked listing of different websites, generally related by an overall subject. Topsite rankings are user generated, usually through voting by visitors (clicks in to the topsite) from member sites or by counting page views.

Tips for a job interview
It's finally paid off. All of the writing and rewriting of the resume, countless cover letters, phone calls, pushing through fear and uncertainty, and here it is: You have a job interview tomorrow!

Congratulations! The in-person interview is one of...
To-Do Before You Die
I was thinking about making a lens about things that every person should do before they die, but that would be a lengthy lens and it wouldn't really fit everyone. So, I decided to tell you some things I want to do, and leave room for you to add your...
What I Looked For In My Hosting Account

Just last month, when I wanted to shift my web hosting account to another low cost, good and affordable hosting, my research began. By the way, I am a research freak and wont spend even a single $ if I don't get the true worth out of it.

Basi...