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SINCE BECOMING A LENSMASTER I'VE NOTICED THAT ABOUT 98% OF READERS DO NOT RATE THE LENS. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF THE LENS THE READER JUST READ WAS HELPFUL OR NOT. IF THE LENS LOOKS LIKE THE LENSMASTER PUT SOME REAL EFFORT INTO IT AND HAS INTERESTING CONTENT, WOULD IT PUT A CRAMP IN YOUR LITTLE FINGER TO MOUSE UP AND CLICK ON ONE OF THE STARS?
THIS LENS IS ALL ABOUT RATING SQUIDOO LENSES!!!
RATING A LENS
It Takes A Lensmaster To Rate A Lens
C'MON!!!!! Not anyone can rate a lens. It takes a lensmaster to rate a lens. My point being is if you are reading this, or any other lenses for that matter you are probably a lensmaster yourself. Do you like your lens? Do you think that you have intelligent, helpful information in your lens? Are you getting traffic to your lens?
Let me ask you a question. If a person happens to land on your lens for whatever reason and he or she reads it and finds it helpful, wouldn't you like to see your lens rated by that person? Even if that person didn't find your lens helpful but thought "hey, that is a really nice lens", wouldn't you still like to have your lens rated by that person?
C'MON, FOLKS!!!! IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO GRAB AHOLD OF YOUR MOUSE AND CLICK ON A STAR!!!! I mean it's not like the lensmaster has asked you to jump off a tall building. And the very best part about it.......IT DOESN'T COST YOU A PENNY!!!!
So the next time you read someone's lens, whether it was helpful or not, won't ya just go ahead and click on a star?
Now I can understand if you've read one of those lenses out there, and they are out there, that are just plain useless. The ones who create a title, put in their name and call it a lens. I can understand you not rating one of those. But one that makes real sense deserves to be rated.
From today on I am going to make a real effort to make sure I rate those great lenses that I come across. Won't you do the same?
Let me ask you a question. If a person happens to land on your lens for whatever reason and he or she reads it and finds it helpful, wouldn't you like to see your lens rated by that person? Even if that person didn't find your lens helpful but thought "hey, that is a really nice lens", wouldn't you still like to have your lens rated by that person?
C'MON, FOLKS!!!! IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO GRAB AHOLD OF YOUR MOUSE AND CLICK ON A STAR!!!! I mean it's not like the lensmaster has asked you to jump off a tall building. And the very best part about it.......IT DOESN'T COST YOU A PENNY!!!!
So the next time you read someone's lens, whether it was helpful or not, won't ya just go ahead and click on a star?
Now I can understand if you've read one of those lenses out there, and they are out there, that are just plain useless. The ones who create a title, put in their name and call it a lens. I can understand you not rating one of those. But one that makes real sense deserves to be rated.
From today on I am going to make a real effort to make sure I rate those great lenses that I come across. Won't you do the same?
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Share Your Reason Or Reasons Why You Do Or Don't Rate A Lens
Many people do not rate lenses. I would like for you to share with the readers your reason or reasons why you either do or don't rate lenses.
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- Cherrybomb2009 Cherrybomb2009 Aug 21, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
- I'm one of those Squids who also notices visitors on my lenses, and yet they didn't bother to rate. And I do find it annoying, especially when I'm putting hours into my lenses and no one cares enough to acknowledge it or at least message me to tell me what I'm doing wrong. So I REALLY appreciate your honesty on this lens...
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- access2 access2 Aug 16, 2009 @ 11:34 am
- Here's another reason Squidoo should rethink their rating system.
http://oandef.co.cc/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6
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- access2 access2 Aug 16, 2009 @ 11:19 am
- At Amazon.com you have to write a review to rank a product. When a review is about three words long and two are misspelled, people know what weight to give it. Squidoo's anonymous ratings are far less useful. Nonetheless, I agree that honestly rating lenses is beneficial. Bear in mind that you are rating the lens NOT whether or not you agree with the author.
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- miltski miltski Jul 22, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
- Done you a 5 star rating.
Cool Lens by the way.
My New Lens that needs some rating so so much...
www.squidoo.com/MembershipBlueprintsSite
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- hysterectomy-weightgainer hysterectomy-weightgainer Jun 21, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
- Thank you, precise and to the point. I love reading other lens and thanks to you I will rate many.
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- Believe2255 Believe2255 May 14, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
- Hmmm...I don't know why my blurb didn't seem to make it the first time..but here it is again..lol.
Thank you for writing this lens! I was wondering the same thing...why don't people rate the lens?
I am new, I have done 2 lenses and have been visited 18 times but was only rated 5 times between the both of them. Maybe they are just being kind?..lol. I didn't realize that maybe some of the visitors/lensmasters didn't know how to, or that you even could rate the lenses. Whew...that makes me feel a lot better. I'm going to chalk up my lack of ratings to visitors not knowing how to rate them. Better than thinking my lenses are stinky..lol.
Anyway...great lens! 5*'s for sure!
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- Believe2255 Believe2255 May 14, 2009 @ 1:51 pm
- I definitely appreciate and love your lens. Right to the point! ;) Love it!
I am new at this and am so excited to when I get a rating, or a blurb,,,or favored! I have noticed people visiting my lens', but ....sadly only a couple actually rated it, favored it or left a comment. I wondered about this myself,,,why don't readers leave "their mark"? I am happy to see that a big reason for it is because they didn't know how, or didn't know they could.
I do rate and /or leave a message on every lens I visit. Some I favor because I want to go back to it later, or I want to see what the writer comes up with next. Again thank you for writing this much needed lens! 5*'s!! ;)
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- mae777 mae777 Mar 10, 2009 @ 12:03 am
- I think you said it all very well in this lens. It took me a while to figure it all out and I still take time every day to learn as much as I can about the squidoo community. Thanks for this great lens. Super kudos to you and this very well put together lens. I try and rank lenses daily.
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- lindarandall lindarandall Mar 4, 2009 @ 12:31 pm | in reply to infobouqet
- had no idea how to rate the lense always wondered what the stars were for. maybe squidoo needs to change it so that the readers are aware of this face.
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- infobouqet infobouqet Feb 11, 2009 @ 8:54 am
- Thanks for the tips. Really, did not realize it was this easy!
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- slcalvin slcalvin Feb 6, 2009 @ 11:40 am
- I am still learning, but now I know how to rate a lens.
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- jeffreymorgan jeffreymorgan Feb 2, 2009 @ 10:32 am
- Man, I'm lost. I had to work for 30 Min. and finally do a search to come up with your lens. I feel............. capital !!!
Man, where's the BIG SQUID when you need him !
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- curiousbird curiousbird Jan 29, 2009 @ 6:46 am
- thank you for this tip! I was trying to figure out how one rates a Lens. I didn't know it was this easy.
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- CPayne CPayne Nov 18, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
- Rating for Terellk Squidoo Blog page is EXCELLENT, a 10 being the highest.
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- happydays happydays Oct 21, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
- Hi Puddintane,
I now know how to rate lense,thankyou for writing about such a basic topic.
I had no idea on how easy it is, now I know how easy it is there is no excuse to not rate them it is so simple,so if there's anyone out there that can do that for mine, please be hard on me HAHA
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- timthom1 timthom1 Sep 21, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
- hey thanks i hope i'm doin the right way
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- smallfry smallfry Jul 23, 2008 @ 8:56 am
- Could not have said it better, 5 stars!
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- MonkeyMama MonkeyMama Jul 9, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
- I just joined and YOU taught me how to rate lenses! Thanks!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Jun 28, 2008 @ 2:26 am
- So you want a rating no matter what it is, right? If I give you three stars, you won't be mad?
Lots of folks get mad if they get rated less than 5 stars. For that reason, I decline to rank unless I honestly feel it's a five star lens.
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- LindaJM LindaJM Jun 18, 2008 @ 2:35 am
- I couldn't agree more! *****
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- funwithtrains funwithtrains Apr 23, 2008 @ 10:24 pm
- Nice Lens! 5 stars and a favorite from me! Please visit my Marklin Trains lens.
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- archetekt archetekt Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:38 am
- I also rate every lens that I visit. I have favorited quite a few also.
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- 1lear 1lear Dec 25, 2007 @ 3:09 am
- IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO GRAB AHOLD OF YOUR MOUSE AND
CLICK ON A STAR!!!!
Hear ye Hear ye
A very good lens post that strikes at the heart of the matter. I had a problem being a newbie I kept hitting the "rate it" and thought it just wasn't working. Didn't realize you had to Click on the Stars on top
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- Nov 25, 2007 @ 10:37 pm
- Yes, I rate every lens I visit, and I rate honestly. Some get 5 some get 3 - i rarely rate 1s and 2s. As far as prompting visitors to rate, I've resorted to this
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- LadyRaine LadyRaine Nov 1, 2007 @ 2:11 am
- I always rate lenses as an appreciation of the time and effort it took to make it. I also try to always leave a comment in guestbooks because I so enjoy reading what others have left for me.
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- Tiddledeewinks Tiddledeewinks Sep 16, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
- I do rate lenses and most are really good,but if it is terrible or just useless, I just don't rate it at all. Maybe I don't want to hurt any feelings!
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- vernhow vernhow Sep 11, 2007 @ 2:47 am
- Hi, I think people do not rate
mainly because they're not aware
of the star on the top. I rated you though ;)
"how do I move someone to rate for me?"
can you help me answer this Ndee?
Sincerely,
Vern
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- Retro_Loco Retro_Loco Aug 17, 2007 @ 6:47 am
- I rate lenses I visit, too, and I always appreciate people who rate my lenses. It's kind of like doing homework
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- ShellHarris ShellHarris Aug 6, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
- Five star rating particularly for the simplicity of the advice. I have started rating every blog I visit now. Rate my Smoothie Squidoo Lens if you get a chance.
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- Thialee Thialee Jul 25, 2007 @ 7:16 am
- I rate lenses because I want others to rate mine!
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- David.walls David.walls Jul 15, 2007 @ 7:11 am
- i rate your lens
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- kevep kevep Jun 11, 2007 @ 8:10 am
- I totally agree with this lens, my satellite tv for pc lens, gets the odd rating but would appreciate it if more people rated it as I spent a lot of time and effort on it!
Great lens
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- ILoveObento ILoveObento Apr 14, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
- I am so ignorant, i couldn't find anyone who actually said "click on a star" until I found your lens! So maybe that's why some people don't rate them (or am I the only ignorant person around? could be!). Thanks for the tip Steven
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- Sellit4u Sellit4u Apr 10, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
- I rate every lens I land on...pro or con. Feedback is the only way to build a better lens.
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- ckoehler ckoehler Mar 10, 2007 @ 11:20 pm
- Never rated any before now. Didn't realize the feature was there. Thanks for the heads up!
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- access2 access2 Aug 16, 2009 @ 11:27 am
- There's a growing consensus in America that marijuana laws are too harsh and often counterproductive. Nonetheless a "Reefer Madness" mentality persists among some people. I wrote a lens about herbal vaporizers that I thought was pretty interesting and informative, but it only took six lifetime hits for the trolls to zero in on it. I do virtually all of my writing at The Whole Ed Cata-Blog now.
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- busa07 busa07 Aug 14, 2009 @ 9:40 am
- Nice Job -- True, more people need to rate. For whatever reason many do not or do not know how.
I for one have just rated this lens and would appreciate visits to my new lens - kissing-secrets ..... Thanks
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- Believe2255 Believe2255 May 14, 2009 @ 2:08 pm
- Yes, of course I want to tell you about my lens'! I have 2 so far and it is very exciting to have done them. The first one I did is called Dress Your Deck, and the 2nd one is called First Apartment Essentials. I used my own pictures because I don't know a thing about Flickr etc...do you pay for the pics, do you need permission. Hell, I can't seeem to even navigate through that site let alone figure out how to get pictures from it. (I'll learn someday).
Dress your deck is basically about making your deck inviting, functional and fun, and First Apartment Essentials is about the smaller and often little thought of items a person who's moving out on their own might not think of. (ice cube trays, flashlight, etc). It's actually sort of a checklist.
Anyway...thanks for askin' PuddinTane.
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- terezoca2001 terezoca2001 Jan 26, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
- Thanks you finally explained how to do it!
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- moneygames moneygames Jul 28, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
- Nice and usful.
Very useful and important topic.
***** from me. Visit my lens http://www.squidoo.com/wow-prist
Thanks
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- Lili_C Lili_C May 8, 2008 @ 5:39 am
- Ok...It is my first lens about following my heart and building my dream house. It will be my dream journal. I have started with my introduction then I decided to squidilili ( check out lenses, discover buttons) and give people starz. I just gave you 5 starz, I found it funny because you were screaming. Might scare lil squids.
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