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Squidont: How Not To Make A Squidoo Lens
This lens is an attempt to highlight SQUIDONTS -- which are the types of things one should actively avoid while creating and updating a Squidoo lens. This page will be constantly updated based on reader input in the Guestbook. If you have a "Squidont" that should be featured, please share it with the rest of us in the guestbook below, and I will be sure to make the necessary updates in the days ahead.
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Squidoo or Squidont???
Squidoo or Squidont
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packetlog says:
this may be counter-intuitive to people with more-modules-the-better philosophy. i think we should have as FEW modules as possible. i have a lens where i want people to vote. so i put up an introduction and a poll module. plus comments, of course. this is minimalistic design and i just love it. i will not put 3 more text modules that just confuses the reader. right? thanks.
Posted September 17, 2008
Squidont!!!
SQUIDONT #1: Squidont Publish a Squidoo Lens Until It Is Actually Ready To Be Seen By The World.
First impressions are often the last impressions. The ultimate success of your Squidoo page will come from readers wanting to return to your lens again and again. If you fail to initially provide a meaningful, well thought out lens, you risk alienating your audience right out of the gate. So take the extra time to make your page worthwhile... squidont rush it! SQUIDONT #2: Squidont Brazenly List High Ticket Items from Amazon!!!
The odds are slim that someone will randomly buy a large ticket item through your lens...The odds become even slimmer if you don't properly explain why you selected the item(s)...
Below is an example... anyone want to buy a chandelier that costs more than my car?
A DEFINITE SQUIDONT!!!
A DEFINITE SQUIDONT!!!
SQUIDONT #3: Squidont Post Random Pictures of Cute Dogs and/or Family Members
This is Tony's dog... no one is interested and it makes for a lousy Squidoo page. Squidont do it! SQUIDONT #4: Squidont Forget the HTML!!!
HTML Makes Your Lens Much More Readable and Appealing
Lensmaster N376 has a great Basic HTML for Squidoo lens located here .
Lensmaster N376 will show you how to hyperlink other sites (like I just did above with the word here), and all sorts of other good stuff, such as...
bold
italics
underline
AND much MUCH MORE!!!
HTML makes your lens look much more professional and reader friendly!
Lensmaster N376 will show you how to hyperlink other sites (like I just did above with the word here), and all sorts of other good stuff, such as...
bold
italics
underline
AND much MUCH MORE!!!
HTML makes your lens look much more professional and reader friendly!
Or You Could Always Pick Up HTML For Dummies
SQUIDONT #5: Squidont Post to Your Own Guestbook
Leave the feedback to others...you squidont need to go online to talk to yourself.
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- divacratus divacratus Dec 20, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
- Interesting. Liked what you said about Tony's dog ;)
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- Braiden Braiden Mar 27, 2009 @ 4:33 am
- Hey,
Great lens!
Good content.
Inspirational, and well written.
Would probably be a benefit to yourself if you were to use my links to outside sources?
But that's just my suggestion.
I've just finished updating my lens that outlines controversial topics such as Homosexuality, Religion, Love and Anorexia.
Take a look if you have the time.
Thanks again for an amazing lens =]
Xx
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- freddi freddi Jan 21, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
- This is a quite funny and informative lens. I'm new to Squidoo, so the bit about the HTML is useful to me. ANd #5 made me laugh out loud (especially after looking at all of the comments :-). Very cute.
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- mrsquidoo mrsquidoo Sep 19, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
- That's a good one fefe! I haven't really had the time to update this lens since I created it a year ago. But if I were to update it, that would be a great Squidont to add!
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- fefe fefe Sep 19, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
- SQUIDONT plagiarize or copy someone else's lens.
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SQUIDONT #6: Squidont Allow Your Google Blog/News Search Term to Be Too Vague.
You risk returning information that is confusing and/or meaningless to the subject of your lens
I have inserted "2008" as the search term to get the following...
- China revises 2008 GDP higher by 4.5%
- By Chris Oliver, MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's government said Friday its gross...
- Texas Gains Most People in 2008-09, US Census Says
- 23 (Bloomberg) -- Texas gained more residents than any other US state as the recession deepened in 2...
- Top 20 moments of the decade: Tiger Woods wins the 2008 US Open
- Mark Reason believes Tiger Woods' win over Rocco Mediate at the 2008 US Open was the greatest sp...
- Fort Hood shooter asked about killing Americans in 2008: report
- "The first message I received from Nidal was on 17 December 2008," Aulaqi told the intervi...
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