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
Fetching blurbs now... please stand bySquidoo!!!
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)...
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 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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mrsquidoo
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! Posted September 19, 2008 |
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fefe
SQUIDONT plagiarize or copy someone else's lens. Posted September 19, 2008 |
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mrsquidoo
Feel free to post a note! Posted September 19, 2007 |
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mrsquidoo
17,500 and counting. More Squidonts tomorrow! Posted September 18, 2007 |
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mrsquidoo
Still holding strong! Posted September 17, 2007 |
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
- NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/October 20, 2008 Issue (On Newsstands ...
- Oct 12, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- COVER: The Bright Side (p. 26). Newsweek International Edito...
- Phillies vs. Dodgers - Preview - October 12, 2008
- AccuScore has powered more than 10000 simulations for every MLB game for ESPN.com, each simulated on...
- 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee Sen. John McCain to Visit CBS ...
- In the 2008 race for the White House, the LATE SHOW also hosted Democratic Presidential nominee Sen....
- Spotlight on Apple notebooks: 1989 to 2008
- On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Apple will unveil the latest addition to a long line of portable computers that...
A Random List of Amazon Books Via Searching "How Not To"...
How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better
Amazon Price: $17.15 (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $25.99
Usually ships in 24 hours
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner
Release Date: 10/14/2008
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $24.95
Not yet published
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
Release Date: 04/01/2008
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $15.95
Usually ships in 24 hours
How Not to Become a Little Old Lady
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $5.99
Usually ships in 24 hours
How Not to Say Mass: A Guidebook on Liturgical Principles and the Roman Missal (Revised Edition)
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $9.95
Usually ships in 24 hours
"How not to" stuff on eBay
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