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Citizen Squid Squidoo Angel - Spirituality

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I was a squidangel from April till Oktober 2009. Starting Nov. 17th 2009 I'm a Citizen Squid: I was SEO mentor for a brief stint early 2010. This means that I regained my blessing powers. However, that did not last long as I gave up my mentor role on February 17th 2010. I love finding and rewarding hidden treasures, but I need to prioritize.

This lens is about my policy as squidangel.

What's a squidoo angel?

A squidangel is a lensmaster who has the power to 'bless' lenses: that is, to give them a lensrank boost.

Squidoo angels are one of the ways squidoo HQ has to make sure quality lenses get promoted (and payed better) and low quality lenses aren't seen too often.

We get a sneek preview at new lenses - so if you want your new lens blessed, make sure it's great right from the start.

That is: a squidangel blessing gives a TEMPORARY lensrank boost

Angels on amazon

My criteria

I will bless lenses that are of 5 star quality - and have something extra included. In other words, your lens should:

There is some picture in the introduction module

Have unique content - not copy pasted from all over the internet

Be illustrated appropriately: depending on your content. I especially like it if pictures on your lens look like you made them yourself - they should have a unique style.

Be personal - lenses that show your character have a far higher chance of being blessed than lenses that just summarize your topic. Though if you summarize well, you might still be blessed.

Have enough content: I don't think I've ever seen a bless-worthy lens with less than 5 text/write modules

Is well organized

Is to the point: don't elaborate on issues that don't fit the lens title.

Don't have sales modules or affiliate links that sell stuff not related to the content of your lens

The contents of the lens are truthful and wholesome.

In other words: Quality over quantity

Does sucking up help?

Well, sort of

If you want to get my attention, writing comments on my lenses is sure to do it.

However: your lenses will still only get blessed if they are worth it.

& I bless many lenses where I had never seen the lensmaster before.

Make your lenses better & more successful

How important ARE squidangel blessings anyhow?

Well - let's just say other things are more important

Like traffic.

Dinging lenses

Squidangels have a dark side. It's not just our job to promote good content, we also have a duty to discourage spam.

Personally I have dinged lenses that were:

On spammy topics

Spreading information that I knew to be untrue

My generation of squidoo angels

Here are lenses about being a squidangel by the current squidangels. If I forgot any, please add them in the guestbook.

Some male angels - yes, we have a few

Squidangels I've interviewed

On my thank you lensmaster blog

Semperfidelis: I think we are involved because it's a family effort for one, and for two, we can give away to charity. So far, we've never received a penny from Squidoo. All our earnings have been contributed to the various charities.
Brenda, Squidu top contributor (wasn't an angel yet when I did the interview): Treasures-By-Brenda is, as are all lensmasters I'm interviewing this week, a top contributor at squidu. She's unique in at least one other way: I've been mentoring her. Not many people can handle my direct style of feedback, I'm afraid. Perhaps it's that Canadian thing...
Jimmie: This is going to probably be one of the last squidangels I get to thank. Jimmie is also a giant squid and a homeschool mom.
Rockycha: Just when I thought all squidangels who were going to had answered my interview questions - rockycha came along and answered them anyhow :). For which I'm glad. I'm honored that she started out saying
Whippettalk - some sales tips!: Introducing Whippettalk - squidangel and the first lensmaster I've seen who has a purple star on her profile (though perhaps that's just a coincidence?).
Chef Keem - a German Squidangel: Chefkeem is one of the new squidangels. He has blessed a few of my lenses, for which I'm grateful of course. But as a squidangel he also blesses a load of other lenses, for which each of those lensmasters owes him their thanks.
Susan52: Introducing Susan52 - arguably the lensmaster with the cutest lensmaster avatar :) Seriously though: she's a giant, and a squidangel and I'm thanking her on behalf of all squidoo lensmasters for her blessings.
BDKZ: Today I'm thanking BDKZ who is a giant, a squidoo oldtimer, and Giant Squid Community Organizer. She also has one of the more popular squidoo blogs: So you want to be a Giant Squid?
Top squidu contributor AJ2008 (wasn't yet an official angel when I did the interview): AJ is one of the lensmasters I feel closest too, so I was quite happy to have an excuse to thank her. (Yes, I know, needing an excuse to thank someone? But well - I try to be objective about this blog). Known on squidoo as aj2008 she is best known I think for her lens about bullying (see below). I've left her UK spelling intact :)
A_Willow - was only an unofficial squidangel when I interviewed her: A_willow hadn't yet been made a squidangel when I interviewed her... but now she has, and with good reason.
Jaguarjulie: now a former squidangel: Jaguarjulie must be one of the most popular lensmasters around. Her whopping 680 (aka 1444 by now) fans are testimony to that. The fact that she still finds time to rate and comment on lenses like my Dutch ones is amazing to me. With 380 lenses she's also one of the most prolific lensmasters around. Reading her interview is a bit disconcerting. Her most underappreciated lenses still have 28 and 25 votes respectively. Now wouldn't we all love to have that problem? In fact - if you were wondering if she has lenses that haven't been voted on%u2026 I couldn't find any. [And she had the courtesy to send the HTML code for this interview - which obviously means less work for me. I can't believe it]
Kim Giancaterino: Does Kim require an introduction? Long time squidangel - she has helped so many lensmasters it's amazing.
Kiwisoutback, squidangel and travel expert: While kiwisoutback's lensmasters handle suggests a New Zealand origin, he tells me one of his niches is road trips in the USA. Looking for answers to this conundrum, I checked out his lensography and found out he's married to one of our greenest lensmasters: TheGreenerMe.
Joan4 - squidangel, giant, rocketmom etc.: Joan4 is one of those lensmasters that just can't make you stop smiling. It's not for nothing that a lens has already been made in her honor :) She's a giant squid top 100 member, a rocket mom and one of the new squidangels.
Lakeerieartists - one of the new squidangels: Lakeerieartists is one of the new squidangels, a rocketmom, a giant squid and of course she blogs here on squidtop. I also have to thank her for referring regularly to my blog on her posts on squidlog.
Everything mouse - thanking a Disney lensmaster: EverythingMouse is not just an angel, but a giant squid top hundred member too (194 right now).
Susanna Duffy aka susannaduffy: How exciting! An interview! Heavens, I hardly know where to start - things have just happened so fast for me on Squidoo that I can hardly keep up. I'd scarcely recovered from the thrill of making the 100 Club when, out of the blue, I had a Lens of the Day followed soon after by another lens scoring a Purple Star award. In between the LOTD and the Purple Star I woke up one morning with Angel wings.
I keep pinching myself to make sure I really AM awake.
Janet21 - wahm, squidangel, blogger etc.: Janet21 is what most of us want to be: a self sufficient online entrepreneur. Surprisingly she's only made 92 lenses to date, which goes to show that online income really is about quality more than quantity. Added to that of course her other online ventures.
Vbright105, aka Veronica Bright for being a squidangel: Veronica shares my passion for spirituality and paranormal phenomena, but also makes lenses about politics, where she lives and so on. As a giant squid she was already a credit to squidoo, but now she's a squidangel too. Here's her interview.
Squidster - giant squid and squidangel: Took her a while, but this old time squidangel who finally agreed to be interviewed.

Some lenses I've blessed

Green lenses

Religion, spirituality & folklore

Blessed lenses

More blessed lenses - featured on my blog

Learn about going green: Lenses about ecology, nature and going green.
Squidoo, webdesign and software tips: More blessed lenses:
* 10 Best Things You Can Do on Your Business Website
* Facebook Warning: Activities That Could Get You Banned
* Drawing and Painting with GIMP
* GIMP Tutorial Series Guide
* Make your own Free Squidoo Intro
* Squid Theory
Great art lenses: Some great lenses today in the category of Art.
Some great nature lenses: I'm going to be featuring great lenses here this week - lenses I've blessed. I'm doing this by category. Today I'm listing several nature lenses. Most are by our natural girl...
Spiritual, physical and emotional health: Spiritual health, physical health and psychological health. These are some of the great lenses I've found on my squidoo travels - including some of my own... And yes, I did bless them all (except my own that is).
Religion and Spirituality lenses: Time for me to bless some great lenses with more than a squidangel blessing, but with a link as well. These are in my favorite niche: religion and spirituality. It's quite a collection - I guess there are many great lenses made about this topic.

When I go on a lens blessing spree... about being social...

Generally I will bless any quality lens I come across. BUT - when I go on a lens blessing spree, I will seek out lensmaster profiles first, from someone's list of fans for instance. I will look at less lenses by lensmasters who don't rate other people's lenses.

I think a 10:1 ratio is fair: 10 lenses rated for every lens made. More is better, of course. So if you've got 3 lenses, you should make sure you rate at least 30. And if you make 50, rate at least 500. The easiest way to get to this is to actually take a look at lenses around squidoo and make a habit of rating them when you're looking.

You don't have to give 5 star ratings - if a lens is lousy, why not give it 2 stars? But DO rate it.

And if I look at more of your lenses, chances are I'll rate and bless more as well. So make sure you rate other people's lenses! Chances are an angel is watching and may reward you for it down the line...

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Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

What's a squidoo angel?

That is: a squidangel blessing gives a TEMPORARY lensrank boost

Angels on amazon

My criteria

Does sucking up help?

Well, sort of

Make your lenses better & more successful

More Squidoo Help Lenses - squidoo answer deck etc.

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How important ARE squidangel blessings anyhow?

Well - let's just say other things are more important

Dinging lenses

My generation of squidoo angels

Some male angels - yes, we have a few

Squidangels I've interviewed

On my thank you lensmaster blog

Some lenses I've blessed

Green lenses

Religion, spirituality & folklore

Blessed lenses

More blessed lenses - featured on my blog

When I go on a lens blessing spree... about being social...

Squidoo tips lenses you might have missed

More by me

Thanks for all your support!

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