✎ Learning the Best Practices with Squidoo

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I've seen lenses with pretty divider images and wondered how they did it. The lens I finally learned it from was by Lensmaster stargazer00 on this lens: Borders Dividers and Separators.

I'm moving up in levels though I'm not really sure how that affects my lensrank and earnings potential. Apparently they don't, according to this from Megan Casey at Squidoo: MONEY: Do my SquidPoints or Levels affect my royalties?

Top 40 List
I've earned points for making it to the Top 40 List though I have yet to see my name on the list since it updates hourly. If I ever see it there, I'll make a screen shot.

TIME OUT! I just saw my name on the list at number 20! I'm so excited!! Now my dilemma is: do I stay on Squidoo for a few more hours trying to get higher on the list, or do I find contentment in being number 20???

I had just decided to be content with #20, being happy about being more active than 20 other Lensmasters (including many of my Heroes) when I made it up to #15 !!! OMG: I'm ahead of GreekGeek, dagsmith, Spook, WeddingZazzle, boutiqueshops, pastiche, Evelyn_Saenz, hlkljgk, and SylvestorMouse.

This explains why I'm not making progress on my room which I'm supposed to be organizing

UPDATE: 10/2/10: I've made it to the Top 40 list several times now. Earlier today I was at number 9..then 6...and now...4. I'm at number 4! I'm taking screenshots like crazy. I just made my husband come look at my computer screen I was so excited! Of course, I had to explain it all to him but once he saw my picture up there, even he got excited. And so with every good fortune comes a dilmma: keep Squidooing, or complete my school assignment? What's a lensmaster to do?

Trophies
Here's a Trophy Hunter Page put together by another Lensmaster. There are apparently so many trophies that he had to make multiple pages. The secret to finding his "multiple pages" is knowing that he is able to add tabs to his lenses.

Trophies are awarded for: number of lenses, activity (example: liking other lenses), and how long you've been with Squidoo. In the last few days, I "liked" a whole bunch of lenses, trying to Level up and get the Squidliking Trophy. I did level up, but I don't know how many lenses I "liked" so I don't know how close I am to getting that Trophy.

Here's two Trophies I'm after: Squidliking Suits You for Liking 50 lenses and Chatterbox for leaving 20 comments. I just counted how many comments I left since the points thing started, and I counted 36...yet I don't have a Chatterbox trophy. I wonder if the comments have to be accepted by the lensmaster before they count towards the trophy?

Update on Posting Comments: I just checked to see if the comments I posted were accepted by the Lensmasters, and they were. I just verified 23 of my posting have in fact appeared on a lens. So...do I continue leaving comments...I know it's good to leave comments....but I really want that Trophy...but I should be thinking about how nice it is when I receive comments on my lens...but what about that Trophy???

Update on Trophies: I spent a bunch of time today looking at my points to see how/where I've accumulated the most points to find the pattern. There isn't one that I can detect yet. So far, though, the most points for me come from making a new lens. I'd been thinking about making a lens about the Squidoo Modules because I tend to use the same ones over and over. So I went ahead and made it Squidoo Modules Sampler and guess what??? I got 10 points for starting the lens, 100 points for publishing the lens, and get this: a Trophy for my "First Lens!" What??? Huh??? It's not my first lens, it's my 43rd lens. I'm inching closer to level 21 (only 99 points to go) but apparently not going to see Chatterbox anytime soon. And no points for getting a Trophy? What's up with that? Oh well. I've spent enough time today on Squidoo. Time to get some other work done.

Levels
Official Squidoo site for learning about Leveling Up

Monsters
Official Squidoo site for learning about Monsters

Note: If you use the code, remember to place a semi-colon ; after the last digit.

This first set is easily identifiable symbols:
✎   &#9998     For lenses about Learning.

❤   &#10084     Lens about love

☂   &#9730     Lenses which are weather related

♨   &#9832     Lens about fire

♬   &#9836     Lenses about music




This group of symbols doesn't completely relate to the lens intent, but in my mind they do.

✔   &#10004     Lenses in the "Let's Go..." series

☋   &#9739     Lens about my happy dog

☞   &#9758     Lenses about Squidoo tips

➨   &#10152     Lenses featuring web cams

∽   &#8765     Lenses which are business related




This set of symbols are more abstract, since I couldn't find a symbol that represented the intent of the lenses, I just used these.
✾   &#10046     Confession of a Pack Rat

✿   &#10047     Project Runway

❁   &#10049     Salmonella

❂   &#10050     What are you looking at?

❖   &#10070     Lenses in the "How to" category

This is where I found the code for these symbols.


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I've used this section to jot down things I wanted to try. I delete them afterwards.

• Intro module - turn on Contents. I checked them all on 1/8/10 and they each have them turned on.
• A TOC somewhere on the lens. Could be at the end as a "Go back to:". Could use several customized ones especially if the lens is really long
• Use a Poll module to get people interested in my topic
• Clean HTML tags. Links should have the "title" tag. Images should have "alt" tag. Clickable images should have both the "title" tag and the "alt" tag.
• Each lens to have at least one sales module.

Upgrades to Existing Lens

• Remove the old "Lens rank..." tracking thing I used to do. DONE 1-14-10.
• Web cams lens could use some maps to let people know where the web cam is located.
• Improve navigation. Include TOCs at various sections.
• Add sales modules.
• Add poll modules.
• Reduce the number of lenses I put in the Lensroll section. [Note: this was an old feature that has been phased out. I do recommend submitting every lens to Lensroll.]

• Add an image for Intro module.
• In the sales modules, call them my recommendations
• Send a Squidcast. The link for Squidcasting appears right after you Publish it.  
• Make a Tiny url and track the visits.
• Post the tiny url as a status update on Twitter
• Post the tiny url as a status update on Facebook
• Post the Tiny url as a status update on Content Wrangler  page.  
• Post the Tiny url as a status update on LinkedIn 
• Add link on my blog Beachy Keen 
• Add link on Mullen it Over   Note that you have to go through Go Daddy to update the links page.  
• Submit to Lensroll.com  This is important because Google will list it in the search results.
• Submit it for a critique at SquidU Forum  
• Add the link for the new lens to my BBC signature.
• Add the back link to my free web hosting sites:
  20m login here
  Bravehost login here
  Time Warner login here
  MSN Office Live login here
• Add it to my lensography

• View the lens every day. Click on every link. Edit/Publish every day.
• From any public computer, such as the library and ACC, open the lens and click on the web cam links. Sometimes you can go directly to the lens, other times start with back links I set up. Continue to test the keywords by searching them on Google.
• Participate in Squidholic forums. SquidU Forums
• Comment, Favorite and Rank other people's lenses.
• Look at the Top 100 List, the Top Travel List and the Top Squidoo Tips List.Click on their lenses and:
  • join their fan club
  • rank their lens
  • favorite it if I like it alot
  • leave a comment
• Test the search terms. Use Easy Searcher to search several search engines from the same page

Visit my blog, Beachy Keen
See my official website Mullen it Over 
Follow me on Twitter
Find me on Linked In
See my page on Content Wrangler

I think this is defunct because they use Facebook and LinkedIn now
Free web hosting sites
Jollyville Chick on MSN's Office Live  MSN Office Live free website
Jollyville Chick on 20m  20m
Jollyville Chick on Time Warner  Time Warner Road Runner
Jollyville Chick on Bravehost.com   Bravehost

• Submit to Squidom.com
• Ping at Ping.fm or Onlywire
• Submit to your Ning groups that allow new-lens submission. Content Wrangler is an Ning group. Joined Senior Squids on 1-11-10.
• Submit to FriendFeed
• Submit to StumbleUpon
• Submit to delicious social bookmarking.
• Submit to Digg
• See if this can help Technorati 
• Leave link at related-topic online forums where you participate
• Link to a bookmarking site once every two days or so -- not all at once
• Check its stats on Google Webmaster Tools
• Submit it to niche or General web directories.
• Submit it to Squidoo directories. This list came from Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income?
  • Squoogle.com
  • Squidig
  • Isle of Squid
  • Squid Directory

I found this list while taking a survey for Lionbridge
Bebo, Biip, Cloob, Cyworld, Delicious, Digg, Flickr, Fotolog, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, iWiW, Lide, LiveJournal, Maktoob, Mixi, MSN/ Windows Live Spaces, Nasza-klasa, Netlog, Ning, Odnoklassniki, One, Orkut, Plaxo, QQ, Qzone, Reddit, Renren, Scribd, SecondLife, Skyblog/Skyrock, Slideshare.net, Sonico.com, StumbleUpon, Tagged.com, Technorati, V Kontakte, Wretch, Xanga, Xiaonei, Xing, YouTube, Zing

Link to Lensroll.com

YES
http://www.squidoo.com/pflugerville   Satellite Images and Quizzes
http://www.squidoo.com/portaransaswebcams   Beach Web Cams at Port Aransas, Texas
http://www.squidoo.com/galvestonwebcams   Beach Web Cams at Galveston, Texas
http://www.squidoo.com/webcams   Best Web Cams
http://www.squidoo.com/portaransas   Let's Go to Port Aransas!
http://www.squidoo.com/emeraldisle   Let's Go to Emerald Isle!
http://www.squidoo.com/scituate   Let's Go to Scituate!
http://www.squidoo.com/currentnews   Watch Current Events from a Web Cam
http://www.squidoo.com/waterwebcams   Let's Go to the Beach!
http://www.squidoo.com/texasaustin   Let's Go to Austin!
http://www.squidoo.com/bradpaisley   Brad Paisley
http://www.squidoo.com/getmeorganized   Confessions of a Pack Rat
http://www.squidoo.com/back-to-college   Thinking About Going Back to College?
http://www.squidoo.com/project-runway-mila-hermanovski   Project Runway Contestant Mila Hermanovski
http://www.squidoo.com/project-runway-anna-lynett   Project Runway Contestant Anna Lynett
http://www.squidoo.com/things-my-husband-does-right   40+ Things My Husband Does Right
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-best-practices   Best Practices with Squidoo

NOT YET
http://www.squidoo.com/jollyville   Let's Go to Jollyville!
http://www.squidoo.com/beachwebcams   Let's Go on a Trip!
http://www.squidoo.com/jollyvillechick   JollyvilleChick's Lensography
http://www.squidoo.com/georgetowntexas]Let's Go to Georgetown!
http://www.squidoo.com/wildfires   Texas Wildfires
http://www.squidoo.com/roundrocktx   Let's Go to Round Rock!
http://www.squidoo.com/cedarpark   Let's Go to Cedar Park!
http://www.squidoo.com/leander   Let's Go to Leander!
http://www.squidoo.com/loubega   Lou Bega
http://www.squidoo.com/leonredbone   Leon Redbone

• Go back to some of my existing lens and add some Amazon modules. I was surprised to see that my main lens about Port Aransas didn't have even one sales module. Yet, it is consistently doing well in its rank. But it doesn't make much money because nobody is buying anything.
• It's recommended that I have a niche market for my lens. I have a feeling that will be the beach and web cams. But, although those interest me, what I really want is traffic. So, I think I might make several lenses, see how they do traffic wise, and adjust accordingly.
• I need to make a time schedule for myself: creating a new lens from scratch, updating lenses, checking for broken links, rating, favoriting, and leaving comments on other people's lenses.
• Find out who the Squidoo Angels are and become one of their fans. When they are looking for a lens to bless, maybe they'll look at one of their fans!   arncyn says that's one of the ways she finds lenses to bless. Spent most of Jan. 11 and 12, 2010 on finding fan clubs to join. Started the Excel database to see which fan clubs I have joined. My sources are:
  
  • Current Squid Angels: current angels
  • Retired Squid Angels: Headquarters and Who's Who of Squid Angels
  • Top Performers based on overall ratings from Squid Utils
  • Top Lensmasters in Rocket Mom
  • Lensmasters who are active in the Squid Forum
  • Lensmasters who are in my fan club
  • Lensmasters who have left comments on my lenses
• Join some groups.
  • Joined Senior Squid on 1-11-10.
  • Join the blog at CrabbysBeach blog
  • Became a Facebook fan of RocketMoms on 1-12-10
  • Became a Facebook fan of bdkz on Squidoo on 1-15-10
  • Became a Facebook fan of Squidoo Lens of the Day on 1-15-10
• Learn more about the Squid Log
• Keep up with who is receiving Lens of the Day

Good Advice from this post in the Forum Look for post #12
teatree said "So in conclusion, I would ignore Rocket Moms or any other group and just get on with doing your own thing. You'll be better off for it. Instead of aiming to be part of this or that group, aim to get 150 search visitors to each lens a day. It will be worth it as search visitors actually buy things, so you make money from afiliate sales too (a lot more money than the revenue share even if you are Tier1)."

arncyn real name: Cynthia
  Get Blessings from SquidAngel Cynthia by arncyn
bethd821
  How Do I Bless Thee? Let Me Count The Ways by bethd821
eclecticeducation
ecolicious real name: Gloria
KathyMcGraw real name: KathyMcGraw
Kharadriisa real name: Heather
KNicholls
LeanneChesser real name: Leanne
 Squid Angels
luvmyludwig real name: Crystal
  Luvmyludwig's Lensography, My Squid Journal by luvmyludwig
Norma_Budden
prosperity66 real name: Dom
  Now I am an Angel on Squidoo... by prosperity66
Rob_W
Sylvestermouse
  Squid Angel Mouse Tracks sylvestermouse
WhiteOak50 real name: Eva
  My SquidAngel Journey by WhiteOak50

Lists of Angels
The Who's Who of Squidoo's Angels
SquidAngels Headquarters

24websurf real name: Holley
a_willow real name: Michelle
  Blessed by an Angel by a_willow
adez7 real name: Donna
  The Hitchhikers Guide to The Squidoo Lens Creation Universe! by adez7
AJ2008 real name:
  Squid Angels by aj2008 (retired angel)
Barkely real name: Linette
bdkz real name: Bonnie
boredofeducation real name:
BigJim real name: Jim
calyxa real name:
Christene real name: Christene
chefkeem real name:
Crystal_Booth real name: Crystal
dagsmith real name:
daoine real name:
drifter0658 real name:
Eelkat real name:
EverythingMouse real name: Alison
flaminglacer real name:
flynn_the_cat real name:
heather426 real name: Heather
hlkljgk real name:
inkserotica real name: Carrie
JaguarJulie real name: Julie
Janet21 real name: Janet
janusz real name: Janusz (from Poland)
Jeffwend real name: Jeff
Jimmie real name: Jimmie
joan4 real name: Joan
KAB real name:
kate-phizackerley real name: Kate
KimGiancaterino real name: Kim
Kiwisoutback real name:
lakeerieartists real name:
LindaJM real name: Linda
Margaret_Schaut real name: Margaret
mbgphoto real name:
michey real name: Michey
missbat real name:
MobyD real name:
MrLewisSmile real name: Lewis
mssnow4a real name: Carol
mukunda22 real name: Kate
nanlt real name: Nan (self-proclaimed witch)
0ctavias0fferings real name:
pkmcr real name: Paul
pukeko real name:
Rajays real name:
rinchenchodron real name: Marsha
Rockycha real name:
SemperFidelis real name:
spirituality real name:
spook real name:
Squidster real name:
stazjia real name:
stargazer00 real name:
susannaduffy real name:
Susan52 real name: Susan
TheInfamous7 real name: Nick
the_party_animal real name:
ThomasC real name: Thomas
Tipi real name:
Treasures-By-Brenda real name: Brenda
vbright105 real name: Veronica
WhippetTalk real name: Kim

Rocket Moms HQ

Go to the Squid Forum
Open this page for the complete list of BBC codes.
http://www.squidoo.com/portaransas
[url]http://www.squidoo.com/portaransaswebcams[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/portaransas]Let's Go to Port Aransas![/url]

[url=http://www.squidoo.com/scituate]Let's Go to Scituate![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/emeraldisle]Let's Go to Emerald Isle![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/waterwebcams]Let's Go to the Beach![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/beachwebcams]Let's Go on a Trip![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/jollyville]Let's Go to Jollyville![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/georgetowntexas]Let's Go to Georgetown![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/leander]Let's Go to Leander![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/texasaustin]Let's Go to Austin![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/roundrocktx]Let's Go to Round Rock![/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/cedarpark]Let's Go to Cedar Park![/url]

[url=http://www.squidoo.com/webcams]Best Web Cams[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/currentnews]Watch Current Events from a Web Cam[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/portaransaswebcams]Beach Web Cams at Port Aransas, Texas[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/galvestonwebcams]Beach Web Cams at Galveston, Texas[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/getmeorganized]Confessions of a Pack Rat[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/pflugerville]What Are You Looking At?[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/wildfires]Texas Wildfires[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/jollyvillechick]JollyvilleChick's Lensography[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-best-practices]Best Practices with Squidoo[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/bradpaisley]Brad Paisley[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/loubega]Lou Bega[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/leonredbone]Leon Redbone[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/back-to-college]Thinking About Going Back to College?[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/project-runway-mila-hermanovski]Project Runway Contestant Mila Hermanovski[/url]
[url=http://www.squidoo.com/project-runway-anna-lynett]Project Runway Contestant Anna Lynett[/url]

See who is doing the best in this list of Top 100 by Lens Rank and the list of Top 100 by Giants.
Open the browse page for Squidoo Topics.

• Green Living 1-8-10
• Food and Cooking
• DIY and Hobbies
• Home and Garden
• Parenting and Kids
• How To and Education
• Video Games
• Travel
• Tech and Geek
• Movies and TV
• Music
• Books
• Business
• Work At Home
• About Me

• Shopping
• Animals and Nature
• Arts
• News and Politics
• Local
• People
• Humor
• Duels
• Pop Culture and Celebs
• Cars and Trucks
• Sports and Recreation
• Religion
• Entertainment
• Volunteering
• Squidoo Tips

Created a spin-off site on December 30, 2009 called Port Aransas Web Cams. My "Let's Go to Port Aransas" site is my highest ranked, so I thought it would be fairly simple to make a site with just Port Aransas web cams. I also realized that the main site had zero affiliate (Amazon) modules for making money, so I decided to put alot in the Port Aransas Web Cams page.

I looked at search terms used to find Let's Go to Port Aransas and used them alot in the spinoff

I tried different themes and chose the one called "Paintball" mainly for its blue background

I took screen shots of each camera image today (12-30-09), modified them in Photoshop: changed Image Size to resolution 300px, cropped the image into a square shape, saved for web and devices as a 300px X 300px gif. Then, I uploaded the images to Photobucket and tagged them. It's possible that some people might find the image on Photobucket first then go to my website. I used the Polaroid module (for the first time) to frame the pictures of the web cam. It took some trial and error to understand the most effective place for text.

I worked on it from about 9am until 8pm. About 1 hour for lunch, 1 hour break with dog. Made my lensography intermintently. Published it with initial rankings of 4,771 in Travel and 152,509 overall. On the following afternoon, the rankings were 3,696 in Travel and 121,709 overall. Next day: 1,316 in Travel and 52,283 overall. Although I know I added backlinks, the "Health" stats say there are none. Third day: 1,184 and 47,537.

A lensography was also recommended by Squidoo Giants. It's a way of listing my lenses and grouping them by category. I included links to my Resources such as Squidoo sites I like, Squidoo Tips, and outsiders (Photobucket, Flickr).

Although I published it, its ranking is 0. On the following afternoon, it had a ranking of 1,345 in "About Me" and 153,873 overall. The next day's rankings are 1,172 and 135,914 respectively. I have not tried to promote this lens like I have with the Port Aransas Beach Cams. Third day: 1,019 and 121,757. Spent some time in the Forum so I got some backlinks and feedback there. Also added two Poll modules to help keep readers interested and engaged. Plus it helps me measure their interests. Fourth day: 254 and 13,446. Researched key words and tag names. Discovered that Let's Go to Port Aransas! gets ranked high on most of its tags. I think this could be due in part to the fact that it has alot of content that I wrote. I incorporated alot of those tag keywords in the content. Consider this: develop a list of ten tags that I will use in all my niche lens. The remaining ten tags can be more specific to that lens. Also, make a lens for each of my niches. Link to my niche lenses there. I got these ideas after reading Optimizing Tags for Squidoo. Fifth day: 173 and 9,276. Made it to Tier 2.

Squidoo CSS - my favorite code to spice up a lens by spirituality
Haven't started this one yet.

Make a Fancy Table of Contents by GreekGeek
Learn how to make a custom Table of Contents. Horizontal navigation bar, Navigation box, and more.

Color for your Lens From the same guy that wrote the basic html tutorials. This is THE source for colors with Squidoo.

HTML and CSS Mentor

Advanced HTML for Squidoo by N376
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.

HTML Borders Backgrounds by Sojourn
Have you seen sharp looking lenses formatted with HTML borders and backgrounds and wished you could do the same? There are already plenty of EXCELLENT how-to-HTML lenses available, so I thought I'd do something a little different.

Lensmaster Tools and Utilities by thefluffanutta
SquidUtils is the place to find complementary utilities and tools for your Lenses on Squidoo. Here you can see all of your lenses and groups, with shortcuts to some of the most vital functions not included on your usual dashboard. If you are an Amazon Associate, then there are some exciting tools here that will spice up your lenses, and earn you more.

FREE Logos for the Squidoo Community by Janusz
Not sure yet how this works.

Build a Better Featured Lenses Module by GreekGeek
Learned how to use the Text Module to make a custom list of Featured Lens.

Basic HTML for Squidoo by N376
This is where I first learned HTML.

SquidU's Lensmaster Lounge: Help for New Squids by GreekGeek
Includes examples of the special [url] code to use in the BBC.

Triathlon Training posted a bunch of great links on the SquidU Forum

New to Squidoo
Answer Deck - Official Squidoo Answers to Your Questions
Crash Course Guide to Squidoo by Victoria_Neely
Newbie Squidoo Mistakes by Victoria_Neely
Become a Squidoo Somebody by Susan52
Find a Squidoo Mentor Opens a forum post in the "Help Please" section called "Get one-on-one help ... and ... answers to frequently asked questions!" 2-4-09.

Squidoo Tools, Toolbars, and Browser Addons
Squidaholic See how your competition is doing
Squid Utils Home of thefluffanutta and his awesome Squidoo tools
Squid Utils Toolbar by thefluffanutta
Squidoo DE by Magicality
Squidoo Tools, Resources, and Addons by TriathlonTraining.   Comprehensive list of tools and resources

HTML and CSS
Basic HTML for Squidoo by N376
Advanced HTML for Squidoo by N376
HTML Color Tips for Squidoo by N376
Simple HTML tricks to use with Squidoo by Magicality
My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo by the fluffanutta
Advanced CSS: Layout Tricks and Lab Experiments by GreekGeek
Create Stunning CSS Backgrounds with Images by DrRichard

Graphics and Images
Free Images and How to Use Them by triathlontraining
Is It In the Public Domain? Learn How to Tell by posby
Clip Art Borders & Frames by Pastiche
Borders Dividers and Separators by stargazer00

Payment and Making Money
FAQ: Payment Settings and Commissions by SquidooKimberley
Squidconomy - The Economics of Squidoo by Loyalis
Squidoo Payday Questions & Answers by Christene

Extras
Squid Badges and Logos Official Squidoo site

CSS and HTML Code

• CSS Color Chart
• HTML Tags at the W3C Schools web site

Photos

• Photobucket
• Flickr

Tracking Back Links

• Tiny url

Track them yourself
Let's Go to Port Aransas. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/PortAransas  
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Port Aransas Web Cams. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/portAwebcams  
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Galveston Web Cams. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/galveston792  
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Best Web Cams. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/WebCams  
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Watch Current Events from these Web Cams. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/HurricaneWatch  
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Let's Go to Austin. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/AustinSunset  
See the stats: http://tiny.cc/?act=stats&id=2392368&secret_code=UGNoPJuv

Confessions of a Pack Rat. Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/Organized  
See the stats: http://tiny.cc/?act=stats&id=2790450&secret_code=cTcj9KmH

Brad Paisley. Tiny URF http://tiny.cc/BradOnSquidoo  
See the stats: http://tiny.cc/?act=stats&id=5552734&secret_code=zcFo8sWC

Google Keyword Tool   Enter a key word or phrase. Find out how often people are using it as a search term.

Google Fight  Enter two words or phrases, click Fight to see which one which. This site is not affiliated with or sponsored by Google.

Phtographs:
Nautical wallpaper These pictures were taken by Helga Spit-Kouwenhoven aboard Vagebond, a Dutch sailing yacht. Feel free to download and use these pictures as your wallpaper in a non-commercial environment. New nautical wallpapers will be added on a regular basis.
Clipart:
Designed to a T  fish, vacation, nautical

Maps of the United States Also here: http://www.smfurniture.com/sales-rep-locator.aspx

Create multiple backups:

• Two will have code: html and xml. The guts of these are very complicated because it contains all the code on that lens's page.
• Two are pdfs: "Edit Lens" and "View Lens." Neither pdf looks like the final product but for my purposes, it's okay.

Before you begin, make folders for each lens where the backups will go.

Export XML file

1. Open the lens in "Edit" mode.
2. In the Workshop tools on the right, select "Export" then click the Export button.
3. Save the file to the correct folder. My default settings send it to My Documents\Downloads so I have to move it there via Explorer.

Create an HTML backup

1. Open the lens in "Edit" mode.
2. On the menu bar, click File and select "Save Page As." Choose the option to save Web Page Complete.
3. Name the file and save it to the correct folder.

You've now saved an HTML file of your lens. You've also made a sub-folder with all the objects on your lens. This is a full backup of your lens.

Save it as a PDF

1. Open the lens in "Edit" mode.
2. On the menu bar, click File and select Print. Set the printer to "Adobe PDF" and click OK.
3. Wait. It will probably be about 30 pages long.
4. Go back to the lens and click "View lens" and make another pdf.

This is a continuation of my lens, Learning the Best Practices with Squidoo. In this section, I'm playing with borders, links, table of contents, and anything else I need to test out before putting it on one of my "real" lens.

Squidoo Resources

Lenses I'm learning from now |Still Learning from these |Need to study these eventually |Learned and Implemented from these

Resources outside of Squidoo

Tiny URL, Photos | Clip Art and Photographs | Google Webmaster Tools

My source for this code: Make a Horizontal Table of Contents Make a Fancy Table of Contents

last time I tried this I lost all the code

My non-Squidoo websites
My BBC Clipboard

My non-Squidoo websites
My BBC Clipboard

My source: Squidoo Tips: The Table of Contents by dannystaple.

• Lens Promotion
• Initial Follow Up
• Requires more effort
• On-Going


• My Story
• My Strategy
• Encouragement from Lensmasters
• Journal: Port Aransas Web Cams
• Journal: My Lensography
• Consistency Checklist



 

Squidoo Resources - Current
Squidoo Resources - In Progress
Squidoo Resources - Future
Squidoo Resources - Reference
My non-Squidoo websites
My BBC Clipboard
Custom TOC: Horizontal Format
Custom TOC: Nav Box on the Right
Custom TOC: Big Block with Two Columns
Resources Outside of Squidoo
Google Webmaster Tools
Lens Promotion Initial Follow Up
Lens Promotion
Lens Promotion - On Going
My Squidoo Strategy
Squidoo Encouragement
Journal of the first major revised lens: Port Aransas Web Cams
Journal of my Lensography
Consistency Checklist

Wave Action in the Atlantic from NOAA
Animated display of wave movement in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Next Big Storm from the National Hurricane Center
Atlantic marine forecast. Shows location and strength of storms brewing in the Atlantic.

Ferry cam #1
Port Aransas side
Landing
Looking South

Ferry cam #2
Port Aransas side
Landing
Looking East

Ferry cam #4
Port Aransas side
Cutoff Road
Looking South

Ferry Cam 1: LEAVING PORT ARANSAS....These folks are in the staging area waiting to get on the ferry that will take them away from Port Aransas. The ferries operate 24/7 and are run by the Texas Department of Transportation

Ferry Cam 2: LEAVING PORT ARANSAS... In the background is the ferry line loop. It is not uncommon for cars to be lined up over there during the summer and especially on weekends. The ferry line loop is adjacent to Roberts Point Park. In the background on the right is the parking lot for the marina and harbor.

Ferry Cam 4: PORT ARANSAS...Cutoff Road, looking South and away from the ferry landing. On busy summer days, the ferry line to leave Port Aransas could be backed up to here. The traffic lights at the intersection directly below this web cam is coordinated in order to manage the large volumes of traffic.

Ferry cam #3
Aransas Pass side
Landing
Looking North

ARRIVING AT PORT ARANSAS...Waiting in line for the ferry that will take them to Port Aransas. These people have driven through Aransas Pass to get here.

Boat Launch

Fish board

Boat launch
Towards the back is the public boat ramp. On the right is an excursion boat called The Pelican.

Fish board
Watch as people return from their fishing excursions and display their catch. They come in all day, but there are some boat trips that come back around 3pm and again around 6pm. (Central Time)
Deep Sea Headquarters.
U Hook Em, We Cook Em

This is from one of my lenses 40+ Things My Husband Does Right and I'm not ready to let go of it.

Outside Stuff

1. Mows the lawn


2. Picks up dog poop and puts it in the corner of the yard


3. Picks up possums the dogs kills, puts them in the gutter, calls the city dead animal pick up to come get it


4. Trims the bushes


5. Trims tree branches


6. Chops up the Christmas tree and puts the branches out by the curb for pick up






Fixes Stuff



7. Tests old batteries and ranks them


8. Fixes the coffee pot


9. Put new controls for the stove burners


10. Fixes my toilet when it leaks.


11. Fixes the leaky kitchen sink and garbage disposal.


12. Fixes my flat tires and dead batteries


13. Worked diligently to fix the clothes dryer. He has fixed it many times over the years until it was beyond repair and we bought a new one.


14. Fixes my TV when the reception goes out. It usually has something to do the with cable connection.






Household Stuff



15. Kills bugs I find in my bathtub (or anywhere else I find them).


16. Takes out the trash.


17. Brings the trash and recycling bins to the curb every week.


18. Gets us some firewood and stacks it on the wood pile outside.


19. Goes out into the cold and carries the firewood from the wood pile to the house.


20. Lights fires in the fireplace and tends them.


21. Does his own laundry.


22. Cleans his own bathroom.


23. Shops for his own groceries.


24. Coooks his own meals.


25. Cleans up after his meals.


26. Rents the Rug Doctor machine and steam cleans the carpets.


27. Calls the cable company when the TV and/or internet goes out.


28. Called the bug guy when we thought we had termites.


29. Called roofing contractors when we needed an estimate to repair the roof. Talked to the roofer and negotiated the contract.


30. Called a fence company and got bids to have a wood fence built around our backyard. Negotiated the contract.






Remembers Stuff



31. Remembers my birthday by giving me a card and taking me out to dinner.


32. Remembers our anniversary with a card, flowers, and dinner.


33. Remembers valentines day with a card, flowers, candy, and dinner.






Health Stuff



34. Eats right


35. Carefully monitors his sugar levels (he has Type 2 diabetes) and takes his insulin.


36. Likes to exercise (his favorite is basketball).






Other Stuff



37. Pays his bills on time.


38. Packs the car when we go on vacation.


39. Makes ice (fills the ice cube trays with water).


40. Puts up Christmas lights outside.


41. Puts up the Christmas tree. Really, we wouldn't even have a Christmas tree if it weren't for him.


42. Plays with the dog.


43. Tolerates my annoying habits.


44. Gets us good free stuff off Craig's List. Last week he got us a free TV stand and yesterday he got us a free dishwasher!


45. Showers every day.


46. Shaves every day.


47. Answers the front door when a stranger comes knocking. I hate answering the doors to people I don't know. They want something from me and I don't like dealing with that at all.


48. Gets my suitcase down from the attic (and returns it after our trip).

1. Doesn't over eat


2. Doesn't comment on my weight


3. Doesn't tell me what to eat


4. Doesn't tell me what to think


5. Doesn't tell me who I can hang out with


6. Doesn't tell me which activities I can do


7. Doesn't tell me how late I can stay out


8. Doesn't expect me home at any certain time


9. Doesn't expect me to cook his dinner


10. Doesn't expect me to clean his clothes


11. Doesn't hang out in bars


12. Doesn't give me reason to be jealous


13. Doesn't flirt with other women.


14. Doesn't do drugs.

in text advertising
what are some of the keywords
online income
content
keyword

I suppose you have to write some text before you can assume there will be some in text advertising to your niche topic.
Since I would like to earn some online income, or is it income online? I don't know, but I know that to make in text advertising work, you have to have good content. It needs to relate to the rest of your site. You can't just write a list of keywords and expect them all to become infolinks.

Called roofing contractors when we needed an estimate to repair the roof. Talked to the roofer and negotiated the contract. Paid the bill.