JustBon's Bottom Twenty Lenses Lensography

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Featured Bottom 20 Squidoo Lenses

After what is now more than two years as a member of Squidoo, this seemed the ideal time to sit back and reflect a little on what has been a busy time creating lenses.

A few goals have been achieved. I was honored to be included in the second round of Squidoo Giants, and after completing over one hundred lenses, I was equally thrilled to become a member of the Giant's 100 Club.

But if one thing is true, you can never sit on your laurels. As far as Squidoo is concerned, you have to keep enjoying what you are doing and keep the creative passion alive. One of those passions includes inwardly digesting what others say, and then reacting as creatively as possible.

This brings me to the inspiration for this lens. Just an ordinary discussion in the Squidoo forum can lead to a simple, straightforward lens.

While I have already built a full lensography of my lenses, I thought why not highlight those that, for various reasons, are at the bottom of my particular barrel.

So, here they are: JustBon's Bottom Twenty, featured in reverse order from the bottom up.

Something Old, Something New, Never Borrowed...Feeling Blue 

As you might have guessed, I really enjoy creating lenses here at Squidoo.

Each and every one becomes a labor of love and, as a consequence, I'm always trying to find ways of improving them. But, as any Lensmaster will tell you, the more lenses you have the harder it can become to maintain them. You are always going to have those that will perform better than others.

There are several basic reasons for my underperformers. Although you can never be totally sure why your lenses are currently ranked the way they are, you can make some very educated guesses.

Here are my guesstimates: a lack of visitors and a lack of freshness seem to be the biggest reasons for my lenses heading towards the bargain basement. Add to this, lenses bereft of some of the Squidoo necessities such as star ratings, comments, sales and blessings and you have lenses that will inevitably go into free fall.

Although these are my lowest ranked lenses, I enjoyed making them all, either because they are subjects close to my heart or because they are favorites in some way.

I'm hoping the lenses featured here will change regularly - I'm sure they will, as that is the nature of the beast. This will also give me the opportunity of adding a short commentary (if possible) to each lens describing why I decided to create it, along with its current lensrank and visitor count.

All lenses will be featured from the bottom to the top i.e. the worst ranked will be the first listed on the page and so on. Some are old, many are new and some are just feeling that little bit blue.

 

Updated Weekly. Last Update June 22, 2009

 

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1. The Apple iPod Classic 



Lensrank: 124,230
Visitors: 0
Stars: 5
featured lens The Apple iPod Classic

Apple introduced the new enhanced Apple iPod Classic in September, 2008 and it now features 120GB of storage space, which translates into 30,000 songs, 150 hours of video, 25,000 photos or any combination. Now in its sixth generation (second generat...

2. Victoria Wood Video Showcase 



Lensrank: 120,554
Visitors: 1
Stars: 5
featured lens Victoria Wood Video Showcase

British comedienne Victoria Wood could always make me laugh out loud! I have loved her observational and parodic humour since first seeing her some time ago. She is perhaps not as media visible these days, but her wit has stood and still stands the...

3. You're Addicted to Squidoo When? 



Lensrank: 112,340
Visitors: 0
Stars: 5
featured lens You're Addicted to Squidoo When...?

ADDICTION...Or are you an addict? In the dictionary it says "enslaved to a habit or dependent on something habit forming". Well you just might be an addict. You love to wake up every morning, turn on your laptop, hit the bookmark icon and head to Squ...

4. Andy Murray - Tennis Pro 



Lensrank: 105,808
Yesterday's Lensrank: -
Visitors: 2
Stars: 4.5
featured lens Andy Murray - Tennis Player

Andy Murray is currently the Number One British tennis player and is presently the only Briton represented in the ATP Top 100 Rankings at Number 4. He is a staunch Scotsman, and at age 22 represents the only British hope of winning his home tourname...

5. Carrie Ann Inaba 



Lensrank: 105,122
Visitors: 1
Stars: 4.5
featured lens Carrie Ann Inaba

Carrie Ann Inaba (born 5 January, 1968) is one of the three judges on the TV dance competition show "Dancing With the Stars". She was also seen early in 2008 on her now completed and canceled television program "Dance War: Carrie Ann vs. Bruno" on A...

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6. The fourth American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi, is not needed. 

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Lensrank: 95,093
Visitors: 1
Stars: 5
featured lens The fourth American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi, is not needed?

With the addition of fourth judge, music producer and songwriter Kara DioGuardi, Season 8 of 'American Idol' promised to keep viewers and the show's contestants on their toes by mixing up the already headline-making dynamics at the judging table. Di...

7. My Crocheted Hamburger 



Lensrank: 94,672
Visitors: 0
Stars: 5
featured lens My Crocheted Hamburger

A crocheted hamburger? my mom said to me inquisitively. Yes, I replied, I thought it would look great in your kitchen, perhaps atop your refrigerator or over there on that ledge! I think she thought I had gone mad, but she knew how much into creatin...

8. Akron, Ohio 



Lensrank: 94,660
Visitors: 1
Stars: 5
featured lens Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio has been my hometown all my life. I was born and raised here. Located in Summit County, North-East Ohio around fifty miles south of Cleveland, it can now boast the fact that it is also the hometown of basketball sensation, LeBron James of...

9. The Grammy Winners 2008 



Lensrank: 92,842
Visitors: 1
Stars: 5
featured lens The Grammy Winners 2008

The votes are in and the Grammy Awards for 2008 have been decided. It seemed that it was going to be Amy Winehouse all the way -- until the surprise ending. Winehouse, the troubled British singer and songwriter who performed via satellite at the 50...

10. Dima Bilan 



Lensrank: 90,849
Visitors: 1
Stars: 5
featured lens Dima Bilan

Dima Bilan, (born December 24, 1981) is a young Russian vocalist who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with his song "Believe". This is a far cry from Ust-Dzheguta, a small industrial town in Karachayevo-Cherkessia - an impoverished and volatile...

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11. 1975 ~ Best Selling Singles (UK) 



Lensrank: 90,516
Visitors: 3
Stars: 5
featured lens 1975 ~ Best Selling Singles (UK)

The superstars, the one hit wonders and the fads that made up the music of 1975. Here are the year's Top 10 best selling singles in the UK.

12. Justbon Crochet Designs: The Best Crochet Ever 



Lensrank: 90,039
Visitors: 0
Stars: 5
featured lens Justbon Crochet Designs: The Best Crochet Ever

I created JustBon Crochet Designs at the beginning of November 2005, and it has been a whirlwind ever since!  All the crocheted items you see are handmade and are completely the product of my creative juices. It is this creativity that led m...

13. Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics 



Lensrank: 89,694
Visitors: 3
Stars: 5
featured lens Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics: The Medal Winners

Great Britain finished the 2008 Summer Olympics with a final tally of 47 medals, placing it fourth in the medal rankings behind the United States, China and Russia. Great Britain also ranked fourth in the medal table for the quantity of individual c...

14. Honor Blackman 



Lensrank: 89,259
Visitors: 3
Stars: 5
featured lens Honor Blackman

British actress Honor Blackman (born August 22, 1925) is probably best remembered for her roles as Cathy Gale in the cult TV series, The Avengers, as well as Pussy Galore in the James Bond movie, Goldfinger.

15. ABBA ~ The Best Pop Group Ever  



Lensrank: 86,969
Visitors: 2
Stars: 5
featured lens ABBA ~ The Best Pop Group Ever

ABBA was one of the most popular groups of the Seventies and Eighties. At one time, they were second only to car company SAAB as Sweden's highest revenue earner. They are one of the world's best selling bands, having sold around 400 million records...

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"I too am one who looks at the bottom of the list for topics that interest me. I like that I might be the first to rate a new lens, or help a neglected lens to become more popular". (LindaJM)

16. Viral Videos: The Greatest Hits 



Lensrank: 85,743
Visitors: 0
Stars: 5
featured lens Viral Videos ~ The Greatest Hits

Viral Videos: There's no formula for creating a video that millions of people will be inspired to watch and tell their friends about, but if there were, it would have to include some portion of humor (often unintentional), embarrassment, obscenity, a...

17. Stanislas Wawrinka - Tennis Pro 



Lensrank: 85,742
Visitors: 0
Stars: 5
featured lens Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka (born March 28, 1985) is a professional tennis player who is currently ranked among the world's top 20 players. He hails from Switzerland and he is that country's Number 2 player, behind World No.2, Roger Federer. Current ATP Ran...

18. Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Movie 



Lensrank: 85,152
Visitors: 1
Stars: 5
featured lens Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Movie

Plan 9 from Outer Space is a masterpiece in the science fiction/horror/fantasy genre. Well, masterpiece may be an overstatement, but it is so bad, it is good. In fact, it is unintentionally hilarious. The cheesy special effects, the inappropriate us...

19. Eurythmics Video Showcase  



Lensrank: 84,132
Visitors: 4
Stars: 5
featured lens Eurythmics Video Showcase

One of the defining bands of the Eighties pop scene was Eurythmics. Annie Lennox has, perhaps, one of the most sublime and uplifting voices of any female singer over the last twenty five years. It came as something of a surprise to learn that a...

20. Richard Gasquet 



Lensrank: 83,563
Visitors: 2
Stars: 5
featured lens Richard Gasquet

Richard Gasquet is currently one of the top ranked French tennis player, and is also ranked among the Top 30 players in the world. He reached a career high of World No.7 in July, 2007 after winning his way to the Wimbledon semi-finals, having beaten...

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I recently introduced my husband to Squidoo and as a result I have transferred several of my music lyrics lenses to his account, so that he can try and promote them a little better than I. If you have a moment, please hop over to his page and check out what he is doing with these lenses. As he's new, he'd be so "chuffed" to know you have visited :)

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About JustBon-Crochet-Designs 

Lensmaster JustBon-Crochet-Designs has been a member since January 4 2007, has rated 1,086 lenses, favorited 361, and has created 141 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "The British Slang Quiz". See all my lenses

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