New to Squidoo?
Here are 5 great pages to help you get started:
Hello!-
A Primer on How-to Squidoo with Tips from a GIANT Squid
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Are you seriously interested in creating quality and unique Squidoo lenses while bringing steady traffic to your lenses? Do you also want to earn a little cash to pay for gas, back to school supplies, or sock away for that vacation? My lens will give...
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Why Build a Lens?
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Squidoo is a website hosting hundreds of thousands of handbuilt webpages (just to be difficult, we call them "lenses"). Each lens is one person's look at something online. Your take on football or business or the best thai food in town. Lenses are f...
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An Introduction to Squidoo
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Squidoo is a place that lets you build mini sites for free. These mini sites are called "lenses," although I also like to think of them as web articles on steroids. Many people use Squidoo to write about their hobbies and passions. It's also...
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The Introduction Module in Squidoo
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Squidoo recently changed the Introduction module. It suddenly has an inbuilt table of content and a 'discovery tool'. This lens is about the ins and outs of these new features. Squidoo gives these options on all lenses.
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49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses
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...or 10 or 100! It's pretty easy, non-techy, and of course, free. Right? Right. Sure, to make your lens a real knockout it takes some time, but chances are you've already learned the basics and are looking to do more. Congrats. That's the best pl...
21 Questions we get asked a lot
Click to get the answers
- What are the most common newbie mistakes?
- How does the Text/Write module work?
- What else can the Amazon module do?
- Can you explain the royalties stuff to me?
- How can I get found on Squidoo?
- How to use the YouTube module?
- What does Work in Progress mean?
- What can I do for charity?
- How to keep a seahorse? ;)
- What's tagging?
- What can eBayers do here?
- What other modules are out there?
- Why did my lens get locked?
- Who are the Giant Squids?
- How does this work for WAHMS?
- Guyliner: Love it or hate it? (Just kidding).
- How can I make my lensmaster profile better?
- How can I get more traffic to my lens?
- How can I improve my lens, fast?
- What are SquidooGroups?
- How can I use the Duel module?
2 free ebooks worth reading!
Click 'em to download the PDF
- CALAMARI: The Official Squidoo How-To
- If you're the type who likes to read instruction manuals and guides before dipping your toes in, then this official guidebook is for you!
- THE JOY OF SQUIDOO: The Official Recipe Guide
- Full of tasty recipes about how to make Squidoo "lenses." Lots of inspiration for newbies and pros alike.
Browse the Answer Deck
Everything but the seaweed.
- Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income?
- Promoting Your Lens Outside Of Squidoo
- THE GIANT SQUIDS (and how you can become one)
- Squidoo Tools, Resources, and Guides
- 50 Ways To Use Twitter
- Advanced HTML for Squidoo
- 6 ways to improve your lens, right now!
- 49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses
- A Primer on How-to Squidoo with Tips from a GIANT Squid
- How To Create A Beautiful Squidoo Lens For Your Zazzle Gallery
- Squidoo Community Badges and Titles
- How to Make Your First (or Second) Squidoo Lens
- GreekGeek's Squidoo Tips: How to Get Your Lens Found
- Squidoo Traffic Tricks: (how to get more visitors and a better search engine ran...
- Basic HTML for Squidoo
- Amazon Module Basics
- HTML for Photos: A Tutorial for the Semi-Clueless
- Groups Mentor
- Who are Squidoo's Charities and NonProfit Partners?
- Lensmaster Tools and Utilities
- How To Make An Avatar
- Free Images and How to Use Them
- My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo
- The 9 Free Things Every Site (or Lens!) Should Do
- Simple HTML tricks to use with Squidoo
- Squidoo Tips From A Giant Squid Organizer
- Giant Squid Mentor
- Expanding Your Lens Publishing Power -- How-to Squidoo
- FAQ: Payment Settings and Commissions
- Do Squidoo: A much requested guide to creating a successful Squidoo lens
- Add Borders to Your Lens Photos on Squidoo
- Squidoo Payday Questions & Answers
- Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes
- How to make an eBook
- How to Legally Add Copyrighted Pictures to Squidoo Lenses
- Squidoo CSS - my favorite code to spice up a lens
- Are You a Squidoo Nobody? How to Become a Squidoo Somebody in 6 Easy Lessons
- The Text/Write Module for Anything!
- How to Use the Polaroid Module
- The Giant Squid Community Showcase
- How To Create A Quality Lens
- The 10 Day Squidoo eBay Challenge 2008
- A Guide to Groups for Lensmasters
- Why Build a Lens?
- SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization
- Advanced css for squidoo - spice up your lens MORE
- The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck
- How To Find Lenses and Groups on Squidoo
- HTML and Images FAQ
- Squidoo Co-Branding
- Royalty-free photos
- How to make a quality lens in 20 minutes or less.
- What I Look For In A Lens! by a Squid Angel
- The Introduction Module in Squidoo
- Easy Ebay RSS Affiliate Feeds - A Step By Step Tutorial
- Adding Links to your Images on Squidoo - An iframe alternative
- Squidoo To-Do Lists
- The Module Mentor
- Making Your Lens Pictures Look AMAZING
- Cute modules to spice up your lens
- Confessions of a Squid Angel: Top Ten Tips for a Bless-Worthy Lens
- How To Squidoo With A Lotta Help From My Friends - Squidoo Tips And Tutorials
- THE SQUIDOO BESTSELLER BOOKLIST (2007)
- Squidoo Guide: Linking Tips
- Why Do I Love Squidoo With All My Heart?
- How I discovered Squidoo, and what I use it for
- Why Squidoo?
- SquidBids for eBay Sellers
- How to Add PayPal Buttons to Your Squidoo Lens
- How to rock your lensmaster bio page
- How To Be You - On Squidoo
- Advanced CSS: Layout Tricks and Lab Experiments
- I'm a Lensmaster! What now?
- How-To Insert Your Flickr Photos Into Your Lenses
- 50 Ways To Use Squidcasting
- How We Engineered Squidoo
- Confessions of a Peeping Giant
- bdkz's Squidoo Stats
- Understanding RSS
- Giant Squid Community Organizer
- Stumbleupon explained for lensmasters
- Squidoo Modules List
- The RSS Module - RSS on Squidoo
- How to Create an About Me Lens
- FAQ: General Lensmastery
- All About Groups at Squidoo!
- How to Become a Squidoo NonProfit Charity
- How Do I Keep My Lens Fresh?
- Squidoo with Grandma!
- Squid-Stats
- 50 Awesome Squidoo How-To Lenses From A-Z
- How to backup your lens
- Etsy Shops on Squidoo
- Lensographies for Squidaholics
- Newbie Guide to Squidoo Lensmaking
- How to Use the Donations Module
- Lensrolling
- Lensrank explained (really)
- Squidaholics Anonymous
- Introducing Plexo
- Kathy's Squidoo Tutorials
- The free guidebook to Squidoo: Calamari!
- Make A Lens, Make A Difference
- How to add large photos and audio to your lens
- FAQ: Add Code to your Lens
- FAQ: Donating to Charity
- Over 50 Ways You Can "Change The World" Using Squidoo!
- Your Squidoo Lens and The Long Tail
- How To: Pimp Out Your Lens
- Working with Squidoo
- What is the Squidoo Charity Fund?
- How to make a traffic grabbing lyrics lens
- All Posters.Com the cutest affiliate program
- Editing suggestions for your lenses - to give your lens a lensrank boost
- Who are the Squidoo Charities?
- How To Squidoo And Change The World
- "What's the Best Way to Make Money on Squidoo?"
- Make your Group's Headquarters Interesting and Beautiful!
- How to Join a Group
- The Cowabunga! Blog
- Squidoo Star Ratings
- The YouTube Module
- So You Want To Make A Lensography!
- Cabaret Squidoo
- Welcome, Realtors!
- How to Transfer a Group
- 50 Ways You Can "Go Green" With The Giant Squids!
- THE SQUIDOO BESTSELLER MOVIELIST (2007)
- Getting the Best Results in the Squidoo Ebay Module
- Marketing With Squidoo
- The Donations Module
- Deleting Lenses and Groups
- Spruce Up Your Squidoo Lens: What Every Lens Needs
- Squid Who? Squid Huh? A Guide to SquidWho
- Your Lensmasters Bio
- My Squidoo Story
- Squidoo Tips 2 (Modules)
- AnneReidy
- Squidcasting - how to squidcast on squidoo
- SquidSpam: Zero Tolerance
- Being A Squidoo Lensmaster
- FAQ: Modules and Settings
- Squidoo Tips 3 (Lensrolling & Rating)
- Giant Squid Greeters
- 6 Ways to Help a Charity
- Lens Rating
- How to Update a Lens in Five Minutes or Less!
- Squidoo Tips 7 (Just the Basics)
- Make, Manage & Promote a Squidoo Charity Group
- Step by step lensbuilding for a first time user
- HeyMonkeyBrain: Where Smart People Go to Argue
- Squid-Cast: How to Add Modules
- How to use www.Photobucket.com
- Google Blog Search Module
- SquidDon't!
- 50 Awesome Lensographies by Fresh Squids
- Squidoo Tips 4 (Save your Lens)
- How to create a Squidbook
- Building Your Squidoo Fan Club
- How To Squidoo -Tip of The Week
- The most common arguments
- Lens Critiques: Giving and Receiving Critiques on the SquidU Forum
- Lens Promotion FAQ
- Squidoo Tips 6 (Guestbook Module)
- Unimproved Lenses
- 50 Things to Add to Squidzipper Lenses
- How can I contact a lensmaster?
- Squidoo 4 You
- Getting Started With Squidoo
- SquidooCool.com
- Top Reasons Squidoo Accounts Get Deleted
- Creating a Group to support a charity
- bdkz's Squidoo Charity Challenge for June 2008
- Everything you always wanted to know about [me] ... but were afraid to ask!
- Free Lens Images For You :-)
- How to Get Found on Squidoo
- Blogs and Lenses (together is better)
- The Lensmaster Dashboard 2.0!
- Monday's To-Squidoo
- Firefox: the best web browser
- Insert Image From Hard Drive to Introduction Module
- Locked?!
- Purple stars
- Insert Photo From Hard Drive Into Polaroid Module
