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Directory of Squidoo Help and Tutorials

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The objective of this lens is to allow people to easily find the help they need on Squidoo.

I will try to list and categorize lenses that offer help and tutorial. I acknowledge all lensmasters who invested their time, energy and brain power to create them.

Below are the categories:

  1. Official Squidoo Help Pages
  2. Understanding the Squidoo World
  3. Lenses and Modules: General Information
  4. Lens Building: Guidelines
  5. Lens Building: Getting Started
  6. Lens Building: Techniques
  7. Lens Improvement
  8. Lens Promotion
  9. Len$
  10. LensWhat?
  11. Groups

 

Official Squidoo Help Pages

About Squidoo
A little about Squidoo, The cast of characters, Other key members and smarties on the Squidoo team, and more.
FAQ & Help Center
So, what's a lens? Why should I build a lens? Do I have to pay to build a lens? and more.
Squidoo answer deck
Hundreds of pages of useful answers. Questions that get asked a lot...
SquidBlog
Hear the latest from the staff.
SquidU
The Lensmaster Lounge: forums including sections such as: Announcements, Help, Please! The Chatter Box, Requested Features, and more.
SquidWho
What's SquidWho? Who should make a SquidWho fanpage? How is SquidWho different from Wikipedia, or IMDB, or About? and more.
Buttons & Banners
Download Squidoo buttons and banners or make your own.
Terms of Service
The big picture: Description of Service, The rules, The content: who owns it? The Squidoo co-op, Our privacy policy is your privacy policy, and more.
Library
Helpful how to's. Learn how to improve your lenses, modules, profile, tags-and LensRank, and more.

Find a Lens

Understanding the Squidoo World

SquidU Lensmaster Lounge: Help for Newbies by Greekgeek
Setting up your Profile, BBCode, Typical Squidoo traffic, The SquidBlog and more.
SquidAngels Headquarters by Christene
What the heck is a SquidAngel anyway? Why are there SquidAngels? Angels' advice for lensmasters, and more.
Why Squidoo? by N376
It's easy, You can make money, What does it cost? Why should I share half? and more.
Where can I find the best lenses about... SQUIDOO? by N376
How To Squidoo + a list of great helpful lenses to Squidoo lensmasters.
The Free Squidoo Guide by Euryale
Squidoo advice that's free, easy and really useful, My favorite modules, Take your lenses swimming, take them swimming and more
What is Plexo, really? Squidoo Library
What the heck is Plexo? Why would you want to use Plexo on your lens?

Understanding the Squidoo World

Lenses and Modules: General Information

Newbie Guide to Squidoo Lensmaking by rms
What's a Lens? What should I know before starting a lens, What's a Squidoo module? How to read your Squidoo stats page, and more.
Squidoo Modules by N376
Description and use of a large selection of modules.
Why Build a Lens? by sethgodin
You can generate income and traffic, You can raise money for charity, You can sell stuff, and more.
Amazon Module Basics by boredofeducation
The basics: Parts I and II, Getting fancy: adding images, More than books...
Exploring Squidoo Modules by GramaBarb
See how you can use different modules.
Types of Squidoo Lenses by Chadrew
What kinds of lenses can you create? The generic Squidoo lens, The SquidFlix lens, The SquidLit lens... and more.

General info

Lens Building: Guidelines

Squidoo Lens Design Guidelines by jackclee
General lens (non-commerce) guidelines, Some considerations before you start, and more.
What I Look For In A Lens! by a Squid Angel by rksmythe
What I look For In The Introduction, What You Should Avoid In Your Introduction, The Body, Product Section, and more.
SquidDon't! by MeganCasey
Don't do it! The end of spambait, The SquidDon't spam filter, The summary (for those in a hurry), and more.
SquidSpam: Zero Tolerance by MeganCasey
The top 8 reasons your account could get deleted, What will happen to you if you're a SquidSpammer? Have you been spammed by someone on Squidoo? and more.
Locked?! by MeganCasey
Sometimes, lenses get locked, Top 5 reasons your lens could get locked, and more.
Unimproved Lenses by N376
What is an unimproved lens? What should I do? and more.

Guideline

Lens Building: Getting Started

What Can You Do With Squidoo? by EelKat
Many great lens ideas and more.
How to Make Your First Squidoo Lens by Margaret_Schaut
Step-by-step instructions illustrated with screenshots.
I'm a Lensmaster! What now? by N376
Characteristics Of A Good Squidoo Lens, getting started, Naming Your Lens, Creating a Lens, and more.

Getting started

Lens Building: Techniques

Do Squidoo: A much requested guide to creating a successful Squidoo lens by KimberlyDawnWells
Putting HTML in the Intro module, How do I...create text with links in the middle? What Modules does Squidoo Offer? Quit squidoodling around and build a REAL lens, and more.
Basic HTML for Squidoo by N376
Tutorial on how to use basic HTML in some modules.
Advanced HTML for Squidoo by N376
More HTML resource for lensmasters.
How to add large photos and audio to your lens by jackclee
Steps to adding large screen size images to your lens.
The Write Module for Anything! by Margaret_Schaut
Different ways to use text and images in Write module.
Squidoo Guide: Linking Tips by thefluffanutta
Make your lens even better! The link list, Creating links inside other modules, Special Squidoo Links, and more.
Simple HTML tricks to use with Squidoo by Magicality
Alignment, links, backgrounds and more.
How to add an opt-in form to your lens by MrLewisSmile
A step-by-step guide.
How to Add PayPal Buttons to Your Lens by thefluffanutta
How to Add a PayPal link, Explanation of link encryption, Advanced: Creating a PayPal button, and more.
How (and why) To Add a Poll To Your Lens by MrLewisSmile
Why add a poll to your lens? How to add a poll to your lens, and more.
How to create symbols on your blog, Web site, or Squidoo lens with HTML numeric codes by sonia_simone
A way to display symbols on your Web site, blog, or Squidoo lens, What are HTML numeric codes? Get to the codes already! and more.
How To UnMax a Lens by MrLewisSmile
A step-by-step guide.

Techniques

Lens Improvement

Squid Theory by Euryale
Get the most from an Amazon module, Learn how less really can be more, and more.
How To Lensroll by dinodino
Squidoo lensroll, What is it, The unmaxed version, The default lensroll, Doing the daisy chain, and more.
Making Your Lens Pictures Look Amazing by MrLewisSmile
Making your lenses look cool! Polaroize Free Image Tool! and more.

Improving your lens

Lens Promotion

Squidoo Tagging Tricks by MrLewisSmile
How to get more visitors and a better search engine ranking using only tags.
How To Get Your Lens In The Top 100 In 5 Days by John_Guanzon
Step-by-step guide to make your lens skyrocket to the top 100.
GreekGeek's Squidoo Tips by Greekgeek
How to get your Squidoo lens found, Ten steps to build an appealing, Ten steps to attracting readers for your lens, and more.
The 8 Free Things Every Site (or Lens!) Should Do by sethgodin
Ways to building more traffic.
Crash course in Squidooing: Tricks of the Trade section of SquidU
Where to post your How-to-Squidoo lens.

Promotion

Lens Rating

This module is related to and includes LensRank.
Squidoo Lensranking - How Important It Is And How To Make It Better by zuzanna
Why LensRank Is Important, Let's find out what the LensRank is by looking at the TOS, Some thoughts about current LensRank algorithm and a bit about possible changes...
Lensrank by N376
What a few Squids have to say about LensRank.
Lens Rating by N376
How do I rate a lens? What's a star worth? Rating facts, The effect on LensRank, and more.

Rating lenses

Len$

This is the money related module.
How to Value a Squidoo Lens by Loyalis
A lens is a type of passive income, How do you classify lenses as an asset? What you need to calculate your lens value, and more.
SquidOffers by N376
What are SquidOffers? Q&A, Squidoo: SquidOffers TOS, and more.
Payment Help: Your Lenses, Your Money (Squidoo FAQ)
Do I have to pay to build a lens? I run a nonprofit organization, how can I get donations? New global payment setting, Try updating your royalty settings, What does "pending $$" mean on the "my lenses" dashboard? When do I get paid? How do I get paid?
Squidconomy - The Economics of Squidoo by Loyalis
A Running history of ways to make money on Squidoo. Insight on monthly Squidoo Earnings Report since September 2007.

Len$

LensWhat?

Lensrank by N376
What a few Squids have to say about LensRank.
Lens Rating by N376
How do I rate a lens? What's a star worth? Rating facts, The effect on LensRank, and more.
Lensrolling by N376
What is a Lensroll? Express your appreciation, Why it's now more important then ever to Lensroll, and more.

What?

Groups

Make your Group's Headquarters Interesting and Beautiful! by Margaret_Schaut
Use an eye-catching header, Use several different Featured Lens modules, Add more than just lenses to the headquarters page, Modules available for Group Headquarters pages, and more.
A Guide to Groups for Lensmasters by thefluffanutta
Anatomy of a group, Why Should I Join a Group? Where can I find Groups to join? and more.
How to Transfer a Group by Christene
Transfer a group to a new groupmaster, Setting them as an Administrator, Ready to transfer your group, and more.
Good Squidoo Groups to Join by MrLewisSmile
List of cool groups from a range of categories.
Tips for Starting and Maintaining a Group by SquidUReviewEditor
Step-by-step guide, Top 10 largest groups, Groups that need groupmasters, and more.

Group

About sara08852

I am a stay at home Mom who loves making custom crib bedding. I became a lensmaster a few months ago. I value quality lenses so I take my time when I build mine. Below are my most recent lenses:
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Any suggestions?

If you know of more lenses offering tutorial or any kind of help for Squidooers, please suggest them below. I would love to include them in this directory.

  • mrkensworld May 17, 2012 @ 10:40 am | delete
    Great information, I have found this to be useful and have linked to it from a series on Squidoo lens creation, thank you!
  • applebanana Apr 17, 2011 @ 5:02 am | delete
    Thanks for compiling everything in one place. Very Informative!
  • flyingace Mar 13, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    As a newbie, this really is appreciated. I'll be back...
  • DaveStone13 Dec 27, 2010 @ 6:28 pm | delete
    Thanks for taking the time to put all this together in one place. I'm sure I'll come back to it again and again. Thanks.
  • JamSlam Mar 22, 2010 @ 9:59 pm | delete
    Nicely, Nicely...Thank you so much for making everything so clear and concise. Much appreciated.
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