How To Squidoo
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Every now and then I'll stop by and add what I find there, if appropriate, as a Featured Lens Module.
&-Characters and Squidoo
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How to Use HTML's Special Characters
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“I would like pie à la mode,” said Renée to her fiancé. “I love your naïveté,” he replied. “In fact, I love you ‘to ∞ and beyond’!” Have you ever wanted to use ...
Create symbols in your lens with HTML numeric codes
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How to create symbols on your blog, Web site, or Squidoo lens with HTML numeric codes
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Ever wanted some HTML code to create special symbols on your site—like a heart symbol, euro or copyright character? "What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG, pronounced "wizzywig") interfaces like Squidoo's are great, but som...
How (and why) To Add a Poll To Your Lens
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How (and why) To Add a Poll To Your Lens
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Adding a poll to your lens will take you about 30 seconds. There is a module specially made for it. Here are some reasons why you'd want to use a poll, and how to add one to your lens. Enjoy, and start polling your visitors! - Lewis :-) ...
How To UnMax a Lens
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How To UnMax a Lens
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Do you see how this lens has a different layout to the normal lenses? It has all the content on the left, and ONE sidebar on the right. It looks good doesn't it? The good news is, making your lens do this is SO easy you'll wonder how you could hav...
Your Squidoo Lens and The Long Tail
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Your Squidoo Lens and The Long Tail
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A Long Tail keyword is something that, instead of being a keyword like ‘myspace’, is a keyword like ‘is myspace free to use in china’. In short, Long Tail concept means that the majority of your lens visitors likely come from...
How To Lensroll
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How To Lensroll
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No, it's not rock-n-roll, it's a bit of a twist-n-sway actually, but once you get the hang of it, it's rock-n-roll all the way. "Another way to highlight the best and brightest lenses is to feature them -- and link to them -- in your own lenses...
Tagging Tricks
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Squidoo Traffic Tricks: (how to get more visitors and a better search engine ranking for your Squidoo lens)
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Do you have some lenses that don't get as many visitors as they deserve? Would you like to learn how to get more people reading your lenses? Wanna know how to make people come back to your lenses again and again? Would you like to rank higher in G...
Using Gather as a part of your Squidoo strategy
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Using Gather to promote your Squidoo Lenses
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I'm not going to even start to fathom the depths of how Gather works or ways it can be used all on its own, but strictly from a Squidoo Lensmasters point of view I found it an excellent way to reach a large untapped audience and also increase ones ow...
Advanced HTML for Squidoo
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Advanced HTML for Squidoo
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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. Hence it being the Advanced HTML tutorial. F...
Unimproved Lenses
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Unimproved Lenses
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Whoops! Looks like you have too many "unimproved" lenses right now (this means lenses that are probably empty, unpublished, or have fewer than 3 modules). Please work on your existing lenses before starting a new one. Thanks for helping us...
Squidoopedia
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Squidoopedia
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In this lens we will be adding, and encouraging others to add examples of Squidoo-centric jargon as it evolves. Referenced sources from the Squidu forum are most appreciated and given extra weight.
SquidBook
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How to create a Squidbook
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What is a Squidbook you ask? It is a way of using Squidoo lens to publish a book. I came up with this idea recently and have started creating my first squidbook. You can check it out here My first Squidbook My second squidbook...on Squidoo ...
Squidoo Charities
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Donating to Squidoo charities
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We all know how good it feels to donate to charity - and what better way than by using your Squidoo earnings. Find out about the Squidoo charities and how you can donate & create lenses to support their causes.
Introducing Plexo
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Introducing Plexo
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We've made a major change to Squidoo. Now, each and every lens can include the all-powerful, all-knowing, omniscient Plexo feature. Plexo is like Digg or Reddit, but with the long tail added in for good measure. Here's a Q&A: Q: What's Plexo? A: Plex...
Squidoo Cool Pics
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Making Your Lens Pictures Look AMAZING
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There are two types of images for your Squidoo lenses. Those that look AMAZING, and those that look rubbish. What's the difference? One has a white background, the other one doesn't. Like the image to the left. It looks good, doesn't it? Compare the ima...
Squidbook Directory
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Squidbooks! Write 'em... publish 'em... List them in the Squidbook Directory!
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A Squidbook is a new idea in writing and publishing the stories that just jump from your mind to your keyboard! We first heard about Squidbooks on N376's lens Where can I find the best lenses about SQUIDOO where he links to Jack Lee's lens about...
Your Lensmasters Bio
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Your Lensmasters Bio
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Make your Lensmaster Biography into a squidlicious appetizer.
Lensography
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Lensography
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Thanks to a fellow Lensmaster for coining the term "lensography". The Lensmaster Bio page is good, but with the use of the Featured Lenses module one can highlight and categorise ones favourite lenses. This lens is a growing collection of le...
Flag this lens as "may offend"
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What happens if you click "Flag this lens as May Offend"?
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No, not really! I'm joking, I'm joking. (Gil doesn't live in a box. Seth keeps him in a vault.) Here's what "Flag this lens as May Offend" is all about and how you can use it to keep Squidoo spam free. A cleaner Squidoo means a better environm...
The Squidoo Suggestion Box
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The Squidoo Suggestion Box
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Is there something about Squidoo that you can't quite figure out? Or you're wondering if someone else has had the same problem and an answer is already at hand. But where to find it? You've come to the right place!
How to add an opt-in form to your lens
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How to add an opt in form to your Squidoo lens
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Opt in forms are now BACK! If you are into list building, or marketing online, you need to know this info. Check it all out below, you lucky fellow. Lewis ;-)
Lens Rating
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Lens Rating
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Squidoo has a user system of rating lenses according to their quality. Only registered Squidoo users can vote on other members lenses.
Lensmaster Bookmarklets
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Lensmaster Bookmarklet
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In addition to the usual 'diggs' and 'stumbles' that Webmasters can add to their site for the social databasing crowd to include in their arsenal, there is a bookmark feature for Squidoo. Read on to learn how to use it.
SquidOffers
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SquidOffers
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This lens is bereft of opinion. I have gathered together all official mentions of SquidOffers and put them all in the one place so it's easier for you to find and wade through the plethora of information. Use this information to increase your Squid Kn...
How To Transfer A Group
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How to Transfer a Group
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So you started a group, and it's done so well that it grew to be more than you could handle. Have no fear you can transfer your group to someone new! Now, for some reason there isn’t an explanation easily accessible on how to tra...
Tips from a SquidAngel
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What I Look For In A Lens! by a Squid Angel
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First off, it is an honor to be one of the first Squid Angels on Squidoo and I take this responsibility very seriously. There are a great many lens makers here on Squidoo that are keen on improving their lenses; to increase traffic, lens rank and pos...
How to Value a Squidoo Lens
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How to Value a Squidoo Lens
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As Squidoo Grows and develops, the marketplace for buying and selling lenses is also bound to grow. The question is, how much is a lens really worth?? Lets explore a couple of classic ways for valuing assets and apply them to the Squidoo...
All About Squidoo
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All About Squidoo
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Squidoo: SKWID-OO, n. v., adj., addiction. 1) thousands of people creating a handbuilt catalog of the best stuff online 2) a free and fun way to make your own page and get traffic 3) a place to find what you're looking for, fast. 4) An ideavirus that...
Lens It!
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Lens It!
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Got a hobby? Lens It! Got an interest? Lens It! Got an idea? Lens It! Got a story? Lens It! Got a special skill? Lens It! Got a musical talent? Lens It! Got an unusual job? Lens It! Got a favorite family recipe? Lens It! Okay, I think you've...
Squidoo Modules
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Squidoo Modules
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This lens demonstrates a selection of some of the most used and useful Squidoo Modules. You'll see them in their natural environment, with content or product included. Accompanying each is a description of what the module does. To start with, this is...
<iframe>
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iframe
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R.I.P. The iframe Tag. Deceased 12th July 2007. The humble iframe tag... actually, the iframe tag is anything but humble. It's quite powerful. And it opens up a window of opportunity for webmasters and lensmasters alike... Except for lensmasters,...
Lensrank
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Lensrank
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Just how does the Squidoo Lensrank work? Is it important? If you make it into the Top 100 Lenses should you celebrate by popping open the champagne or chugging down a beer? All these questions won't be answered in this lens on Lensrank. All we'll be...
Payrank
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PayRank
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PayRank scale is based on a lensmaster's average LensRank and traffic. This lens collates all the mentions of Payrank so you can determine for yourself what the elusive term means for you.
Royalty-free photos for your Squidoo Lenses
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Royalty-free photos
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I've been sorting through digital photos that I've been taking since 2001. The only problem being is while I had a good camera for a number of years, it was a film camera. The digital camera I was using was a dinky little one. Just for fun. Had I wan...
Basic HTML for Squidoo
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Basic HTML for Squidoo
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You can use basic HTML in a few of the lens modules. Mostly used to create hyperlinks (they are the "live links" to other sites). Though there are also other uses for HTML. If you find yourself in need of quick tutorial on how to do it, her...
I'm a Lensmaster! What now?
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I'm a Lensmaster! What now?
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This lens deals with the ins and outs and tricks and tips that will help you make your next (or first) Squidoo Lens. Other information you should read (if you haven't already)... All About Squidoo: What others have had to say about Squidoo, and it...
Why Squidoo?
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Why Squidoo?
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If you're like me you need to know the details before you commit. Now that I've seen and weighed it up for myself here's a bunch of good reasons why you should sign up to Squidoo...
Lensmasters, please leave some feedback...
Every now and then I'll stop by and add what I find here, if appropriate, as a Featured Lens Module. Otherwise just leave feedback, whether it's good, bad or indifferent.
WhippetTalk wrote...
Great! One stop shopping. Thanks for compiling this information. 5 stars!
kab wrote...
Thanks Glen. I can do it now - too bad the modules didn't just show the number on them and save me some work.
N376 wrote...
kab, I do it by digging in the HTML source, which for me is quick, but for others I recommend that they create a Table of Contents and then click on the one you're after, and copy the URL. Delete the Table of Contents if you don't need it anymore. And that is the internal link for a specific module
kab wrote...
Oh Master Squid, How do I make an internal link to a specific module? or a link to a specific module in someone else's lens?
by N376
Glen likes to write. If it's something that he hasn't already enjoyed or experienced in life if you so much as throw a topic at him and if he finds it...
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