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Entries for May, 2008

Squidoo Dashboard Extension Updated

Magicality has updated the Squidoo Dashboard Extension for the new Squidoo Dashboard. Currently it only offers totals and averages of your lenses, but it’s still nice because it will give you a revenue total on your current pending dashboard lenses and such.
If you were going through withdrawal, download the updated squidoo DE here. See the [...]

New Squidoo Lens Dashboard Sneak Peek – Screenshots

Squidoo HQ is releasing their new dashboard (possibly as early as tomm morning!) and I’ve got some sneak peek pics for you guys to ogle over!
This thing is going to be awesome for lens management, with filters, labels, and lots of other goodies.
Without further adieu, here are some screenshots!
This is what a list of labeled [...]

Analyzing the Squidoo Dips

Memorial Weekend was very ‘Dip’ like for me. I kept having things break, publishers discontinue their affiliate programs, lenses fall out of google like a rock, etc.
While frustrating, it’s certainly not the first time I’ve had a few days like that and it wont be the last. It did get me to thinking on the [...]

Squidoo Lens Promotion Tip for Pet Owners

I know there are some lensmasters out there that love their pets, make lenses about their pets, have piles of lenses about taking care of their pets, etc.
I think I found a great site today for you guys : Youpet.com
I heard about it from a neighbor, went over and checked it out and it looks [...]

One Year of Squidoo and 368 Lenses Later

I started using Squidoo one year ago today (give or take 24 hours) and in that time I’ve:

Built 368 lenses (just over 1 a day!)
Been a Citizen Squid, Giant Squid, Squid Angel, forum mod, and all around Squidoo helper.
Started a blog about Squidoo (this one)
Started an auction site for Squidoo Lenses
Started a lens directory [...]

Announcing SquidTop : Custom Blogging for Squidoo

The light posting for the last week hasn’t gone by without something getting done. I’ve developed a custom blogging platform for Squidoo Lensmasters!
I’m Proud to introduce SquidTop!
What is SquidTop?
Squidtop is a site that allows you to create your own blog to talk about your squidoo lenses, accomplishments, progress, or any other topic you desire. What’s [...]

Squidoo SEO and Tagging Part 3: The Discovery Box

This post is a continuation of my first two posts on tagging with Squidoo: Tags and Lenses, and Tag Pages.  If you are a little lost, go read those two to catch up.
Until recently, tag pages consisted of the majority of link flow that could be influenced within squidoo. However, with the recent release of [...]

Squidoo Module Design

I’ve been playing around with the Squidoo Module Development Kit and have been making some pretty good progress.
I’ve made rough drafts of a few new modules in the past week or so and met with some pretty good success. I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on how squidoo has the system set up. [...]

Squidoo Income Report | April 2008

April ended up being a banner month for the Captain and his Roving Band of Squidoo Piracy. Earnings have continued to increase each month I have been a part of squidoo and reached a new record high in April. Some of these earnings came from websites that I have used squidoo exclusively to promote but [...]