Archive for January, 2009
The New Web is a Platform
With the recent releases of TwittrStrm and a Facebook Connect feature for Squidoo accounts, Squidoo continues to establish itself as a truly unique player in the new web.
As the web has developed over the past decade, what you know (content) and who you know (links) have become established signals for helping people find and use [...]
Are Lens URLs THAT important?
The URL of your lens is your identifier, how people and search engines alike know where your lens is located. On a scale of 10, the importance of your lens URL is probably in the 3-6 range.
Use one to three words separated by a hyphen. (hyphens are easier to remember and faster to type than [...]
Why Tip Jars and Squidoo don’t Mix
There’s a lot of talk going on today about adding ‘tip jars’ to lenses. The mechanics behind it are basically adding a link to your paypal account asking for donations.
From a technical standpoint, adding some kind of personal donation or ‘tip jar’ to your lenses is definitely possible. However, from a ‘money making’ view, they [...]