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Setting up Modules Correctly in Squidoo

Quick tip from the captain today.
EVERY time you fill out a module, make sure and fill out the second heading line with another keyword-rich sentence. This is important for 2 reasons:
1) the subtitles are in what are called ‘header tags’. H1 tags are the REALLY BIG titles you see at the top of the lens.� [...]

New Squidoo Module : Movie Listings

A new module has been added very quietly in the past few days to Squidoo amid all of the hubub with server gremlins and such.
The Module is for Movie Listings and here’s how it works:
The module can be found under the ‘New!’ Module tab when looking for modules.
The Module edit screen looks like this:

The results [...]

Squidoo Tip Toolbox: ScribeFire ignites your Text

One of the most common things you see on Squidoo that doesn’t work effectively are big giant boxes and paragraphs of text. These immediately cause people to unfocus their eyes and move on to the next page.
Other times you’ll notice how people will have ordered lists, numbered lists, block quotes, bold, italic, and more [...]

Squidoo Tip of the Day: Wiki Your Way to the Bank

With the recent Addition of Squidoo’s Sister Site Squid Who, the Wikipedia Module received a significant facelift. Before, it wasn’t much more than a glorified RSS feed, quite often returning poor information if any on your subject matter.
If you have dismissed the Wiki Module in the past, the Captain recommends that you go back and [...]