Squidoo in 2006
Two years ago this month, Squidoo looked like this:
Courtesy of WayBackMachine
If you click through, you can browse around the squidoo of early ‘06 a bit. Sometimes it’s good to look back on where things were in order to see how far you have come. More lenses have been built in the last 2 weeks than Squidoo had built in all of their first year. (granted, they were in Beta for pretty much all of it) . Looking back at the site, virtually all of the changes are for the better.
One constant about squidoo is change, which is a good thing. Do you have some lenses that just wallow on the bottom of your dashboard and don’t get any traffic? I know I have my fair share. As much as it pains you, crack those back open (even if it’s just one a day) and take a look. I bet you will be surprised at how much better you have gotten at making lenses since you made those old, dusty lenses. A few quick tweaks and you could easily be back on your way.
Another thing that changed? Looking at the Squidoo Top 100 lenses from Jan 2007, there were definitely some familiar names on the list. There were also a lot of people that kind of vanished into Squid History without a peep. The Lensmasters that are still here are doing pretty well for themselves and getting better every day..
Are you still going to be on Squidoo in Jan 2008? or will you be Squid History?
January 29th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Yeah, I’m ‘putting my nose to the grindstone’ on Squidoo. It gets frustrating and discouraging at times (perhaps why people become Squid History), but I’ll have to pull through and keep at it. Nobody becomes successful by being a quitter.
January 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Do you mean Jan 2009? – Yup, I think I’ll be around Squidooing still
I’m very comfy here.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Thanks for the look back! I know I’ve come a long way as a lensmaker since I joined squidoo in 2006. And this month I hit the top 100 lenses for the first time. Steady work is the trick.
February 4th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I got a little fried during my stint as citizen squid (does that make me calamari?)
but I’m getting geared up to jump in again.