Comments on: Squidoo Pet Peeves – Dumb Things Lensmasters Do

By: Gandree

Gandree — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:36:10 +0000

RE Jennifer, My opinion is that if the link is good enough for me to click on it, why would I stick around to read your lens? I think that it’s poor craftsmanship. – Good answers everyone. I think we all hate the same stuff!

By: Gandree

Gandree — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:31:43 +0000

My greatest peeve is no contact information. If I see a misspelled word or incoherent sentence on an otherwise good lens, I will let the author know but not necessarily in the guestbook. I hate to waste time going to tell them something only to find they couldn’t be bothered to leave a way to contact them. If they are afraid of spam, they can use a gmail account.

By: kab

kab — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:16:03 +0000

I am annoyed when lenses are comprised of a quote bubble, then a post-it note, then a polaroid, then another post-it note, then a big black box, then another post-it note, then a Most Important Thing box, then a polaroid, then a post-it note….

Enough! Those modules are like animal print to me. One piece on a well put together outfit looks nice, but seven of them and you look so gawky I have to turn away.

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:48:17 +0000

A couple things that annoy me…

1. People stuffing their profile page with a zillion ugly affiliate banners and links

2. Mile-long lenses. For goodness sake, please split it up into 1 or two smaller lenses.

By: Joan Adams

Joan Adams — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:22:04 +0000

One expert recently said to always put a link in the intro. So, guess that is a personal opinion.
I think my biggest pet peeve is a lens without a guest book of some sort. I want to comment. I want to tell someone if I enjoyed their work. I feel unwelcome when I cannot communicate with the creator!

My other pet peeve is to read a lens and not learn one single thing. I like for a lens to make me think.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:09:40 +0000

Ahoy Captain, long time reader first time poster.

An affiliate link or banner in the intro is the only way to get a link above the fold? When I look at ctr and cr, a lens with a affiliate link in the intro outperforms a lens with the affiliate link 3 or 4 pages down.

This is for lenses that targets very specific keywords.

(btw..I’m a real midget squid so I have lots and lots to learn)

By: katinka - spirituality

katinka - spirituality — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:06:55 +0000

Oh – and turning a useful lens into a list of affiliate links and banners. That’s just squidoo-evil. All those people voting and supporting you, and how does that get repaid…

By: katinka - spirituality

katinka - spirituality — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:05:41 +0000

Affiliate links that have nothing to do with the subject right in the intro are a peeve of mine.

Asking anything of your readers before the actual content.

I do the unrelated links at the bottom bit – totally guilty.

By: BigGirlBlue

BigGirlBlue — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:44:28 +0000

I guess the immediate one is unrelated affiliate links. Or huge gaps of just affiliate banners.

Another one is hoards and hoards of links with no visual break up in between.

I also find the huge skyscraper affiliate ads in the mini bios annoying.

By: Linette

Linette — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:34:20 +0000

Huge chunks of text not broken up with breaks, and graphics. I have a short attention span. I’m bored after the first sentence unless it’s reaaallly compelling.

I agree with you on the random stuff, banners, and random modules people stick in their lens. Excess banners, Amazon modules, travel modules, etc. not related to the topic make no sense.