Squidoo has re-launched their home page with an eye towards sending first time visitors to some of the top lenses around (official blog post announcement).

I think this is a massive improvement on the front page and it allows you to easily scan the first 5 lenses in each Squidoo category.

However, after showing it around a bit I heard a little criticism and I tend to agree with what I’ve heard. As you scroll down the new homepage, it’s very difficult to focus on any specific category.

There’s a lot of text that isn’t separated out in any appreciable way.

Here’s the two ways I think you can fix it.

1) add a tiny logo next to each category like a little skyscraper for business or a picture of a flower for Home and Gardening.

2) make the background of the title for each category a bit darker or find some other way to separate each category graphically.

Besides those minor gripes, I think it’s a great idea and I really hope that Squidoo continues to tweak and refine it over the next few months.

What do you guys think?