Sometimes the video modules at Squidoo can be a torment. Here’s the best way to add the module to your lens. (In this example I’m using the Video module. It’s the same for the Youtube module) First find the video you want to display. Here’s a screenshot of the video I’m going to add from [...]
How to Link to a Squidoo Module
Posted on June 9, 2012 ·
Making a link to a Squidoo module is just as easy as making a link to any other address online Let’s start with a simple link first I will use my lens on Recipes from Ancient Rome and I want a link to just one of those recipes – let’s say I want to link [...]
Linkspam can kill you
Posted on May 7, 2012 ·
You all know what linkspam is. Originally it appeared in internet guestbooks, where spammers would repeatedly fill a guestbook with links to their own site and no relevant comment. If an actual comment was given it was often just “cool page”, “nice website”, or keywords of the spammed link. (That’s just one of the reasons [...]
SquidTools is the Bees Knees
Posted on March 1, 2012 ·
Now here’s a great addition to any lensmaster’s toolkit. Say G’day to
Making a lens on Making a lens
Posted on January 7, 2012 ·
There’s a lot of tips for newbies on Squidoo, a quick look at the Top 100 in Lensmaking Tips for Newbies gives us an idea of the competition. Pretty stiff! It’s not a simple task to make a lens on lensmaking. The first thing you have to focus on is your audience. Steven Vella came [...]
Links in Forum Signatures
Posted on October 1, 2011 ·
We all make nice sigs in our account at the SquidU Forums. We leave links to our favourite lens and very often to our blogs. This is a backlink of course and, although it’s not a very important one, it’s a backlink just the same. But do you actually look at someone’s sig? Do you [...]
Spotlight on a First Lens
Posted on September 22, 2011 ·
I don’t usually feature a very first lens but it fits perfectly with recent discussions we’ve had on blogging and on cross linking between your sites. Colesterol has a blog and so two places he can put his work. He can make lenses about blogging and blog about Squidoo – linking back and forth between [...]
Broken Hill
Posted on August 26, 2011 ·
It’s a real pleasure to come across another Australian on Squidoo. Michael has the real and refreshing Australian style of talking too, you hear his ‘voice’ clearly. Voice One of the hardest things to find is our ‘voice’. so often we try to write ‘well’, to make our work sound ‘professional’. But that’s the wrong [...]
Linking lenses to each other
Posted on August 26, 2011 ·
I told you recently about Modules that Google can’t See and I’ve been trying to think of another way to display links that will attract readers and also show up in Google. The Link List is perfectly well suited to show your links to readers and search engines alike, it’s just a pain to go [...]
How to Display an Arrowhead Collection
Posted on August 18, 2011 ·
Collecting arrowheads must be a super hobby. Paul, the Michigan HeadHunter, describes himself as a Pack Rat and gives out some inspiring ideas on displaying an arrowhead collection. After reading this lens I was feeling sorry for myself, no opportunities to pick any up where i live. Arrowheads or, more properly, projectile points, are components [...]
Modules that Google can’t see
Posted on August 12, 2011 ·
I’ve been a devoted fan of the My Lens module since it was first launched and I’ve got at least one of them on every lens, but they’re no good! The bad news is – they are set to not be visible to Google. So the links aren’t visible to Google either! Neither is the [...]
Autumn in Australia
Posted on August 1, 2011 ·
Now here’s a lovely lens from Julia (jmsp206), the whole feel of it is just beautiful. Go and take a relaxing look at Autumn in Australia Somehow I’m soothed just by looking at the page. It’s not easy to write about Fall. What is it? I know that it’s the autumnal season and, in USA, [...]
