I finally got that new lens published….
…that I wanted to publish on Monday! The trouble is that I keep getting distracted by Tagfoot, Twitter and a host of other sites that I am checking out to see what works for me and what doesn’t.
Lewis Smile kicked off quite a debate about how Google does not recognise tags on Squidoo anymore on his blog at: SquidooCool. I don’t begin to understand the whys and wherefores about this….deep sigh! But as far as I can gather tags are still useful for being found within Squidoo, so I for one shall still spend a boring ten minutes once I have created a lens adding tags. Then at least if the situation changes with Google I wont then have to spend days going back and sorting out old lenses.
Another comment that was made got me thinking about e-books and particularly e-books that attempt to shortcut all the navigating around Squidoo that you can end up doing to find out how to Squidoo. Someone commented that they had shelled out $7 for an e-book that went into aspects of tagging. So I wonder how many people are actually shelling out money for out of date info. Do all these e-book authors keep an eye on what is happening on Squidoo and then rush to update? Hmmm.
I have also seen comments lately from Lensmasters who just happen to land on a lens and then to their delight find out that their lens has been featured. If I feature someone else’s lens on mine then I always whizz them an email to let them know and give them the opportunity not only to go and have a look but also let me know if they like what I have done. I have yet to get a response asking me not to feature their lens, but I guess there could always be a first time!
More good news from the Forum - following a lot of protest (some of it from moi), HQ have said that they are going to make it part of the Squidoo Ts & Cs that all Avatars have to be G-Rated, which is great news. I believe e-mails are being sent to people to give them a chance to change their Avatar. Note to moi: check out your Fan club to see if that certain Avatar is still there!
Oh and before I forget, lens number 14 has been published Prince Charles - King in waiting. The dear old boy is the world’s oldest heir to a throne and he is 60 in a few weeks time. So this is an experiment to see how much Google traffic I get as we near his birthday on 14th November. So, I s’pose I had better go off and promote it!
On the personal front I start my Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy tomorrow, which will hopefully help me overcome the problems caused by Otosclerosis and help me get more mobile again.
And tonight I start rehearsing a show. I am probably certifiably insane to even try to do it, but I am going stir crazy and by the time we take to the stage in January, I should be OK…….
Tags: e-books, ebooks, g-rated avatars, google, otosclerosis, prince charles, squidoocool, tags, vestibular rehabilitation therapy
October 16th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Good choice for a new lens. I somehow think Charlie will be passed by though, much to his disgust I am sure, althouth Auntie Liz is getting on, but I don’t see her abdicating any time soon.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Perhaps this lens about Squidoo and google will help you understand the importance (or lack thereof) of tags better. They aren’t totally useless, just not very important either: http://www.squidoo.com/seo-squidoo