Posts Tagged ‘SquidU’

» I tried an experiment last week

Ever curious and because I am doing a huge amount of reassessment as to “where” I am at the moment (happens every Spring, it’s what comes of having a birthday in May I guess), I tried an experiment in the SquidU Forum last week. In addition to what you would normally expect to find, there [...]

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» I have been sitting back and watching the conversation…..

..which is not like me. As a Gemini, I am a “compulsive communicator” and I usually have an opinion on most things. But occasionally I surprise those who know me best and “go quiet”.
I have been more quiet and reflective of late for two reasons:
1. I have been told by one of the specialists helping [...]

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» Day 12 of the lens experiment & I have been found by Google!

Traffic on Losing weight with a wheat free diet is not exactly fantastic yet but I have finally been found by Google!!
According to the lens stats I have been found via the following search phrases: “brostoff flour tired” and “weight loose programme through homeopathic” Whaaatt???????
I was found very early on through Microsoft Live using [...]

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» Day 9 of the lens experiment – backlinks increasing faster than visits

Stats for January 28 2009: (Previous day in brackets)
Visits: 73 (72)
Star ratings: Average 5, rated by 29 (28) people
Lensrank: 4394 (4269)
Backlinks: 80 (78) from (6) 6 domains
The highest ranking so far: 1,169
I have checked to see if the lens is being indexed by Google and yes, it is, but no sign of it if I [...]

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» Squidoo user names are being frozen

Megan has posted a thread in the SquidU forum to say that very, very soon, the facility to change your username will be withdrawn and once you sign up with a name, then you are stuck with it.
You know I never, ever have wanted to change my username. For me the whole point is that [...]

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» Blips in the lens ranking process and other musings

Much confusion when the Lensrankings were updated, comments in the forum, comparisons as to who had the lens that plummetted the most, then a reassuring post from Gil to say they were on it, then another adjustment. Relief on the one hand, as Squid Etiquette was restored to the second tier, having plummetted overnight by [...]

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» Promoting WIP lenses, LOTD and slipping lensranks

I started promoting my new lens Christmas at AJs mainly on Squidoo the second I hit the Publish button and before it became a featured lens. I also did this with Squid Etiquette. Before then I did not realise that the lens could be viewed by other people before it “turned green”.
The early promotion paid [...]

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» Yesterday was a strange one on the Forum

Is it me, or have there been slightly worrying undercurrents in some of the threads on the Forum over the last couple of days? You need to have been there to understand what I mean.
And, is it me (again) or is anyone else turned off by an intro that is all about getting us to [...]

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» Red hot topic in the Lensmaster’s Lounge & biting nails!

There is a great debate going on in the forum at SquidU at the moment about the Glam ads. If you have a view about whether these should be placed on all our lenses or not then you had better go and have a look and have your say. The thread is being observed by [...]

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» New lens published & a new tip, plus other ramblings

Am posting a message here that I have put on SquidU, as I discovered something over the last few days that I did not realise and I think not many other people do either!
You learn something new every day on Squidoo and it is only recently that I realised that you do not have to [...]

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