Be Aware: Before you start a lens on whatever topic you think of, be aware of the Squidoo rules. Squidoo Banned Topics: * MLM * “Get your ex back” * Rude XXX * Ringtones * Dieting and weight loss * Gambling * Pharmaceuticals and drugs * “Medical cures” * Downloading movies, music, and TV shows * Dealing with credit card debt * Song lyrics * Illegal stuff * Videogame hacks and...

Squidoo has just gone live with an incredible new feature. They’ve just announced “sidebar widgets”, which means you get even more control over the sidebar of your lenses. We pretty much have modules for our lens sidebars! There are 4 types of widgets: * RSS Widget * Amazon Spotlight * Featured Lenses * Recent Squidcasts Widget. This is completely 100% necessary for every marketer....

The day we all knew would come has arrived. Squidoo groups are dead and buried, never to be seen again. Weep weep, kinda. WHEN: Just a few days ago, Squidoo converted all groups into regular lenses. You can no longer add your lens to a group, and your existing lenses are no longer members of any group. WHY: Because groups were turning a bit spammy and useless, and nobody really got any great benefits...

Joe from CaptainSquid is back from many adventures, with a new challenge for himself and anyone who wants to follow along. Joe will attempt to get a brand new lensmaster account from $0 to $2000-per-month, using only the tools available to all lensmasters. So anyone will be able to emulate his success. If you are able to join in, do it. Go for it. You can read more here and here. Good luck Joe! Lewis

If you’ve put Guestbook modules on your lenses, and you have 10+ published, you’ll be very familiar with the kind of comments I’m talking about here. If a guestbook comment doesn’t say anything interesting, and add to the conversation, DON’T FEEL BAD ABOUT DELETING IT. Don’t think just because someone left you a comment you have to publish it for all the world to...

WHAT IS A PING? Any time you update certain webpages or publish a new blog post or lens, you can send a Ping for it. A Ping is a little signal your new updated page sends to various search engines and directories. A ping is the online equivalent of your new lens running up to Google’s doorstep and ringing the doorbell. It’s a way for your lens to go out and get attention, shouting “I’m...