I just finished a lens about how to set up the Google RSS Reader. Google reader revolutionised my online life. It lets me subscribe to loads of great blogs without having to manually check back every day for update. An RSS Reader is like an inbox for the web. Pulling in the content you want from your favourite blogs. I talk about RSS quite a bit here, so if you don’t know what it is, check here: www.squidoo.com/rss-explained If...

Here is the short of it: 1. There is a site called Bumpzee.com 2. It is a directory for RSS feeds 3. Your lens has an RSS feed 4. So you can add your lens to Bumpzee 5. Bumpzee ranks high in Google! And it ranks very quickly. So head to Bumpzee (I’m there as mrlewissmile if you want to add me as a friend or whatever) and stick your favourite lenses on there. And watch Google for your bumpzee...

1. Pick an area you like so much… 2. You’d commit to lifelong learning… 3, Where you enjoy spreading the word… 4. With a message you strongly believe in (even if it contradicts accepted norms) 5. You’ll speak and write for free to establish yourself… (Rich Schefren) Lewis

I would love it if Squidoo allowed guestbook comments that were longer than 300 characters! (UPDATE:  SQUIDOO HAS NOW DONE THIS! 2 days after posting here and Squidu, and all your comments, Squidoo raised the limit from 300 to 1000. Woohoo! Thanks Squidoo HQ!!) When I read blogs and see some people writing massive comments in response to the posts, I keep saying to myself ‘It would be GREAT...

Thefluffanutta has just published some helpful tips for using SquidCasts more effectively. Here they are:  ************************ All of the casts you make will be published in the lens RSS feed, and potentially syndicated elsewhere, so make sure your titles are good ones. The title of each cast will be linked to your lens, and search engines will use that as a factor when ranking your lens. Don’t...

Susan52 wrote a great post the other day about what it means to be a ‘Squidoo Nobody’. No bio, and you don’t let other people contact you. And she’s very right! Both easy to fix, in less than 3 minutes. You can read more good posts at her blog, and here is what she says about becoming a Squidoo sombody: 1. You’re a Squidoo nobody if you don’t have a Squidoo bio....

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See the SquidooCool logo at the top of this site? It took me about 60 seconds to build ;-)

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