Tiffany Dow, Lensmaster Extraordinaire, is hosting another contest on her blog! And you can win a custom-built lens from BuildMyLens.com if you come first! So what do you have to do to win? Make a MonkeyBrain lens, and post a comment at Tiff’s blog to enter! So here are the links you need to know: To create your MonkeyBrain lens: www.HeyMonkeyBrain.com To post a comment at Tiff’s blog to...

Before I set up a lens just for this (and start a campaign for more money-maker modules), cast your votes! What money-maker module do YOU want Squidoo HQ to develop next? An eBay UK module? How about converting the Indeed Jobs module into a pay per click module (just like the indeed jobs affiliate program would allow!) How about an Amazon FR module? I vote for an AUDIBLE.com module! We sell books...

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...

If you haven’t seen them already – check them out! Squidoo lenses still have 2 basic layouts - maxed and unmaxed - but the maxed version just had a MAJOR overhaul. Remember how it was the 3 columns? Well check it out now! Here is my Tagging Tricks lens maxed, and here is my ‘how to unmax’ lens unmaxed. Which layout do you prefer? I think the new layout is much more professional,...

Because they are constantly improving! Improving everything! The Squidoo HQ team is small, but you probably wouldn’t guess that. It’s like 4 or 5 full time staff. There is a great new feature for Giants Squids that I just posted about because I thought it was a feature everyone got (but I took the post down when I realised), they are currently working on some really cool looking new lens...

I wouldn't survive without this tool! I use this every day. It's one of the most useful things I have in my toolbox.

You type in your words, change the settings and colors to make it match your site, and voila. You have yourself a professional logo. Instantly.

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

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