SquidBlog
All the squidscoop that's fit to print. (Well, some of it anyway). This is the joint blog run by everyone on the team here at Squidoo. From time to time we'll post news about features, planned upgrades, community announcements and other rantings, ravings and radishes. If you're a lensmaster, it's worth following.
Bidding adieu to X-rated lenses
As we posted over the Summer and messaged to lensmasters individually, we’ve been making a handful of changes to our Squidoo policies, specifically in regards to X-rated content, overly promotional lenses, spam and junk. Little by little over the last few months, we’ve implemented and released system filters to support our updated policies. Tomorrow we’ll be [...]
The Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for Charity)
Squidoo is donating $1000 to charity every day through Thanksgiving. With a $5000 grand prize on Thanksgiving Day. To enter and raise money (for free) for your favorite charity on our list, just make a foody lens. Great apple pie recipes, best locally grown squashes, tried and true baking secrets, best coffeemaker recommendations, your family’s Thanksgiving menu [...]
Evening maintenance
Just a heads up about planned maintenance: Between 6:30pm and 8:30pm Eastern time tonight (Friday, 10/30/09) we’ll be disabling lens editing for some database maintenance. Lenses will be visible and reachable as usual, but lensmasters won’t be able to edit them or create new ones during that 2 hour window. That is all!
There’s no monopoly on generosity.
When something is successful, there’s bound to be spinoffs. Bandwagoneers. Hangers-on. Maybe even copycats. If you’re really successful, you’re also going to see the good side of this: Tools that leverage your platform, ebooks teaching people how to navigate it, blogs spotlighting the best of it, communities grouping up around it, and on and [...]
Introducing the New Giant Squid Challenge
The new Giant Squid Challenge is a Ning community built especially for lensmasters who are ready to take their Squidoo skills to the next level. Giant Squid lensmasters and 100 Club members receive oodles of perks that make their lensmaking experience faster and better. Your Giant Squid Greeters and Organizers are on hand at the Giant Squid [...]
Squidoo Lens of the Day
Every week, Squidoo's Editor in Chief Megan Casey highlights lenses that stand out from the crowd, that are unique in topic, approach, personality, tools or timing. Or, you know, just a made her guffaw a little. How will you know if you get picked? Get the email delivered straight to your inbox every day.
A Thanksgiving No-Pie Zone
What? No pie on Thanksgiving? That's alright, lensmaster jkvkdailey is making it up to us with a bounty of other desserts! Anti-Pie Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes is a delicious collection of non-pie desserts perfect for the Thanksgiving season, including tarts, trifles, and everyone's favorite - cheesecake! No need to wait until Thanksgiving. You can make [...]
Thanksgiving in Canada?
Usually known as a US holiday, we often forget that a version of Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada too! In Thanksgiving The Day in Canada, A Children's Book Review, lensmaster Treasures-By-Brenda reminds us how Thanksgiving works in Canada. Did you know: - they celebrate Thanksgiving the second Monday in October? - they use similar decorations of gourds, [...]
Five Kernels of Corn (and $1000 for KIVA)
Today's lens of the day has a winning trifecta: A story. All great lenses tell stories. This one is the legend of the Five Kernels of Corn. A lensmaster who has really made a name for herself for her generosity and charitable leadership on Squidoo. And it's a winner in our Thanksgiving Cookoff for Charity, which means it [...]
Cheese Salsa Crustless Quiche
When we think of Thanksgiving we think of dinner. Turkey, cranberries, potatoes. But shouldn't a day of thanks and food include a hearty breakfast too? That's exactly why stargazer00 decided to share her recipe for Cheese Salsa Crustless Quiche. "This quiche recipe is very adaptable and forgiving. You can substitute any cheese that you have. [...]
Pumpkin Spice Coffee (And the first Cookoff winner)
Today we launched the Official Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for Charity) to help us give away $1000 to charity every day through Thanksgiving, with a $5000 grand prize vote-off at the end of the month. To enter and raise money (for free) for your favorite charity on our list, just make a foody lens. Great apple [...]
SquidU Review
This one's for you overachievers out there. (Hi, fancy meeting you here). Sometimes there's just so much good stuff going on in the Squidoo community... wouldn't you like an occasional digest full of the highlights? Tips for making better lenses, interviews with top lensmasters, answers to your burning questions? We thought so. Here you go.
Getting to 100 Club
Along with a group of new Giant Squids, a group of Giants recently met the criteria and joined the Giant Squid 100 Club! To new lensmasters, the idea of creating 100 lenses, much less 100 really really GREAT lenses, can be daunting. We asked these new 100 Clubbers for their advice on finding [...]
Welcome to our New Giant Squids
As you know, September 30th marked the end of the third quarter, and a deadline for new Giant Squid nominations! Every quarter, a new round of really great lensmasters meet the criteria and are awarded Giant Squid status. We asked our newest Giants three questions: 1.when did you learn about the Giant program and [...]
Take a Que from Target
Companies used to promote their wares based on brand. Manufacturers were in charge of getting the word out about their products. But in the last few years, retailers have taken over. Starting with Target, and recently WalMart, stores are taking the reins and controlling consumer perception by matching and promoting related products. [...]
Charity Mentors are Here for YOU!
Hello lensmasters and savvy non-profits! Not only does Squidoo offer a selection of Citizen Squid Mentors to help you with everything from images and video to lens promotion, we also have a great group of volunteers ready and waiting to assist with all your charity partnership needs. They are our Charity Mentors, to your rescue, and today [...]
The Queen of Squidoo
In 2003, Pendleton, South Carolina had a hockey team fewer than 3,000 people. Some high schools are larger! But one lensmaster is proving that your hometown doesn’t have to be big in order for you to have a big impact on it. OhMe joined Squidoo in July 2008 and took no snail’s trail towards [...]