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The power of recommendation matters more than ever! We recently adjusted the formula we use to calculate Lensrank in order to reward lensmasters based on the use of some new features.

In the past, we calculated Lensrank based on a number of factors, including whether a lens had been added to someone’s favorites, whether a reader emailed a lens to a friend, whether a blogger posted a trackback reference, and so on.

Now, if readers add your lenses to the social bookmarking services Digg and Delicious using the links in the Squidoo toolbar — thereby recommending your lenses to other people — it’ll give a boost to your Lensrank. Similarly, we’ve improved the star rating system so Lensrank considers how many people have rated a lens as well as what the average rating is.

We think that these refinements will help improve Lensrank — and help make more of the best lenses more visible.

If someone recommends your lens, you get points. If lots of people recommend your lens, you win!