Squidblog

Those of you who track Squidoo pretty closely know that we had a lousy week. 30 spammers took advantage of us and blew Squidoo’s name all over the web.

The good news is that as of Thursday, July 12th, all of those holes are closed. We erred on the side of goodwill, and we’re going to be a lot more careful in the future.

The other good news is that the Net responded appropriately. Sites started blocking posts from and searches to Squidoo as a way of insulating themselves from the few dozen that would ruin it for the rest of us. Unfortunately, those responses dampened visits to all of Squidoo, not just the bad parts.

I fully expect that as we finish our cleanup, and as the number of good lenses continues to amaze the rest of us (check out this one on bamboo, for example; or this one on Ancient Greece; or even this, on the iPhone), the web will respond the way it should, and has, by linking back to the Squidoo pages that deserve it.

Thanks for hanging in with us. Growing pains!

We couldn’t do it without you and your support.