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Launching in 3… 2…. 1….

Just go look at your profile page and you’ll see it. For example:
http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/realnerd.

A bunch of new features come with this, which you’ll discover as you dig in a little. For starters, go to the Profile tab on your Dashboard:
http://www.squidoo.com/member/profile.

Scroll down to the “More about me” section. Answer as many questions as you like! Some of them are intended to highlight your favorite external links, like your blog and your Twitter and Facebook pages. Others are chances to creatively point to your favorite Squidoo lenses. All the links you add here will populate your new Bio page.

Neat feature #2: You can spotlight up to 5 lenses (yours or a friend’s) right smack dab in the middle of the page. That’s what the “Check out these great lenses” section is. Also controlled, by you, via the Profile tab.

Neat feature #3: Now you can show a list of lenses you’ve “Favorited” in Squidoo. That shows in the left-hand sidebar, but only if you have “Share my Favorites” turned on in your Profile tab.

Play around with it and see what you think. As always, we’ll be testing this out with you for a few days and tweaking based on feedback.

My 2 cents: This is a really cool new improvement to the bio page, and turns the page into a content-rich destination for your fans, and for people Googling you.

Have fun!

UPDATE: We’re working out a few kinks with the Trivia Questions / More About Me part of the bio. Stay tuned.