Squidoo Policy changes: check your lenses NOW!

Squidoo has made some major Policy Changes!!

You have until mid-July to get your lenses in
order or they may be locked or deleted.

Key areas of change:


#1 No Spam
#2 No X-Rated or Porn
#3 No junk topics
#4 A new limit on "overly promotional lenses"
#5 Plagiarism takedown

You may think you know what these mean, but check
this out closely. "Junk Topics" may include any lens on
"weight loss" for example.

Let's help Squidoo achieve these goals:

"We're going to double down our efforts to help you
make good stuff, via education tools, newbie programs,
an ever-growing Giant Squids program, and constantly
developing valuable new publishing features.

At the same time, we're making the not so good stuff
a little harder to create. And the bad stuff, the really
useless, really wasteful pages, and especially harmful
pages, those don't stand a chance here."

ACT NOW, read the guidelines, check your lenses
and take action where appropriate. If you need to
export your lens content to another site, here's
how:

• How to export your content

Giant Squid, PotPieGirl, has produced a number of great
posts to help clarify the policy and its implications - take
her advice:

Explanation of Squidoo Policy Changes

Should Affiliate Marketers Leave Squidoo?
(...the answer is NO!)

These are significant policy changes - for you own
welfare and for the good of the Squidoo community,
please check out your lenses.

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Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and
Giant Squid. He provides free resources
for Squidoo affiliate marketing on his Squidoo authority
site:
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies

To learn more about Squidoo Affiliate Marketing
check out:
http://www.squidooaffiliatemarketing.com

Subscribe to Ron's free Squidoo Marketing e-course:
http://www.smsecourse.squidoomarketingstrategies.com/

Ron is the author of the e-Book:
Squidoo Marketing Strategies

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How to Squidoo: Top 7 Strategies for Lens Creation

Since the Squidoo platform can be used for any purpose,
the purpose of the Squidoo lens should drive basic design,
choice of modules and images, sequencing of modules
and degree of linkage with other lenses and websites.

This emphasis on purpose is highlighted in my
identification of the top 7 strategies for Squidoo lens
creation.

The key strategies are:

1. Decide the purpose of the Squidoo lens
2. Develop the Squidoo lens concept
3. Create a lens design to meet the purpose and concept
4. Undertake keyword research where appropriate
5. Develop content
6. Source images
7. Revisit, refine, link and promote

For a full explanation of these steps, view my article
on Ezinearticles.com:
7 Key Strategies of Effective Squidoo Lens Creation

The catalyst for this article was an invitation from
Glen, N376, to Giant Squids to share their top
7 habits of lens creation.

To view the top habits of other Giant Squids and
prominent Squidoo lensmasters, visit:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Lensmasters


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Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and
Giant Squid. He provides free resources
for Squidoo affiliate marketing on his Squidoo authority
site:

http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies

To learn more about Squidoo Affiliate Marketing

check out:

http://www.squidooaffiliatemarketing.com

Subscribe to Ron's free Squidoo Marketing e-course:

http://www.smsecourse.squidoomarketingstrategies.com/

Ron is the author of the e-Book:

Squidoo Marketing Strategies

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