Squidoo makes major change in their home page
April 8th, 2009 by 
John Dilbeck
Have you been to the Squidoo home page lately?
Instead of just showing random avatars of their lensmasters, now they show the top lenses in each category, and you can click a “More” button to see the top 100 lenses in each category.
They’ve also made it easier to create new lenses using their various popular Squid Projects (see the bottom of the page).
I like this much better than what they used to have.
What do you think?
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JD
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April 8th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Hi,
I like it better that way too.
More info on the homepage.
Maria
April 16th, 2009 at 2:38 am
I wish our “make-a-lens” link went to the new site.
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April 16th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Squidoo homepage is definitely better organized now. It is also distributing homepage PR to categories nicely.
They should include a link to new lenses so that they get indexed fast and also get noticed by visitors. What do you say?
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April 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 am
Good morning, Pat.
I agree with you. I always thought that the “Make a lens” link just threw us into the lens editor with precious little instructions or help.
I think linking to the main page would be better, or at least a new page with some more information before being thrown right into editing.
Act on your dream!
JD
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 am
Good morning, Maria.
I agree. Thanks for your comment.
Act on your dream!
JD
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
Good morning, jeet.
That’s a good idea about linking to new lenses, but I’m wondering if it would be any more effective than posting a SquidCast and pinging it or tweeting about the lens.
I don’t have a definite opinion about this.
Thanks for the comment.
Act on your dream!
JD
May 4th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Eh…I’m not liking it very much….where is all the artwork. It doesn’t POP! No Pizazz! Just looks like everyother news/blog/info site….thats just my 2 cents! I think it should look more like hubpages…maybe?
May 20th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Good afternoon, Thomas.
You’re always welcome to your own opinion.
I tend to like sites that are heavier on text than graphics, but I know lots of people who disagree with me.
For myself, it’s partly a matter of bandwidth. I’m still on a slow dial-up connection back here in the mountains and it doesn’t look like broadband will be coming to my area any time soon. So, I tend to prefer sites that don’t have as many graphics or use as much javascript as other sites.
If I had lots of bandwidth, I may have a different opinion.
I haven’t been to hubpages in a long time. Maybe I should go visit, soon.
Thanks for your comment.
Act on your dream!
JD