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Do You Squidoo? Check how your lens is doing with this tool

June 24th, 2008

I found this tool today that checks the “health” of your Squidoo lens. It’s very self-explanatory so I won’t go into detail about it. Basically, all you do is enter in your URL (the web address of your Squidoo lens) and it checks various parts of your lens and tells you whether you’ve done a good job or not.

I checked mine just now and while some areas are marked “okay” others are in “critical” condition. It’s time for me to fine-tune my lens. While I’m working on that, I encourage you to check out the status of your Squidoo lens’ health here.

If you have no idea what a Squidoo lens is, here’s a brief overview.

A “lens” is a single page that you can build online for free. It can be for fun or for profit, or both! It’s really easy to start a lens and you don’t have to know anything at all about web design or HTML. It helps of course, but starting your first lens is a good opportunity to learn.

You can create a lens about something you’re passionate about. You can create a lens listing your favorite things. You can create a lens that promotes other website or blogs you may have. There are lots of ways to use Squidoo lenses.

Squidoo was created by Seth Godin. Seth is an amazingly smart man. He’s a bestselling author and has a huge online presence. In fact, I recently watched a video of him where he was presenting to the staff at Google about how they can improve their business. Can you imagine having that stature?

He’s got a long list of his own lenses so it’s a good idea to check his out to learn some cool tips.

Or you can just start a Squidoo lens right now.

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