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Unread 29th Sep 2008, 04:34 PM   #1
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A new thread has been started for this to abide by the squidoo terms of service. You can find it here: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...nses-here.html

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Hi man,

great idea here...

I just favorited, rated and commented on all three of your squids, here are mine:

Hydrogen Car Kit

SportsBettingChamp|Save $25!

http://www.squidoo.com/halfwaterhalfgasinfo

http://www.squidoo.com/buyhydrogencarkit

http://www.squidoo.com/wowguidejewelcrafting

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I'll be back soon to do some more trading!!

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This is a BAD IDEA!

This is explicitly forbidden by the TOS, and Squidoo have algorithms to detect this kind of behaviour.
Here's a quote from their FAQ:

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Squidoo does not endorse or recommend this kind of activity, and could even lock your lenses because of it. Not only because it's not in the spirit of the site, but also because it just doesn't work. It doesn't earn you loyal readers or customers, it doesn't help people find you in search engines, and it doesn't increase the quality of your content.
Seriously.

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Originally Posted by thefluffanutta View Post

This is a BAD IDEA!

This is explicitly forbidden by the TOS, and Squidoo have algorithms to detect this kind of behaviour.
Here's a quote from their FAQ:



Seriously.
oh well, no biggie....
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Sorry for raining on your parade, but it's better that you know.

Instead, here's an alternative way to get visits, ratings and comments: ask for a critique of your lens, either on this forum or over on SquidU - they have a special sub-forums for Critiques, Angels or just lenses you like. Pick one of your lenses, explain what it's about and any issues you might be having with it (traffic? sales? formatting?). Remember to include a link to it as well...

This is much better because you're asking other Lensmasters to visit your lenses, without swapping ratings. If they like it, they will rate and comment anyway, and they may also give you some feedback on how to improve your lens. They are a very helpful bunch.

Over on DigitalPoint there's a thread titled "Show us your best Squidoo Lens". This is another legitimate way of getting folk to visit your lenses, without breaking the rules on rating swaps. If your lens is good and appeals to other Lensmasters, then it will attract good ratings all by itself.

Of course, make sure that your lens really is as good as you can make it before you "put it out there" - if it's bad, then other Lensmasters will tell you so...

To conclude: it's okay to ask people to visit a lens, just don't do "I'll give you 5 stars if your give me 5 stars".


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You might want to start this thread again so that it's nice and clean, without my dire warning.


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Originally Posted by Trent Brownrigg View Post

Yeah I was going to ask you if you could delete your messages with the warnings and I will delete my responses to them. That way we can get it cleaned up without restarting it.
We can do that, though we would need NickE83 to do it too.

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Originally Posted by thefluffanutta View Post

We can do that, though we would need NickE83 to do it too.
Ok I deleted all mine. If you could go delete all yours now that would be great. Thanks!

I also sent a PM to NickE83 about deleting his.

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