Friday, August 04, 2006
HubPages, early days, goes into closed beta
HubPages sent me an invitation to participate in their closed beta
testing. The site is only open to members as they get some user testing
done and build a platform of hubs before opening the portals to the
public. I joined and built a couple of HubPages. I can't offer a link
to my HubPages, as they are not public yet. The site offers a "get on
the list" message and form at their temporary home page.
Email me for an invite to the beta so you can see some hubs and/or
create your own.
It's inevitable for me to compare HubPages with Squidoo since I've
played with Squidoo for a while and have some experience. In simple
terms they are both sites that allow members to build single pages
about a topic. The goal is to create good pages, develop traffic and
credibility and eventually be an acknowledged reference source on the
web, leading to ad revenues and more traffic. They feature different
looks for their pages. Maybe because I'm used to it, but Squidoo' s
pages seem a little more reader friendly, however HubPages uses its
screen real estate a little better. The major draw for a page developer
at HubPages is that there seems to be a better revenue opportunity.
It's clear that Squidoo' s model is too parsimonious and involves
too much work to maintain even a small revenue chance. HubPages makes
it easy to feature affiliate links.
testing. The site is only open to members as they get some user testing
done and build a platform of hubs before opening the portals to the
public. I joined and built a couple of HubPages. I can't offer a link
to my HubPages, as they are not public yet. The site offers a "get on
the list" message and form at their temporary home page.
Email me for an invite to the beta so you can see some hubs and/or
create your own.
It's inevitable for me to compare HubPages with Squidoo since I've
played with Squidoo for a while and have some experience. In simple
terms they are both sites that allow members to build single pages
about a topic. The goal is to create good pages, develop traffic and
credibility and eventually be an acknowledged reference source on the
web, leading to ad revenues and more traffic. They feature different
looks for their pages. Maybe because I'm used to it, but Squidoo' s
pages seem a little more reader friendly, however HubPages uses its
screen real estate a little better. The major draw for a page developer
at HubPages is that there seems to be a better revenue opportunity.
It's clear that Squidoo' s model is too parsimonious and involves
too much work to maintain even a small revenue chance. HubPages makes
it easy to feature affiliate links.
Friday, July 14, 2006
PC Recommendations, a new Squidoo lens
Heath and others at Squidoo are often exhorting lensmasters to make specific recommendations to make the lens more useful and effective. I’ve been attempting to do that and decided to go the whole way and make some lenses that are just about recommendations.
My first is at www.Squidoo.com/pcrecommendations/
Since I’m a computer consultant it’s natural that I have good experiences (as well as bad) and some favorite products and services. In the PC Recommendations lens, I’ve started with PC memory and some end user utilities like spam control. I’ve described my experience and/or impression of the product and provided a link. Some are affiliate links, so I’m especially hopeful for them. Interesting that one of my recommendations is for Crucial Technologies, a major memory chip company with a huge on-line presence. They seem to show up on the lens as an advertiser all the time, so they are getting lots of value from my lens!
My first is at www.Squidoo.com/pcrecommendations/
Since I’m a computer consultant it’s natural that I have good experiences (as well as bad) and some favorite products and services. In the PC Recommendations lens, I’ve started with PC memory and some end user utilities like spam control. I’ve described my experience and/or impression of the product and provided a link. Some are affiliate links, so I’m especially hopeful for them. Interesting that one of my recommendations is for Crucial Technologies, a major memory chip company with a huge on-line presence. They seem to show up on the lens as an advertiser all the time, so they are getting lots of value from my lens!
Friday, May 12, 2006
Will WordPress do it for me?
I've been using blogger (blogspot) for a few blogs. Pros (free, adsence, can do template customization) Cons (They have no categories?!)
WordPress has categories, so I'm trying out the free version . Pros(free, categories, ?) Cons (no customization, ?)
Probably will want to move to the hosted version. Pros (customization, controls, ad revenue possibilites)
I'll try to blend all my blogging and interests such as: IT, software, security, books, OTR, HOA, Arizona, Hiking, ? Let the test begin!
Mr Mystery » Blog Archive » Will WordPress do it for me?
WordPress has categories, so I'm trying out the free version . Pros(free, categories, ?) Cons (no customization, ?)
Probably will want to move to the hosted version. Pros (customization, controls, ad revenue possibilites)
I'll try to blend all my blogging and interests such as: IT, software, security, books, OTR, HOA, Arizona, Hiking, ? Let the test begin!
Mr Mystery » Blog Archive » Will WordPress do it for me?
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Saw a reference to reddit on the Squidoo forum. Seems to be a commentary site. Listed Quirky Detective and a number of squidoo lenses: retire in Arizona, Texas hold'em, I love a mystery, ee Hibbard, otr.
www.reddit.com
www.reddit.com
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Registered for Furl, now I have to figure out why?
A fellow Squidoo lensmaster told me of the networking connections she is making. One was FURL. So I just registered. Looks like it's a bookmarking tool/site. They collect the URLs that people FURL. And you can search. I'm guesssing the value is to see if you are being looked at by FURL users? Of course, maybe FURL is a good book marking tool also?
LookSmart's Furl - Your Personal Web File at www.furl.net
LookSmart's Furl - Your Personal Web File at www.furl.net
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Do you squidoo?
Haven't posted here in a long while! Haven't been bloggin much either. I'm back at it, prompted by Squidoo. Essentially a lens is a single page reference sheet on a topic. Created a few lenses. One is I Love A Mystery This prompted me to create a related blog called The Quirky Detective.
Created a couple of other lenses just to see where they would lead me.
Retire in Arizona
Texas Hold'em
Created a couple of other lenses just to see where they would lead me.
Retire in Arizona
Texas Hold'em
Monday, July 04, 2005
Opening blog links in a new window
One of the annoying aspects of adding a link to your blog is that when the link is clicked, the new page opens up in the current window, replacing your blog. Hard enough to get a visitor, you don't want to loose them if they click one of the links you provide!
Judy helped me figure it out. You need to be able to get at the html code for your template, or message post where the link is placed. Near the beginning of the link code you will find "...a href...".
Insert the following between a and href:
target="_blank"
The beginning of the code will now look like this:
a target="_blank" href...
Let me know if this works for you?
Judy helped me figure it out. You need to be able to get at the html code for your template, or message post where the link is placed. Near the beginning of the link code you will find "...a href...".
Insert the following between a and href:
target="_blank"
The beginning of the code will now look like this:
a target="_blank" href...
Let me know if this works for you?
