Comments on: Random observations from my dashboard

By: daoine

daoine — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:21:44 +0000

I don’t use the Squidcast feature very often. I see it as a way of letting people know something they might be interested in because they’re interested in the topci, not so much (as you say) “visit my new lens” or “I’ve updated a few words on this lens”.

I don’t even want to use Squidtop to promote my lenses on a make-a-lens basis because I don’t want to bore people. If a lens (mine or someone else’s) fits a topic I want to write about then great.

By: Susan Villas Lewis

Susan Villas Lewis — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:12:42 +0000

I’m not getting emails anymore saying I have comments, so I’m sorry I haven’t responded before now!

@mulberry - I was creating in batches there for a while, so I didn’t want to be sending tons of casts at the same time. Then forgot to get back to it. Trying to find some good “news” angles now.

@mosaic - Maybe they’ve lowered the threshold for falling out of published status? Good luck on your Giant quest!

@Brenda - glad it’ll be useful for someone else. There was so much I felt was hidden from me when I got started and I didn’t know enough to even ask the right questions.

@spirituality - I’m with you on unfavoriting people who spam the casts. I miss the good stuff then from people I want to check out new stuff on.

Note on casts - I have mine in some RSS distribution deals, so they go out to more than just my Squidoo fans. So I try to make sure they’re relevant and timely and not just - I have a new lens. People from outside Squidoo are part of my audience there as well.

By: spirituality

spirituality — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:14:17 +0000

Isn’t it annoying that a lens can have around 100 visitors a week - consistently - and yet never rise above second tier because it doesn’t get any votes?

Personally I do squidcast a lot of my new lenses, but not the ones where I don’t think people will be interested. I mean - why bother them? I will also unfavorite people that squidcast in annoying ways - and if we all do that, the effect is still 0.

By: Brenda Little

Brenda Little — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:00:14 +0000

There is a lot to think about…a lot to do…a lot to learn. Thanks for sharing your information and your thoughts. It is helpful to hear what is happening with other people’s lenses.

Brenda

By: mosaic

mosaic — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:58:28 +0000

I have many many lenses below 200k. They’ve been like that for quite a number of months now and are still featured. I’m not sure when things decide to go unfeatured. I certainly hope it doesn’t happen right before I’m being considered for Giant status.

By: mulberry

mulberry — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:52:10 +0000

I try to SquidCast every new lens, I think it’s not tooooo annoying because I think a lot of people don’t even check their “favorites” where it appears. Plus, some people will SquidCast 7 or 8 lenses a day so why would my 3 or 4 a week matter? Sometimes I get 0 visits from it; sometimes 10 or more.