Angels “R” Us: The Who’s Who of Squidoo’s Angels
In early September I was one of a lucky few who were appointed to serve the Squidoo community as a SquidAngel. Now there are many great lenses by other SquidAngels who came before me about what exactly a SquidAngel is and what they do. In a nutshell, SquidAngels have special powers to give lenses a boost in lensrank by “blessing” them. On the other hand, particularly spammy lenses get a “thumbs down”, resulting in a drop.
It is notable that there are no strict guidelines in determining whether or not a lens should be blessed or dinged. This accounts for the human factor in the lensrank algorithm. It is up to the individual Angel to apply their own quality standard. As a result, a rich diversity of lenses and topics have a fair chance of getting a blessing.
To help interested lensmasters figure out what makes the individual Angels “tick” (i.e. “bless”) I created the Who’s Who of SquidAngels residing at www.squidoo.com/angels-r-us.
It is also a showcase of some of the HTML and CSS tricks I’ve learned from my fellow lensmasters. The coding effort was immense for someone who doesn’t really know what they’re doing. AlI the graphics were custom created as well. All in all it took me over a week to complete this lens, probably in excess of 50 hours work. I cannot really recommend building lenses like this on a regular basis, but for this project I wanted to make the lens extra special and unique. But when it was finally ready - instant gratification!
