It's hard not to smile when you say "Squidoo"...say it...aren't you smiling now. You are, and you're welcome. A year ago I had created a Squidoo page and to be honest I really didn't get it at the time, I saw it as simply a portal page, nothing more than MyYahoo or iGoogle. Recently however while reading a recent post at The B2B Lead Blog one of the comments by Mark Hinkle. Mark mentioned Squidoo and the smile instantly returned to my face and I returned to the site.
Squidoo allows you to build a page that is centered around one of your passions and engage with other pages designed with that topic or another one that peaks your interest. On your page(s) you can link to all your favorite other social sites including Flickr and YouTube. It also allows you to integrate RSS Feeds, keyword searches and more. Since one of my primary interests, as noted from my drop-off from Twitter, is my new job I created a Squidoo page (they call them lenses) for network performance and security:
This becomes a great resource for folks looking for company information and allows them to head on over to our online community if they so wish or engage with us immediately. But think what you can do around more fun pursuits like sports, recreation, technology, gadgets, etc. Instead of a network that is focused on who you are, this one is focused on what you know. I'm having fun surfing around the 'lenses', finding new sources of content and of course smiling each time I say that name.
-Kyle Flaherty
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