I just noticed that Squidoo have implemented some more changes on lenses. If you have a look at one of the Squidoo lenses, you will see that certain keywords (the actual keywords change when you refresh the page) The keywords are displayed in green, as in the image below:

Portion of Squidoo Lens showing Green Keyword Link

When you hold your mouse cursor over the link, a popup infolink advert is displayed. It looks like the image below:

Portion of Squidoo Lens showing Squidoo Popup Advert

These changes at Squidoo will have implications for people creating lenses. The Squidoo company has worked hard with their marketing, and they are within their rights to implement any advertising they want.

However, this most recent change makes a big difference between posting educational information on Squidoo and having a blog of your own. If you have a blog of your own, it’s your own real estate and you can do what you like. Using other people’s real estate (like Squidoo) means “sharing” advertising and complying with rules.

You may think this advertising is good because the lens owner can (if they choose) receive a portion of the advertising revenue. However, this portion is Infinitesimal compared to the money you can make from advertising on your own real estate.

So… what do you think about these changes Squidoo has implemented?

Recently, there was some other Squidoo policy news announced, which you can read by clicking here

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