Digging Deeper into Squidoo

October 20, 2005 

I gave the Squidoo concept ( it is still a concept to me as I haven’t seen the application) some more thought. This is a sequel to yesterday’s post - Squidoo. A lens or a mirage. And just to clear the air, I respect Seth Godin a lot. I want to support Squidoo but there are still some unanswered questions bothering me..

1. I still don’t get one thing. why wouldn’t people use Wikipedia for expert opinion on a subject. Wikipedia offers an unbiased view on a topic.

2. LensRank - This concept completely loses me. Isn’t this analogical to PageRank? So how would it ensure that the “best lens” on a topic isn’t necessarily by a person who has the most connections? And this person might not even be close to an expert.
The networked people …
And if it is not expert opinion, then why Squidoo, why not Google?

3. What I would also like to know is if there is a master list of categories such as Advertising, Books, Photography under which you can create a lens. You can damn well guess what would happen if there isn’t one?

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