Peacocks Pressing Right Along!

In the Mall on Squidoo, we are just like a peacock with his tail down. Strutting along, pressing right along, and hopefully when we receive visitors our tail fans out and we show our best and most beautiful.

The star ranking algorithms as they are stand. According to Gil, it is inaccurate to say that they are 'broken' though there are many who have felt that way. So, since it appears that there will be no major changes that make the algorithm more predictable, it is time to go through each of the individual feathers in the Mall and shine them up!

I am reinstating the star ranking that I give to each lens that comes across my desk, just as I explained in my tutorials. We will count on all those factors being the primary ones in play as they have been since I started.

I will also be looking for additional things that will be important in your lensrank, but more importantly, we will be looking for GOOGLE rankings, which will be the place where your primary customers come from.

If we can spruce the place up, we won't need star rankings to be the lovely peacock at Squidoo!

Star Ranking Atrocity

At this time, the top 100 by lensrank has become inexplicable by any of the standards that have been previously used. I have asked for clarification of the algorithms that make this a useful tool for all of us. As yet I haven't received this clarification, which I hope is forthcoming soon.

Until it is, though, and while I'm delighted to see some of our Mall lensmasters rankings improving, my previous tutorials about lenranks and stars are suspended and I consider them to be useless.

As a groupmaster, the tools such as most profitable, most emailed, and top 100 by lensrank could be extremely helpful to assist group members in achieving more, becoming more profitable, obtaining more traffic and becoming more visible to the internet community, both inside and outside of Squidoo.

Until it becomes clear how to use these tools in a reliable manner, I am developing alternative ways to support you and your work.

Star Ratings Tutorial: Introduction

Groups on Squidoo are like the head of our Squid. They are the place that gathers everything up into one squid with lots of 'long tails' that are interrelated.

Groups create 'community.' A community sticks together for a common purpose or purposes, helping one another, sharing with each other and bringing in other interested people that we can all benefit from, and that can benefit from us.

The Mall on Squidoo is just such a squid. From the perspective of a group master, instead of a lensmaster, star rankings are a tool to grow and develop this community. For pure and simple lensmastering, star rankings are also a tool, but of a more personal kind.

There have been a LOT of issues lately with one-star rankings. A LOT of hard feelings and problems have come up over this.

A tutorial and some groundwork is necessary to help us understand what it means when, as a group master, the ranking I give isn't what you hoped for. It is also very useful for you to understand how to get your ranking improved, what the rankings actually mean, and how to use them as a tool to improve your work overall.

AN IMPORTANT POINT: I CAN INCREASE THE RANK I GIVE ANY LENS UNTIL IT REACHES 5 STARS.

Other than that, once you have received 5 stars from me, I can never rate that particular lens again.