I’ve been playing with squidoo and I’ve created my first lens (only a quick stupid test) Vista SP2 Beta Review.  I know it’s no great lens or anything, but really, do we need another content aggregator?  Isn’t my Yahoo personal page and My Google personal page all the other stuff already quite enough?It’s got a section for eBay so they can get eBay commission.  It’s got a section for Amazon so they can get Amazon Bucks.  It’s got a section which I used to promote (shamelessly) this blog.  It’s also got a section for RSS feeds from other source and that’s where I am having trouble accepting Squidoo.

Google recently ‘Slapped’ Squidoo and lowered all their rankings.  I get it.  90% of the content on the ‘lens’ is duplicated somewhere else.

Don’t get me wrong!  The ‘idea’ of squidoo is a great one.  Let users point other user to great products and web content.  I get it.  It’s like looking through a lens.   The problem with the lens metaphor is that once you click on a link, the lens is gone.  Wait! I was looking through that! :)  I think that this idea will be incorporated more into search engines and I’d expect someone from the big three will eventually buy Squidoo.

If I am missing the point on Squidoo, then ’slap’ me through the comments.

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