Take my pop quiz about religion worldwide. I've put in questions about Christian, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. Maybe you'll learn a few things, maybe you'll show yourself just how much you already knew some religion trivia. Read Full Story

I’ve been very busy this month making lenses. I became Citizen Squid: SEO Mentor and that has caused me to make several lenses. I also love the new squidquiz template and have been making quizzes about all my major topics. The series is only just started I’m sure. Read Full Story

This is a bit of a rambling post. I hope you’ll enjoy a few of the nuggets I’ve gathered together. In classic theosophy it’s explained that one reason to assume there are wise sages is simply to extrapolate from the presence of wise people in general. Similarly: because our society is so obviously more advanced in some ways than those of our ancestors, our future must also be more advanced. This is a variation of 19th century optimism. It was not clear back then what possibl... Read Full Story

Dit stukje is een verzameling gedachten waarvan ik hoop dat jullie er een aantal waarderen. In de klassieke theosofie wordt uitgelegd dat een van de redenen om aan te nemen dat er Meesters van Wijsheid zijn, is eenvoudig omdat er ook ‘gewone’ wijze mensen zijn. Op de zelfde manier wordt geredeneerd dat omdat onze huidige maatschappij zo duidelijk op veel manieren verder is dan die van onze voorouders, ook onze toekomst beter moet zijn. Het is een variatie op het 19de eeuwse optim... Read Full Story

Buddhism posters and Buddha art prints I just love Buddha posters and posters devoted to Buddhism in general. They always look so peaceful and calm. The best ones, I think, also include some spiritual saying or quote from the Buddhist tradition. Read Full Story

  For all shopping lenses: products meant for women and girls. We have valentine gift ideas, books and dress up ideas for girls, women boots, clothing, boots and jewelry. Women and Girls Shopping Headquarters BTW: I'm emancipated enough to think that baby clothes and things are not a specifically female thing. Men too might or ought to be interested. So even the cutest baby things are NOT accepted in this group. Oh, and if I think a product can do more harm than good (like breast enhance... Read Full Story

Someone asked me to make a lens about my traffic statistics, because they're so very impressive. I've been made the SEO mentor on squidoo, and these stats may have something to do with that. Though I don't think there were many other candidates for what's essentially a volunteer position. I've mixed up different kinds of stats because that is what I have. I'll tell you just what kind of traffic my lenses are getting today, how much I had a year ago. I'll try to update this monthly so it becom... Read Full Story

Tags are a great way for websites like squidoo to organize their content. They are used on tag pages and in the 'related lenses' feature at the right hand side of each lens. Doing tags reasonably well is easy, doing it perfectly is quite hard and requires regular maintenance. However, it's well worth the effort: you will get on topic links in return. And on topic links are going to help your lenses  get found in google and other search engines. To make it as easy as I can, I've prioritiz... Read Full Story

I was asked, as part of my new squidoo SEO Mentor role, to make a lens about the statistics of my squidoo lenses. I am, despite my training as a math teacher, not really very faithful in keeping track of stats. I have in the past, but it taught me very little. Traffic is only the result: not something I have any influence on. What I do check regularly is what lenses bring in traffic, what keywords people use to find them and what sells. However, squidoo makes it very easy to keep track of tra... Read Full Story

This is the official squidoo SEO mentor help lens. You can come here with your questions about attracting traffic to your lens, though I hope this lens will help solve many of them out of the box. SEO = Search Engine Optimization In practice SEO can be summed up in two steps: keywords and links. I have a whole lens about keywords, so I will just refer you all there. Building links is a bit more complicated, so most of this lens is about that. See also my blog and free e-book about online mark... Read Full Story