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Originally Posted by seeker5  Hey Chris, what's the purpose of a squidoo lens, esp for the Steve one? I'm not familiar with it. Is it to rate how good different links are? |
Well, "purpose of a squidoo lens" is a very massive topic... so I'll try to keep it narrow in focus.
In the case of Steve's PDSP book - it provides a few purposes:
1) A comprehensive list of reviews about his book
- Even though Steve already maintains a list, having another piece of internet "virtual real estate" to drive more traffic to reviews only helps further the promotion of PDSP.
2) As you pointed out, the ranking system helps people theoretically find higher quality reviews.
3) People can add to the list... so if somebody randomly writes a review about Steve's book, it can be added there easily. This is particularly relevant if people writing the reviews are doing it without any contact with Steve.
- I'm not sure how likely this is, but it is a possibility.
4) It doesn't appear that the Squidoo lens owner has done much with the lens... but in theory, there could be a lot more fun things on the page like:
- Adding video reviews from YouTube
- Have a 'debate' module for any number of topics related to Steve's book
I personally think this would be the best use of it... to really create an interactive experience around the reviews of PDSP.
I don't know if the lens owner will actually do something like that (hopefully she will after reading this forum post!)
So for now, I offer it primarily for reasons # 1 and #2 and in hopes that #4 becomes a reality.
Has anybody even done a video review of PDSP yet? That would certainly be cool.