I’ll be honest, as a Lensmaster I’d have to say I’ve enjoyed limited success. Much has to do with time and motivation because I’m generally lazy and easily distracted. The concept of Squidoo is to have topic experts aggregate information in one location, thereby saving a person time. We all know that certain searches via Google can be cumbersome at best. Well, it seems that Google has recognized the benefit of the Lens and is rewarding them with high rankings.
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What’s this? Your Adirondack travel videos worth money? Yes, it’s true. Yahoo is again raising the bar when it comes to Travel 2.0. A new feature will reward travel videos that users upload. Can we feature this? Great video and someone else pays. Nuff said.
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Where else would be the logical gathering place for destination specific reviews, to-do lists, top 10’s, and trip reports? Harness the power of the many to appeal to the individual.
In short, they need to become destinations where almost all value is created by the “readers,” not by the publisher or journalists.
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