The New Purple Star!

Giants now have another amazing new perk...purple stars!

The first group of purple star recipients was chosen yesterday, and you can see all the lenses on the SquidU forum topic.

So who earns these purple stars? Only Giant Squids can earn them, and only by being nominated. Every week, Squidoo will pick 15 hot topics and Giants can nominate their lenses or someone elses to earn purple stars! Up to 6 amazing lenses will be chosen...you can either create a new lens for the topic or choose one of your older ones, "classic" ones as Squidoo is calling them now. New lenses will have greater chances of being chosen, however, over older lenses for purple stars.

Purple stars give your lens a HUGE boost in lensrank, so if you haven't thought about going for Giant before, you should give it some thought now with this huge benefit.

If you're looking to learn more about purple stars, check out the Squidoo lens for it! Congrats to all those Giants who got purple stars for their lenses already! :)

Squidoo goes through some changes...

This week has been crazy busy for Squidoo, apparently. New Giants inducted, a whole new front page layout, and the huge change with groups. So, what are these changes so far?

Well, obviously, I have become a Giant! :D I love the feeling of it! I've been making some templates but haven't yet published a lens as a Giant yet...but some of my lenses have definitely increased in Lensrank. And I've gained a few new fans...*does little dance*

Squidoo has also redone their entire front page! There's a pretty big debate about it over at SquidU, but I like the new style. It lacks some graphics, but it's a lot easier to maneuver through, especially for new visitors. It now features the top 5 lenses of every topic, so more lenses get their chances to be clicked upon, and it's a lot more user-friendly.

And last but not least, the big changes that have to do with Groups. I'm going to make a bigger post about it later, but for now, Squidoo has closed off the creation of all new groups and will also be closing down some old groups that just are too spammy or junky. Just FYI. :)

It's also my birthday today, so if you want to give me a pretty pretty present...visit my 9 Reasons to Adopt a Dog (From a Shelter) lens! Hee :D