Just squidding!

Can you make money from Squidoo?  Can you??

I have no idea.

I'm trying, of course, me being intensely opposed to brainwash included in being properly employed these days.

So far I haven't earned a penny, and I've been working on it for about 2-3 months.

The idea is really sweet, you write stuff, anything you want, anything at all, with this really easy web creation software they are supplying, and the money just starts flowing in. 

It's a lovely, lovely dream, but, as many other things on the web, it may prove to be a dream only. 
Whatever the answer to the main question, sure as hell you need to apply lots of time and energy to Squidoo if you want to see any outcome. 

There's one optimistic factor.  You can add a poll module to your lens and ask whatever question you want.  Lots of people ask - have you made any money squidooing?  And roughly 50% of the answers is 'yes'.  So technically it's possible. 

It is also possible that you earn money on Squidoo only if you are bloody well educated in SEO, online marketing and somesuch. 

In case it is so, let me boost my chances by posting a full list of links to my lenses - hey, backlinks is THE thing in today's Internet. 

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The Royal Keywords

Looking at today's Google hottest searches, you would never ever tell there's a royal wedding coming on, would you?

1. Mount Athos
2. Etta James
3. Jesus Christ Superstar
4. Sound of music
5. United
6. Cox
7. Flyers
8. Kevin Garnett
9. Princess Diana
10. Dfo
11. Prince Harry
12. Pedigree
13. Prince Charles
14. Treme
15. Insanity workout
16. Prince William
17. Philadelphia flyers
18. Peeps
19. Queen Victoria
20. Dwight Howard

Pay per post

I am willing to write anything about anything, as long as it doesn't get me kicked off blogger or sued. 

Long live the art of sophistry! 

Oh, you don't like the idea?

And do you really think that people writing commercials are genuinely excited by yoghurt?

Nobody seems to be pissed off with them!

Keywords of the day

Quality doesn't matter on the Internet anymore, keywords do. 

Google does this wolderful Google Trends thing, and gives you a list of 20 most popular keywords in searches, updated every hour.

I want those keywords here.

Unfortunately, I'm not cynical enough to simply copy and paste and forget that someone is going to read that.  I'll get there eventually.

Some of those keywords were all Greek to me at the first sight.  Some proved to include tasty stories and pieces of information. 

I'll get my keywords, you get the stories.  Deal?


1. Chris Paul - a basketball player currently in New Orleans' Hornets.  Today's performance in a game against LA Lakers caused instant love of web users.

2. 420 - that was a surprise.  Apparently 420 is a short for cannabis culture.  Who would've thought?  In the 70's, in California, a bunch of teenagers were to meet at 4:20 to search for an abandoned ganja field they'd learned about.  420 became their codename and you know how ideas spread...  And why today?  April 20 is celebrated worldwide as a Cannabis Day.  I guess people are getting ready to go out on the streets and are looking for witty banner slogans...

3. Juno - NASA's next big thing.  A solar powered spaceship will be sent to Jupiter to learn more about this gigantic planet.  Today the spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Centre for final preparations.

4. Burn Notice - an American TV series, a 'spy-gets-screwed-by-his-employers' type.  Apparently a new episode goes on TV tonight and people are quite excited about it.

5. Passover - Jewish Easter.  Hopefully I'm not commiting any blasphemy in saying so.  Funny enough, Easter did not make it to the first twenty.

6. Talladega - a city in Alabama, US.  Population: a bit more than 15,000.  Home to a Talladega Superspeedway, 4.28 km long racing track with a seating capacity of 175,000.  It's a race day today!

7. Lil B - a rapper from California.  Today he announced that his new album will be titled 'I'm Gay'.  As in 'I'm Happy'.  And suddenly everyone wants to know about him.

8. Sidekick 4G - a brand new smartphone.  To a tech anachronist like me sounds like a codename from a spy movie, but apparently today everyone wants it.

9. The girl next door - a movie from 2004.  Also a movie from 2007.  Why is it so popular today, I have no bloody idea.

10. Passover recipes - millions of menus are being planned in advance.  A proof that some people take their holidays seriously.

11. Roger Ebert - a movie critic, who few years ago lost his ability to speak due to cancer.  He's now using computer voice generation technology to communicate and few days ago shared his experiences in a brand new talk for TEDtv.

12. San Antonio Spurs - a basketball team from Texas.  A game vs Memphis is on tonight.

Here I give up.  Only keywords from now on.

13. Superman returns.
14. War
15. Lakers
16. Elisha Cuthbert
17. Los Angeles Lakers
18. Harley Davidson
19. Holy week
20. LA Lakers

I want YOU on my blog!

The idea is simple - I scratch your back, you scratch mine.

Here's my offer:

- if you follow this blog, I will follow yours (or a blog of yours choice)

- if you put a link to this blog on your website, I will put your link here

- if you need backlinks, simply paste your link as a comment.  I need comments.  No more than 3 links per comment, please.  I'll mercilessly remove comments not sticking to this rule.

- if you need comments, please leave me a comment with where do you need me to comment

- if you need a feature piece, contact me.  I'm sure we can strike a deal that would make both of us happy.  Since this blog is a brand new blog, I'm willing to trade instead of sell. 

- if you have any other idea for a mutually beneficial cooperation, do let me know.

The Plan

There is nothing in the world that I enjoy more than reading advertisements, learning product recommendations by heart and finding out about all those wonderful places where I can spend my money.  I think all the people placing this fabulous stuff on the web are real angels, providing creatures like me with fun, comfort and ways to satisty cravings, all without any personal gain at all.  Long live the advertisers! 

Bullshit?  Of course. 

But hell, looking at what's out there, why shouldn't I bullshit you to the best of my ability and not get away with it?  The way today's marketing works, sales people are telling you that all their work is for YOUR good.  Every single product out there is for your benefit only.  What matters?  Your satisfaction.  Your health.  Your delight.  Your personal development.  The fact that you're indirectly paying their salaries has nothing to do with it.  At all.

I say screw it. 

I'm trying to make my living online.  This blog exists solely to earn me some cash (surprised?).  I'm going to advertise like insane, recommend anything as long as someone pays me for doing so, every single link will be placed here for monetary reasons only.  I'm going to use every dirty marketing trick I can get my hands on.  And I'm going to tell you all about it as I'm doing so. 

Why?

Because I have this whimsical idea for a social experiment. 
Because I'm sick of bullshit.
Because I'm curious how many of you will get angry or disgusted if I keep reminding you that I'm advertising stuff to earn cash, not to make you happy. 
Because I immensely enjoy calling things by their proper name. 

I don't really hope I'll make a difference.
I hope I will make money.

And I will have some fun.