Who Was Who on Jan. 25, 2007 Squidoo's Top 100

I don't remember anything like that happening - it's almost 11 AM PST when I'm starting to write this and the LensRank numbers on my Dashboard are not changed yet from yesterday. There were even questions in the Lounge about that, but no change yet…

Wouldn't that be a result of my previous post? Who knows… Well at HQ they know, but I don't expect them to follow what you I'm writing here.

Still, Megan wrote in the Lounge a nice comment about my blog - good for Her! I really appreciate it and I wrote there a "thank-you" note.

However, with that unusual delay in showing the LensRank numbers, I really got a feeling that they must have realized at the HQ that the current LensRank algorithm is one of the worst they ever had and they are think hard and fast about how to change it. And there are at least few places in the Lounge when this important issue is being discussed, with a number of smart, experienced lensmasters involved.

It can only be good for Squidoo…


But before I see a newly-reworked Top 100, I will tell you some interesting things about what we had in Top 100 by LensRank as of Jan. 25, 2007 and how it changed since the first day of the existence of the new algorithm that was introduced on Jan. 23, 2007.


On Jan. 25, 2007 there were 23 NEW lenses - i.e. lenses that were not in Top 100 by LensRank (LR) on Jan. 23, 2007.

The highest NEW lenses were:

#37 - One Deal a Day Sites by EllenC,
#46 - World of Warcraft - bots - cheats - walk thru guides by tmdblogger
#49 - Couplestouch.com - Swingers & Swinging Lifestyle-Lifestyle Couples & Singles - Swingers dating! By JadeHernandez

[Note: all of them actually became NEW on Jan. 24. Totally NEW on Jan. 25 were: #60. Top 10 Valentine's Day Gifts for 2007 by MrLewisSmile, #69 - Most Innovative Churches by kevinhendricks and #74 - How To Get Backlinks by thefluffanutta]

By the way, among those 23 NEW lenses, the videosense group had 2 new lenses (#51 and #100) and the affiliate marketing contest group had 1 new lens (#71) in Top 100.


Which lenses made the BIGGEST JUMP UP?

Congratulations to relache whose lens Corsetry, Tight-Lacing and Waist-Training was up remarkable 46 spaces - to #21 from #67.

How well did the videosense and affiliate marketing contest groups do?

Well, nice moves too, but not as big as relache's:

Up 32 spaces - to #34 - funny videos cash money by fran1326 (videosense group),

Up 34 spaces - to #43 Affiliate Marketing 101 by Writertiff (affiliate marketing contest group), but this was tied by #48 Affiliate Marketing Guide by bhopkins


Now, worse news - THE BIGGEST SLIDE…

Sorry, relache, but it was your lens No-Knead bread (no kidding!) that went down a lot - 47 spaces - to #90 from #43. In fact, another of relache's lenses also was down by 47 spaces - Temporary Tattoos - to #97 from #50.

And, again, how did the videosense and affiliate marketing contest groups do in this "category" - BIGGEST SLIDE?

Down 42 spaces - to #98 - Make Money Simply Sharing Videos by thevideosense

Down 22 spaces (only!) - to #55 - Beating The Warrior Affiliate Marketing Competition by Simonj007.


How many lenses DIDN'T CHANGE position from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25, 2007?

It isn't the most important "category", but let's notice that - #1, #2, #4, #16 and #99 - 5 lenses in total DIDN'T CHANGE position from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25, 2007 .

In fact, I should restate what I just wrote - it's very important to the lensmasters involved - congratulations especially to the owners of the first two lenses - #1 - Funky, Chic and Cool Laptop Bags by mynameiskate and #2 - Handbags: Deals and Steals by Greendrv.

It really doesn't matter to them what the algorithm is, what tweaks are being done - they just stay on the top all the time! It's very impressive and I salute these both fine lensmasters for doing such incredible job!


Would you like to know how do relate to the Top 100 LR the other rankings made available by the HQ - Most Emailed (ME) and Most Profitable (MP)?

I wrote it before - ME appears to be irrelevant - only 5 lenses from the ME are also among Top 100 LR. Which are they? Here you go:

#20 on Most Emailed - Metal Clay - Precious Metal Clay by MSchindel
#28 - Blogging Starter Checklist by rajesh301
#53 - Funky, Chic and Cool Laptop Bags by mynameiskate
#57 - Google Earth (My Passion) by jeffryv
#58 - New for January '07 Gemstone publishing's Disney Comics! By seitler

Interesting combo, isn't it?

Finally, how many lenses from the MOST PROFITABLE ranking also appear on Top 100 by LR?

There are 34 lenses from the MP ranking that also are on the Top 100 by LensRank. But I believe that it is also important to notice the lenses from MP that are not on LR, but their owners have OTHER lenses there. I've got a feeling after careful looking at both rankings that it is important element of the algorithm. Anyway, there are 9 lenses like that among the Most Profitable.

Here are the highest ranking lenses from the Most Profitable that made it to the Top 100 by LR:

#1 - Funky, Chic and Cool Laptop bags by mynameiskate
#2 - Handbags: Deals and Steals by Greendrv
#67 - Your Guide To High Definition TV by Mt_T

So here you go… Just look at those numbers over the weekend, read again my previous post and think what you can do to be on the top.

I hope to see you there… Yeah, I just looked at the Dashboard - it's 11:45 AM PST and noticed that finally there are new lensrankings and my lenses are doing much better today. And actually, I have one lens back in the Top 100 - The Beatles lens… Congrats to myself. But seriously, I hope to see you on the top!

Ilona Zuzalek
The Beatles Songs - My Favorite Kind Of Music

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