Squidoo Writers Sorry for the Disappointment

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   incomeguruposted 10 years ago

   The news of the merger came to me as a big surprise. Squidoo then was competing pretty well with Hubpages before Google sledge hammer. Infact 3 years I joined HP, I had the plan to publish some lens just for the sake of not putting all my eggs in one basket. Come to talk of the merger is like putting all eggs in one basket now. Or what's your take?

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      Gloriousconfusionposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      We just have to swim with the tide.  Life goes on!
      

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      Hezekiahposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      So what happens to all the lens that Squidoo made and all that hard work. Do they become Hubs?

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         KL Kleinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, the ones that meet Hubpages criteria do at least.

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         Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         HubPages is taking all their Featured lenses - in other words, only the best content will transfer to HP.
         
         People whose lenses aren't featured are being told to download and save them, as otherwise they'll simply disappear when Squidoo closes.

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         pkmcrukposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Squidoo had a cut off limit for lenses being "featured" of a Lensrank above 175,000 so approximately 175K of pages will be moved over as I understand it.

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            relacheposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            More content will be coming over other than just the Featured lenses, but what comes over active and what comes over unpublished will vary.
            
            http://hq.squidoo.com/hp-faq/

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      bethperryposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Well, I'm definitely behind on the news - what's going on?

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      Calvin Gunterposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Will our WIP lenses be imported as hubs too?

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         relacheposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Depends on the overall status of your account, Calvin.
         
         http://hq.squidoo.com/hp-faq/

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         lisavollrathposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Only Featured lenses will be imported. It's probably best to use any WIP lenses to build your first hubs over here.

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            lisavollrathposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Wait. I'm wrong about this. According to Paul, this is being done on an account basis. If you have one featured lens, your whole account is being migrated. I guess that means non-features and WIP lenses are being moved here as well.

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      Arachneaposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I try to find the good in all change. Helps me retain a dynamic outlook.

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   bettysharesposted 10 years ago

   This move was really unexpected. I never thought a site as big as squidoo would close its doors. I am speechless at the moment. Now it is time to learn a new platform and meet some new writers. It will be challenging but hopefully worth it.

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   sunilkunnoth2012posted 10 years ago

   Don't think that way. It will have great impact on Google visibility as HP is getting stronger with a large influx of good writers from Squiddo. Hope you read of the comments in the forum on the merger issue.  Let's hope the best.

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   SANJAY LAKHANPALposted 10 years ago

   Yes I am pleasantly surprised. I welcome the change as a traffic bonus to Hub-pages

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