mosaic + squidoo

14 Sep, 2008

Average LensRank thoughts

Posted by: mosaic In: Uncategorized

Wow, it’s been some time. My real life is getting busy, and it’s intruding on my Squidoo time! Forgive me if all my questions have already been answered in the forums, but I was just wondering….

I know that our most recent payout was based on average monthly lensrank. In my opinion, it’s a great move because it helps eliminate the end-of-month rush/panic for keeping our numbers high. This way, everyday quality becomes a much more important factor, as it should be.

Of course, now it means that it’s a little harder to figure out where the tier breakdowns will be. Many lenses may have the same average lensrank, depending on decimal places, and you might still be in Tier 1 even if you’ve slipped out of <2000. I’m guessing that at the end of the month, all the lenses get ranked by their average rank, and the top 2000 average ranks end up in Tier 1. So, if your lenses are borderline, you won’t really know which way you go.

By the way, I highly recommend downloading the Squidoo Enhanced Add-on for Firefox. For some time now, it has provided your average lensrank for the month right on top of your lensrank graph. This way, you’ll have a general idea of how your lenses stand.

3 Responses to "Average LensRank thoughts"

1 | poddys

September 15th, 2008 at 9:00 am

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I try to keep lenses in the top 2,000 if I can at all times during the month. Any lenses that slip somewhat for any reason usually get a tweak, either an edit or a promotion somewhere. The same goes for those that are borderline at the 10,000 level as well.

I don’t know if it has that much of an effect, but I use an Excel chart to keep track of whether lenses are on their way up or slipping down.

2 | spirituality

September 15th, 2008 at 9:12 am

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Great addon: to see average lensrank. I really can’t start up a excell sheet on all 90+ lenses and keep track of their day to day adventures in rank. Poddys - I’m amazed you can!

3 | mac33

September 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

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I’m really glad they finally implemented using average lensrank. Makes much more sense and matches what the Squidoo FAQ has said for a very long time.

Hopefully next up will be those “extra royalties” for Maxed lenses the FAQ says we should be getting.

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