Do you Squidoo?

Squidoo is a community where users can create pages
called "lens" to promote or sell products
on any subject they desire.

The Pro's of Using Squidoo

1. It's a free service.
2. Really easy to set up.
3. Excellent help & how-to's for your lens via Squidu
   
4. Automated forms to "tag" your lens.
   
5. Making a web page has never been simpler.
6. Squidoo comes loaded with "modules" you can use to add content and even sell stuff.

The Con's of using Squidoo.

1. Squidoo acts as a middle man.
2. They take 50% of all Google Adsense revenue earned from your lens.
3. They take 50% of all affiliate sells made through your website.
4. They do their best to stop any links from competitors affiliate services.

So what does all this mean to you?

My personal take on Squidoo is that it's a great beginners starting off point, but I wouldn't rely on it in the long term to pay your bills. Fifty percent is a pretty hefty sum and one ultimately I couldn't see myself being happy with. For myself the ultimate goal of my Squidoo lens's will be to drive traffic to a more profitable website hosted elsewhere. But even that is not without it's danger, with the Google adsense automatically placed on your lens, there's always a risk of losing customers to those adds.