A Few Fun Facts About Squidoo

Below are some cool and fun facts about Squidoo.

1. Squidoo has been reviewed by the New York Times, Mashable, BoingBoing and sites and papers around the world.
2. Squidoo was founded in 2005 and was live to the world in 2006. The founding team consisted of just four people. In 2011 they are only at 6 full time people.
3. Squidoo is on the list of the most 100 most popular websites in the US, ranked by Quantcast traffic.
4. Squidoo generates hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual royalties to charities and to our users.
5. There's a Squidoo cookbook! In early 2009 Seth and Megan wrote The Joy of Squidoo: A Recipe Book for Great Lenses.
6. Many lensmasters earn more than $10,000 a year from Squidoo. Some make $100. Others are happy with $40 or $4. Lots give it to charity.
7. As of October 2010: More than one million people visit Squidoo (that means your lenses) every day. The more traffic one lens brings in, the greater the chances that visitor will see your lens as well. That means it's good for you when your competition on Squidoo succeeds.
8. Squidoo is free to use.
9. Many of Squidoo lensmasters earmark their earnings for charity, and the Squidteam also makes donations to worthy causes throughout the year. So far, Squidoo has generated more than $500,000.00 to charities around the world, including Acumen Fund, charity: water, Room to Read, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and literally hundreds of others.

Source: Getting Started with Squidoo