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#1 01/02/2009 12:24 am
- Christopher_Scott
- Swimming pretty (100+ posts!)
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Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
Hi great lensmasters!
Does a Squid Cast allow an HTML code for a website link to a site outside of Squidoo?
Thanks! :-)
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#2 01/02/2009 1:41 am
- aj2008
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
Yes I believe it does, but you may find that some people will regard links in Squidcasts that are not links to lenses as Spam. Squidcasts go to your Fans and they will quit your Fanclub if they think you are spamming. I join Fanclubs because I want to know about people's lenses and I think you will find a lot of other people think the same way.
By all means link to a lens, which then links to external sites.
I give tips on how not to lose friends on Squidoo in my Squid Etiquette lens - see link below 
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#3 01/02/2009 4:12 am
- thefluffanutta
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
Use the Preview link while writing your SquidCast to check it before you send it...
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#4 01/02/2009 7:03 am
- Christopher_Scott
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
OK, thanks! :-)
For the outbound link, it's a link to the Facebook cause for A Day of Hope, the nonprofit which is a partner of Squidoo.
I wanted to post a link to the cause in case any of the Squidoo Lensmasters have Facebook and want to join the cause.
I hope that wouldn't be considered as SPAM since it's releated to the lens and provides a way for people to support A Day of Hope in another way than just Squidoo.
Thanks for your help!
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#5 01/02/2009 7:13 am
- kab
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
Christopher_Scott wrote:
OK, thanks! :-)
For the outbound link, it's a link to the Facebook cause for A Day of Hope, the nonprofit which is a partner of Squidoo.
I wanted to post a link to the cause in case any of the Squidoo Lensmasters have Facebook and want to join the cause.
I hope that wouldn't be considered as SPAM since it's releated to the lens and provides a way for people to support A Day of Hope in another way than just Squidoo.
Thanks for your help!
In this case, I wouldn't consider it spam.
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#6 01/02/2009 8:48 am
- aj2008
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
Agreed - I would not consider something like this to be Spam.
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#7 01/03/2009 8:09 am
- spirituality
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
I would not consider it spam (because it's for charity), but I would personally still put that link in the lens itself, not the squidcast.
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#8 01/04/2009 8:53 am
- Christopher_Scott
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Re: Can have an HTML link in Squid Cast?
Great, thanks for everyone's perspective. :-)
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