Squidoo meets Alltop and becomes Squidoorati

Have you heard of Alltop yet? It's a site founded by one of my favorite marketing guru-types, Guy Kawasaki. I've been a fan of Guy Kawasaki for more than 4 years since I first read The Art of the Start and then attended one of his cool webinars. It was about the same time that I was launching my own business, Jaguar Julie Designs.

Back to Alltop: I've been hearing lots about Alltop from Guy's tweets on Twitter. Today, I read a fellow blogger and lensmaster MiMi aka GrowWear post about Alltop meeting Squidoo. We Are Squidoorati on Alltop. It's a magazine rack meets CraigsList approach to the top Squidoo lenses by various topics or categories.

Well, I headed on over to Squidoorati on Alltop to check it out. You'll find the top 5 lenses listed by Squidoo topic or category. When you click on one of the categories, it will take you to that Top 100 list over at Squidoo. So, I interpret Alltop as ALL-TOP with an RSS-like feed of the top Squidoo lenses. It's rather dynamic in that one moment I saw my top Stuffed Cabbage lens in the top 5 list and a couple of minutes later, my lens had gone to number 6! However, I still was seeing my Jaguar Julie Lensography in the top 5.

I would think that being in the top 5 of a categories would give lensmasters an added benefit of a backlink perhaps? Thanks MiMi for blogging about this and bringing it to the attention of other Squidoo lensmasters. Can't get any more topical than that! Be sure to check out Squidoorati and take a look at the badges to see if one of them interests you! Read more about Alltop.

Squidoo is making it easy for you to donate

How many times have you received an email asking you to take a moment and click on some link so that your vote can be registered for some cause? I personally have received well too many of those type of emails and I've always wondered if my vote mattered. Now, you can see the transparency in how your vote for a favorite charity can add up.

Until October 15, 2008, votes registered for a variety of terrific charitable organizations on Squidoo will earn that charity $2.00! That's pretty remarkable. It's a $80,000 Squidoo Charity Giveaway. Make your vote count as each vote equals a $2.00 donation. Hey, vote now! I've voted for my 'pet' charity First Coast No More Homeless Pets [FCNMHP]. Want to know more about my 'pet charity?' Check out the lens I've written highlighting this fine organization.

Talk about topicability -- that's Squidoo! For nearly 3 years, they've been donating thousands and thousands of dollars to charities on a monthly basis. Now, you can get in on the donating through casting your vote! Hurry up; what are you waiting for?