| Module | Maximum | HTML | Follow | Indexed? | Summary |
| Big Arrow Module | One line | N | Y | Y | Two big black arrows point at huge link labeled "My Favorite Link" |
| BlackBox Module | 500 chars | Y | Y | Y | Make a point stand out in bold white on a colored background. |
| Link List Module | Nne | Y | Y | Y | AnNtate a list of links. |
| Links Voting (Plexo) | 500 chars Plexo items,590px | (D) | Y | Y | Submit/vote on links. Can set submissions to moderated. |
| Poll Module | 590px, Nne | Y | N | N* | Let visitors vote on a survey. *Description, question indexed; responses aren't. |
| RSS Add your Blog Module | Nne | Optional | Y | N | Follow a blog's RSS feed. Set how many posts to show. |
| StickyNte | 300 chars | Y | N | Y | Make a point stand out on a Post-It style Nte. |
| Table of Contents | Nne | (D) | N | Y | Index of modules. Can turn on/off each item. |
| Talk Bubble | 100 chars | Y | N | Y | Write a short blurb/quote enclosed by talk bubble and quote marks. |
| Text List | Doesn't say | Y | Y | Y | Bulleted or numbered list. Good for Top 10 lists. |
| Text List Voting (Plexo) | 500 chars Plexo items | (D) | (D) | Y | Submit/vote on blurbs. 500 chars each, raw text only. |
| Text Module | 250px, 10,000 chars | Y | Y | Y | For text/HTML, optional pic 250pixels wide. |
| Text with BIG Picture | 590px, 10,000 characters | Y | N | Y | For text/HTML, optional pic up to 590pixels wide. |
| The Most Important Thing | 500 chars | Y | Y | Y | Make a point stand out in large bold type with orange box around it. |
| Twitter Storm Module | 100 chars | (D) | N | N | Start a Twitter debate and have the replies appear on your lens. |
| (D) means "Only in description field" (the introductory field at the start of most modules) | |||||
| Follow means: Search engines will follow the link. This gives a "backlink boost" to the destination site, so it helps your own sites. | |||||
| Indexed means: Search engines can see a module's content. Some content is generated by a script when you view the page, not stored where search engines can index it. | |||||
| Module | $$$ | HTML | Follow | Indexed | Summary |
| Amazon Module | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Basic Amazon module: showcase 1-5 items. |
| Amazon Mp3 | Yes | (D) | No | Yes | Feature favorite MP3s or Albums |
| Amazon Recommends | Yes | (D) | No | BROKEN | BROKEN Plexo. Let Amazon recommend items, or users, or only you. |
| Amazon Search | Yes | (D) | Yes | NO | Enter default search, Amazon displays related items. Visitors can change search. |
| Amazon Spotlight | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Showcase one item on Amazon with large pick and mini-review. |
| Amazon Voting | Yes | (D) | No | Yes | Plexo. Same as above. |
| ArtByUs | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Showcase/sell works by an artist on ArtByUs. |
| Cafepress | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Feature products on Cafepress. |
| Donations | No | Yes | No | Yes | Feature a Squidoo charity and add donation box on lens. |
| eBay | Yes | (D) | No | NO | Feature eBay auctions by keyword, seller, store or item. |
| Etsy | No | ? | No | Yes | Feature items from Etsy store. NOTE: enter User ID NUMBER only, not url. |
| Lulu | No | (D) | No | Yes | Feature products on Lulu by keyword, seller, store or item. |
| ShopIt | ? | ? | ? | ? | BROKEN 11/14/09 |
| Zazzle | No | (D) | No | Yes | Feature products on Zazzle. |
| The following money-earning modules are NOT filed by category; find with search box. | |||||
| iTunes | Yes | (D) | No | Yes | Feature songs on iTunes, earn a commission. |
| Netflix | Yes | (D) | No | Yes | Feature Netflix queue or bestsellers, earn commission. |
| (D) means "Only in description field" (the introductory field at the start of most modules) | |||||
| Module | # of Posts | Excerpt* | Indexed? | Summary | |
| BBC News | Any | Everything | Yes | Top news headlines from BBC News. (Can't choose regional news or categories of news.) | |
| BoingBoing News | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Popular stories on a social recommendation site for news on gadgets and offbeat articles. | |
| Buzz Machine Blog | Any | Everything | Yes | Blog posts from Jeff Jarvis' blog on news, media and internet trends. | |
| Church of the Customer | Any | Broken | Yes | Blog posts from Church of the Customer blog about good, creative marketing strategies. | |
| CNET News | Any | Everything | Yes | Tech news and product reviews on CNET. | |
| CNN Live | Any | Everything | Yes | Top news headlines from CNN.com. | |
| Conan O'Brien Widget | - | - | - | BROKEN: O'Brien's old show is off the air. Widget now shows The Office. | |
| Cool Tools Blog | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Blog post from Cool Tools blog, reviewing products that help with everyday life. | |
| Digg News (Social) | Any | Everything | Yes | Recent popular news stories on Digg social recommendation network. | |
| Dilbert Widget | - | - | - | BROKEN. | |
| Discover Our Town | 5-20 | 100 chars | Yes | Search results featuring local information in various categories. | |
| Engadget Blog | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Blog posts on new geeky gadgets like cellphones, cameras, computers. | |
| ESPN News | Any | None | Yes | News headlines on American sports: basketball, football, MLB, soccer, auto racing | |
| Feed My Search | 5-20 | Everything | Yes | DOWN. Google search results for web, news, blogs, or local info. | |
| Gapingvoid Blog | Any | Everything | Yes | Blog by a cartoonist specializing in doodling on business cards. How obscure. | |
| Google Blog/News Search | 1-4 | Everything | Yes | Search blogs OR news for recent articles on a particuar topic. | |
| Guardian Unlimited News | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Top news headlines from UK's Guardian online. | |
| Hometown Stats | - | - | Yes | Census stats for a US zip code in categories like population, average house value. | |
| Jambase Favorite Bands | 5,10,25,all | - | Yes | Show favorite bands of a user on JamBase social network for music lovers. | |
| Jambase News RSS | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Music news and major concerts reported by JamBase music lovers' social network. | |
| Motley Fool News | Any | Everything | Yes | Easy-to-read investment and business education from fool.com. | |
| New York Times News | Any | Everything | Yes | Top news headlines from New York Times | |
| PR Newswire Widget | - | - | - | BROKEN! Spiffy Streaming News Headlines widget | |
| Rolling Stone Online | Any | None | Yes | Pick a feed: Movie, DVD or CD Reviews, Music News, Politics, Photos, Music Videos | |
| RSS: Add your blog | Any | 100 chars | No | Display any number or posts (or excerpts) from any RSS feed. | |
| Scobleizer Blog | - | - | - | DEAD blog feed | |
| Slashdot News (Social) | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Tech, web and geek news submitted by Slashdot members | |
| Slate News | Any | Everything | Yes | Articles from Slate magazine | |
| SquidooCool Blog | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Tips/articles from SquidooCool blog | |
| Sun.Night Football Widget | - | - | No | Schedule for NFL matchups (American football) | |
| Sustainablog | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Recent news about environment, eco-issues | |
| The Onion News(?) | Any | Everything | Yes | Recent news from The Onion. | |
| Top Chef Blogs Widget | - | - | No | Recent posts from online chefs in slick widget. | |
| Twitter Follow | 5-20 | - | Yes | Display 5-20 Tweets from any Twitter user. | |
| Wikipedia Article | - | ~200 chars | Yes | Display intro to a Wikipedia article + link to rest. | |
| Wired News | Any | 100 chars | Yes | Tech and web news from WIRED magazine. | |
| Yelp Reviews | Any | (No setting) | Yes | Display member reviews on local restaurants, doctors, or other "Yellow Pages" category | |
| *I recommend which excerpt style to use, depending on whether "everything available" is spammy or only 2-3 lines. | |||||
| Module | Maximum | HTML | Follow | Indexed | Summary |
| Amazon Voting (Plexo) | 500 chars | D only | No | Yes | Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on Items from Amazon. Earn a commission on sales! |
| Backtype | - | Yes | No | Yes | Search blog posts for articles containing a word or phrase. |
| Comments Plexo | 500 chars | N/glitchy | YES | No | Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on comments, answers, jokes or any text. |
| Del.ici.ous Bookmarks | - | - | No | Yes | List Del.ici.ous bookmarks for a certain tag -- either one user's bookmarks, or most popular. |
| Dipity | - | - | No | No | Organize, annotate and share videos, pictures, and more from any user's Dipity account. |
| Donations | 255* chars | probably? | No | Yes | Paypal donation box to one of Squidoo's charities. You might want to add link to charity. |
| Duel | - | Glitchy/Y | YES | No* | Invite visitors to take sides in a debate. *Description and initial question indexed; responses aren't. |
| Featured Lenses | 255* chars | Yes | No | Yes | Showcase Squidoo lenses. List of more than 5 display 5 at random. Descriptions cut off at 255 chars. |
| Featured Lensmasters | 5 at a time* | Yes | No | Yes | Feature rotating list of lensmasters you select. *If you list more than 5, shows 5 at random from your list. |
| Flickr Voting (Plexo) | ** see note | Yes | No | Yes | Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on photos. **Photos must be Creative Commons and permit commercial use. |
| Guestbook | 1000 chars | Yes | No | Yes | Invite visitors to leave feedback or any kind of comments/text |
| Links Voting (Plexo) | 590px wide* | Yes | YES | Yes | Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on links. *Optional graphic shrunk to 590px wide if too wide. |
| Poll Module | none | Yes | No | No* | Let visitors vote anonymously on options you pick. *Description and initial question indexed; responses aren't. |
| Prediction | none | Yes | No | No* | Make a prediction and let visitors add theirs. *Description and initial prediction indexed; responses aren't. |
| RSS: Add your blog | none | probably? | YES | No | Show posts from ANY RSS (regularly updated) feed, be it blog, news or website |
| Slideshare | 5 slideshows | probably? | No | No | Show slideshows (Powerpoint or other presentations) hosted on slideshow.net. |
| Text List Voting (Plexo) | 500 chars | N/Glitchy | YES | Yes | Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on comments, answers, jokes or any text. |
| Twitter Follow | 20 tweets | D | No | Yes | Feature latest tweets from any user. |
| Twitter Search | 20 tweets | D | No | No | Search for all recent tweets about a word/phrase you specify. |
| Twitter Storm | 20 tweets | D | No | No | Trigger a conversation on Twitter and look for responses. |
| Yelp | - | probably? | No | Yes | Feature user-submitted reviews of local area attractions, business, services. |
| YouTube Voting (Plexo) | 5 full-sized* | probably? | No | Yes | Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on YouTube videos:* 5 full-sized or unlimited thumbnail-sized. |
| (D) means "description field only". "Probably" means I haven't found an example to test. | |||||
| Module | Image width | Maximum # | Follow | Indexed | Summary |
| Photo Gallery | 590px | 10 images | No | Yes | Upload up to 10 pictures right onto Squidoo. (Use "Search" to find this module.) |
| Flickr Gallery | 460x340* | 6 per row | No | Yes | Display Creative Commons photos from Flickr. *Size is for slideshow; thumbnail mode images are 70x70. |
| Flickr Voting (Plexo) | 70x70 | 6 per row | No | Yes | Let readers submit and/or vote on Flickr pictures. COMMERCIAL USE LICENSED pictures only. |
| Polaroid | 400pixels | 1image | No | Yes | Upload a photo and display it in a fancy Polaroid-like frame |
| Slideshare | 385x290 | 5 slideshows | No | NO | Feature powerpoint or other slide-based presentation using slideshare.net. |
| Text with BIG Picture | 590px | 1 image | No | Yes | Text module with photo the size of column between header and text. |
| Video Module | 365x270px | 1 video | No | Yes | Share a video from YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, or other video hosting services |
| YouTube vids | 270x200px | 1 or 9 thumbs | No | Yes | Show one big or up to nine thumbnail-sized YouTube Videos |
| Youtube Voting (Plexo) | 270x200px | 5 or unlimited | No | Yes | Let visitors submit and/or vote on YouTube Vids. 5 larger-sized or unlimited thumbnail-sized. |
| Module | Follow | Indexed | Summary | ||
| Access Hollywood | No | No | Widget showing photos and gossip from Hollywood website. | ||
| Astrology.com LoveScope | No | No | Check astrological compatibility between yourself and potential mate. Various shills for "free" offers on Astrology.com. | ||
| Big Arrow Link * | YES | YES | "My Favorite Link" with two big arrows pointing to it. | ||
| Blackbox * | YES | YES | 500 character colored box with big type and rounded corners for you to highlight a message. | ||
| Cost of the War in Iraq | No | No | NationalPriorities.net shows a skyrocketing tally of American war expenses -- and that's not counting the casualties. :( | ||
| Countdown! | No | No | Realtime clock counts down to an event you name. (The small headline beneath the clock is indexed, fwiw). | ||
| Discover Our Town | No | YES | Short blurbs and info about local US attractions, shopping, businesses, transportation and more from DiscoverOurTown.com. | ||
| Donations | No | YES | Paypal donation box for a Squidoo charity of your choice, with blurb (it gets chopped off at 255 chars). | ||
| Fresh Lenses | - | - | Seems broken (11/11/09) | ||
| Fresh Lensmasters | - | - | Seems REALLY broken -- module doesn't even appear in published lens (11/11/09) | ||
| GapingVoid Cartoons | No | No | Cartoons from GapingVoid.com, usually referring to net and geek culture as well as popular trends. | ||
| Google Maps | No | YES | Map one or two locations, give directions (optional), label locations (optional), satellite or map view -- it's mini Google maps! Location, labels indexed. | ||
| Hometown Stats | No | YES | Statistics from US Census on a zip code. Description field is broken; you may want to give a little context or lead-in for this module. | ||
| InStyle Look of the Day | No | No | Fashion and celebrity photos from InStyle.com. | ||
| Movie Listings | No | YES | Get the latest movies by zip code! Include 2-line movie descriptions, if you like. | ||
| NBA Team Widgets | No | No | Widgets for every ding dang basketball team in the U.S. Why?! | ||
| Netflix | No | YES | List movies in your Netflix Queue, on your recommendation list, or top rentals by genre. COMMISSION EARNING. | ||
| Orbitz! | No | No | Basic travel widget searching prices for flights, cars, hotels. Not commission earning, AFAIK. | ||
| Saturday Night Live | broken | broken | Was supposed to be a viewer for SNL clips. | ||
| Slideshare ** | No | No | Show Powerpoint or other slide presentation formats uploaded to Slideshare.net. | ||
| StickyNote * | No | YES | The humble Post-it note. 300 chars max. | ||
| Table of Contents * | No | YES | Table of contents of all modules, made obsolete by the one in the Introduction Module. Or try my "Fancy Tables of Contents" lens for fancier navigation. | ||
| Talk Bubble * | No | YES | Big orange-bordered talk bubble for a pithy quote. Note: includes quote marks around whatever you write. 100 chars max. | ||
| The Most Important Thing * | YES | YES | Orange-bordered paragraph and larger font make a paragraph stand out. 500 chars max. | ||
| The Office Videos | No | No | Viewer for The Office clips. | ||
| Weather Widget | No | No | Shows weather at the reader's location. Can't choose a location. | ||
| Zagat | No | YES | Lists restaurants rated by prestigious Zagat Guide for a US zip code. | ||
| Note: Most of these have optional description fields above the main widget. That text is indexed. | |||||
| Category: Uncategorized | Indexed | Excerpt? | Summary | ||
| About Me | Yes | - | Show/hide details of your Squidoo lensmaster's bio. | ||
| Caption Contest | Yes | Suggest "None" | Let visitors submit captions and/or comments on a photo you upload. | ||
| Craigslist | Yes | 100 chars | Show regional classified listings on Craigslist by category and search term. | ||
| DandyID | Yes | - | Show all your user profiles on different online services. FOLLOW links. | ||
| Doc Searls | Yes | everything | Posts from thoughtful blogger, mostly on culture of internet. | ||
| Did You Know? | No | - | Widget showing random facts. | ||
| Heroes Videos | No | - | Widget showing video clips from TV show. | ||
| Homer Simpson Quotes | No | - | Widget showing quotes from TV show. | ||
| iGoGreen Widget | No | - | Widget with random eco-friendly tips. | ||
| iTunes | Yes | - | Feature songs on iTunes, earn a commission. | ||
| Lyrics Libs! | No | - | Mad libs with the songs of some guy named Daughtry. (why?) | ||
| MadMoney | No | - | Links to latest episodes of Jim Cramer's stock investment tips TV show. | ||
| MAKE Blog | Yes | 100 chars | Community blog for do-it-yourselfers and inventors of cool stuff. | ||
| Mood Module | Yes | - | Find all latest Tweets -- positive :) or negative :( -- about a topic. | ||
| Motor Trend Photo Gallery | No | - | Photo gallery widget of this year's cars. | ||
| My Lenses | Yes | - | List your lenses on a topic and/or Squidoo tag (nofollow links). | ||
| Pandora Radio | Yes | - | Link to your radio stations (playlists) on Pandora Free Internet Radio. | ||
| Photo Gallery | No | - | Upload up to 10 photos to show in a gallery on lens. | ||
| PoliticsCentral.Com News | Yes | 100 chars | Links to podcasts from conservative news site. | ||
| Quiz | No | - | Make interactive quiz for your readers. | ||
| Rotoworld Fantasy Sports | No | - | Widget showing latest sports news for fantasy sports fans. | ||
| RSS Mashup | Yes | everything? | Show posts from multiple blogs or RSS feeds. | ||
| Salon Magazine Module | Yes | everything | Latest articles from Salon Magazine. | ||
| Scientific American | Yes | 100 chars | Latest articles from Scientific American. | ||
| Seth's Blog | Yes | everything | Latest posts from blog of Squidoo's founder. | ||
| Tick Tock | Yes | - | Aggregate recent Tweets,blog posts,activity on Flickr and YouTube. | ||
| Washington Post | Yes | everything | Latest headlines from Washington Post. | ||
| Watch the Olympics | Yes | everything | News articles about Olympic atheletes and world championship news. | ||
| Wonkette | Yes | 100 chars | Dirt and gossip from Washington, DC. | ||
| Word of the Day | Yes | - | Word of the Day from Dictionary.com. There's a broken image or something. | ||
| All these modules are NOFOLLOW. | |||||
| ("Excerpt" is my recommendation for blogs and feeds -- depends on how spammy "Everything available" setting is.) | |||||