Guardian Cross: Won Great Impundulu!

Those who have visited my lenses on Squidoo may remember my article about Square-Enix's trading card game, Guardian Cross. I'll upload a new review about the game later on this blog, but now to the news of today.

As usual I participated in the game's Elite Coliseum last week. I got a B+ rating and won a Bronze Limited 5* card: Great Impundulu!

The message where I learn of my Coliseum Reward.

Great Impundulu's information page.

Guardian Cross is one of the few free-to-play mobile games which I really like. I've played the game almost everyday since late 2012. I like it very much since it's easy to play and other players won't attack you unless you participate in the Coliseum (player vs player battles). Not only that, a few Final Fantasy bosses appear in the game as Guardians (the cards which you must catch and use during battles).

If you're interested in Guardian Cross, here's my invitation code: DT47351 (iOS only)

The invitation code can only be used once when you create an account the first time (in order to play the game). Using the code will give you a super rare 4* card. I really recommend you to give Guardian Cross a chance. If you don't like it, you can always remove it easily.

The blog of Lord Greenleaf - now on Google!

I joined Blogger on January 25th and submitted my blog to Bloggportalen.se on January 28th. Today I've discovered that my blog can be found on Google! Woohoo!

When I was active on Squidoo, my lenses weren't even visible on Google. I'm very glad that I joined Blogger. Squidoo is just a waste of time.

Remember folks, avoid Squidoo at all costs! That website is not worth your time and effort!

Avoid Squidoo at all costs!

Sorry Squidoo, but you should be avoided!

Some of you might have read my articles on my Squidoo-page in the past. Unfortunately they have been unpublished since they supposedly aren't original and "spammy" according to Squidoo's terms of service (TOS). Not only that, I can't even log into my account to either copy or edit my contents to follow their TOS!

I agree with Squidoo that articles - or lenses as they're called - should be original and reflect the author's thoughts and opinions; in other words - no plagiarism. I also agree that lenses shouldn't only be about promoting affiliate programs where authors ask their readers to use their referral codes. But how is it possible to know that a certain text is original or not?

Sometimes it's very easy to see that a text has been copied or quoted without the original author's permission. But how can you as an author prove that your text is your own work - especially on Squidoo?

After my experiences of Squidoo unpublishing my lenses, I would say it's impossible. It took me 7 hours to write an article about Loot Palace. It was accepted and featured on my page. But now all of my lenses have been taken down and I can't do anything about it. Several hours of work down the drain...

I have also written e-mails to Squidoo regarding this matter. But their policy is that if they don't reply in 30 days, that means my unpublished lenses still aren't approved and will be removed after 60 days in total.

This is one of the reasons why I started a "real" blog instead, here on Blogger.

So if you plan on starting a Squidoo-account to write articles, I strongly recommend you not to do it. Even if you write lenses of high quality (according to yourself), Squidoo will unpublish them if they think the articles violate their TOS. And Squidoo change the TOS very often!