photo of Frank Chu & Laughing Squid by Scott Beale
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What is Laughing Squid? #
See the blog post on “What is Laughing Squid?” for a full breakdown.
Please note the correct name is “Laughing Squid”. There is no preceding “The” or “.com” at the end. Also, it is two words, not one.
Here’s an explanation of where the name “Laughing Squid” came from and a history of the Laughing Squid logo.
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Where can I find your web hosting information? #
Everything related to our web hosting operations can be found at Laughing Squid Web Hosting. If you have any sales or support questions, please enter a support ticket through our Help Desk.
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How do I contact Laughing Squid? #
Our contact info is listed on, well you guessed it, our contact page.
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Where is your main blog located? #
The front of Laughing Squid is our main blog.
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Where is your link blog located? #
We cross post from our main blog and share links we find on Tumblr.
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I’m looking for actual squid stuff, where can that be found? #
You’re in luck, we also run a separate link blog at squid.us for all the squid stuff we come across.
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Where is the The Squid List located and how can I find more information about it? #
The Squid List can be found at squidlist.com and for more information about it, please see The Squid List FAQ.
For more background, here’s The History of The Squid List.
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What is the RSS feed for the Laughing Squid blog? #
Here’s the RSS feed for Laughing Squid
There is also an option to receive Laughing Squid blog updates via email.
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What is the RSS feed for the Laughing Squid Link blog? #
Here’s the RSS feed for our link blog.
There is also an option to receive Laughing Squid link blog updates via email.
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What is the RSS feed for The Squid List? #
Here’s the RSS feed for The Squid List
There is also an option to receive Squid List updates via email.
For more information on The Squid List, please see The Squid List FAQ
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Is there a way to receive blog updates via email? #
Yes, there are two options to receive blog updates via email.
- You can subscribe via FeedBurner which sends a daily digest of posts.
- The other option is to subscribe via WordPress using their Jetpack service (look for the subscribe option on our sidebar). Once you sign up you’ll be able to select either a weekly digest of posts or an email update for each individual post. The WordPress subscription also has options for delivery window settings.
For some unknown reason, both options do not properly display embedded videos.
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How can I advertise on Laughing Squid? #
Laughing Squid is part of The Deck ad network. You can advertise on both the main Laughing Squid blog and the Laughing Squid link blog, as well as several other great websites and blogs by signing up for an ad campaign on The Deck.
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How can I advertise on The Squid List? #
You can purchase ads on The Squid List through Google AdSense.
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Who are the Laughing Squid guest bloggers? #
Here’s a list of all our Laughing Squid guest bloggers.
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Why are comments disabled on the blog? #
We eventually reached the point that the most of our blog posts either had no comments at all or just a couple of comments. Overall the quality of the comments had been decreasing over the years to a point that the majority of the comments that people left were not adding any real value to the posts.
Another thing that was happening is that feedback on our blog posts has been moving to outside services, like Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. In fact on average we now get way more comments on our Google+ profile than we ever did when we had the blog comments turned on, and with Google+ the comments are higher quality, from more engaged commenters.
Of course the amount comment spam we receive has only been increasing. Not just the kind of comment spam that can be easily caught with Akismet, but spam comments that looked legitimate, but were actually submitted in order to link to a spam website. It started taking a considerable amount of time each day dealing with sorting through comments to weed out the spam and approve legit comments.
It’s not that we don’t value your input, in fact if you have any additional information regarding the content of a blog post (links, updates, corrections, etc.), please feel free to let us know. We will often add updates to posts as new information surfaces.
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How do I follow Laughing Squid on Twitter? #
We have several Twitter accounts for Laughing Squid:
- @laughingsquid (main Laughing Squid account)
- @_laughingsquid (our shared links from Delicious)
- @ls_hosting (Laughing Squid Web Hosting)
- @squidblog (squid related links)
- @squidlist (The Squid List)
Speaking of Twitter, please do not use Direct Messages to contact us, email is always the best way. Our friend Robert Scoble has a great blog post on why Twitter Direct Messages suck. We agree with him 100% on this.
The same is true if you are asking us a specific question via @reply, email is better in that situation as well.
If your question is related to a link that was posted, check that first. The answer to you question might be there.
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What other social networks does Laughing Squid use? #
Our contact page lists some of the major social networks where you can find us.
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Where can I find press, media and awards related to Laughing Squid? #
Here’s a list of press, media and awards that Laughing Squid has had over the years.
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Where can I find a list of previous Laughing Squid events? #
Here’s a list of events that Laughing Squid has produced over they years.
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Do you provide any traffic statistics and blog metrics for Laughing Squid? #
Yes, here are some traffic and blog metrics for Laughing Squid from various live reporting sources.
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Where can I buy a Laughing Squid t-shirt? #
You can purchase our t-shirts through Noonaco.
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Where can I buy a Laughing Squid coffee mug? #
You can purchase our coffee mugs through Noonaco.
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How can I get some of the Laughing Squid vinyl stickers? #
Please see our Laughing Squid sticker page for more info.
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Where can I buy the Laughing Squid poster set? #
You can purchase our Laughing Squid poster set featuring posters from previous events through Noonaco.
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Who is that guy I see carrying a protest sign around San Francisco that has a Laughing Squid logo on the back? #
That’s San Francisco’s legendary Frank Chu, we advertise on the back of his sign.
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Do you take link suggestions for your main blog, link blog or Twitter account? #
Yes, please use our Laughing Squid Tips form for any link suggestions for the Laughing Squid blog, Laughing Squid Links, Twitter, Google+ or the Squid Blog.
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Do you accept items to review? #
No, we do not do reviews on the blog or accept items to be reviewed. Please do not send us products to review. This includes books, music, artwork, electronic devices, camera & video equipment and so on.
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How do we send you information on doing business together as a partnership? #
Sorry, we do not get involved with any partnerships.
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Will you sponsor our event? #
Sorry, we do not do monetary sponsorships. We occasionally do media sponsorships, but that’s typically with organizations that we work closely with.
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Do you maintain a list of products & services used by Laughing Squid? #
Yes, here’s a list of Laughing Squid Vendors.
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Where can I find The Tentacle Sessions archives? #
Check out the The Tentacle Sessions website for the archives of Laughing Squid’s artist series which ran from February 21, 1999 through December 15, 2002.
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Has there ever been any original art inspired by Laughing Squid? #
Yes, check out our Laughing Squid art gallery.
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Where can I see the Laughing Squid Postcard art series? #
Here’s the gallery of the Laughing Squid Postcards created by some of our favorite artists.
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Does the Laughing Squid blog use any affiliate links? #
Yes, we affiliate links for Amazon Associates, Fab, Threadless, StudioPress and VigLink.
Also as a point of disclosure, Scott Beale’s wife Lori Dorn works at Fab, which we occasionally blog about.
