[Roo]

As you have only just published the lens it won't actually show as published until the next lensrank calculation, up until that point it will be classed as 'Work In Progress' (wip) and not show a green tick on your dashboard or show up on your lensmaster page.

Meanwhile, I'll add a few to the 10 reasons -

* There are over 250,000 published lenses (almost as many again either unpublished or needing work to get published)
* It's a fantastic example of Social Networking as well as Internet Marketing combined, so if Web 2.0 has left you behind here's your chance to get back in the race
* You can place your own affiliate links on the page (html only) or use one of the hundreds pre-built if you wish to share revenue with squidoo (approx 50%)
* Lenses appear on google searches within days, if not hours from being published. I know people that have achieved #1 on google for niche search terms in 48hours!
* Monthly Paypal payout with only a $1 minimum payout! (though you can set the threshold to your preferences) I do know lensmasters that are earning a fulltime income from squidoo, though they are very dedicated and have hundreds of lenses.
* Just pick a subject, there will be a category it fits in, the only exceptions are promoting gambling isn't allowed, x-rated subjects are, though you have to make sure it is categorised as such.
* They have a very responsive tech team and listen to the members needs (the tech team have been flat out for the last 2 weeks due to a server migration that picked up a lot of bugs, mainly sorted now, but a lot of clearing up is still to be done)