“Squidoo is a commercial website launched in October 2005. It is a platform designed to make it easy for anyone to teach others about topics they care about.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself. If you’re curious, Squidoo’s Wiki page is coming along swimmingly. It’s quite sparse at the moment, but we all know that […]
Community is a key component in the development of the entire Squidoo site. Many reviewers have compared it to established online gathering places like Friendster, Wikipedia and MySpace. The more interlinking lenses within Squidoo, the more likely visitors will continue to travel within the main domain. This provides the advantage of keeping visitor attention focused […]
Have you noticed that your rankings are all over the place from one day to the next? If you have had a lens for a while you will notice that your rankings are never static. We suspect this is due to several factors, the most important being that Squidoo is still growing and thus in […]
As your blog evolves and the number of visitors grows, it’s important to keep true to the medium if you are to continue to attract readers and keep them coming back. The difficult thing with a lens or blog is you are literally as good as your last post – if visitors scan the first […]
Unless your lens is deliberately archiving content, you will want to write original material whenever possible. This content might take several forms. One method is to feed your own blog postings into the lens via an RSS feed. This provides fresh content on a regular basis, without any additional effort from you on the Squidoo side.
Other shortcuts to […]
CafePress has its highlights and lowlights as a marketplace, but paired with the right subject matter it may just compliment your Squidoo lens nicely. Seth writes on Squidooblog: “Not yet announced to the public at large is our hot-off-the-press module with CafePress. It uses CP’s new, powerful TopicAds program so you can feature the latest and greatest […]
When it comes to Squidoo lenses, it would appear that more content is better for your ranking. There is a practical consideration here, but as with all websites and blogs - relevancy is the key. The more relevant and useful the information in your Squidoo lens, the more likely it will come up in the […]
If you’ve created a lens with an Amazon module, and know for a fact that someone has used it to purchase something (or you’ve bought a little treat for yourself through your own lens), be patient. It can take 4-5 days for your percentage or ‘cut’ to show up on the “My Lenses” page.
Be sure to have […]
It’s generally confirmed in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) circles that Google and other search engines are more likely to accurately index a URL that contains hyphens as opposed to underscores. So, if you want to build a lens on say foam rubber yoga mats - and squidoo.com/foamrubberyogamats is taken - you’re better off using:
squidoo.com/foam-rubber-yoga-mats
and NOT squidoo.com/foam_rubber_yoga_mats
According to Google […]
Amazon modules are quite clever, and often return the perfect results in relation to your lenses’ subject matter. What it does not do, however, is provide any sort of a product description. If you choose to make a custom selection using product ASIN numbers, you can also write your own blurb about the item.
Are you trying […]