Best way to do Squidoo page

petelta · 07-28-2009, 06:19 PM

I just started adding articles to squidoo and Im a bit confused on the best way to go about this. Do you make a lense for each article or should I make a lense for my main keywords of the website and use the lens as categories and post the appropriate articles under the lense.

pjlyons1uk · 07-28-2009, 06:31 PM

I will be honest I am not a fundi on Squidoo as I am still learning it myself.

From what I can see and have learnt in my short time with IM and Squidoo is, that you make one lense per topic and keep adding modules to it.

I did attempt before in making a new lense for each item but the system didn't like that at all and after my 6th lense in that way it stopped publishing them and I was forced to consolidate them.

Hope that helps and best wishes

petelta · 07-28-2009, 06:38 PM

Ok thanks for the info. I was looking at it closely and it kinda looked like it would be better that way.

rapidscc · 07-28-2009, 10:01 PM

I've been a squidoo fan lately. Actually I'm on a squidoo campaign now. What I usually do is put two articles in each squidoo lens. One in the introduction and another one in the body. But In order for squidoo to include your lens in it's internal search it should have at least 3 or 4 modules.

I think in your case you're using squidoo for traffic to your site? If that's the case simply breakdown your two articles into different text modules enough to cover the 4 modules requirement but go one step further and add some really nice graphics which will make your lens more beautiful and less spammy.

I should warn you though, unless your lens get a good ranking with your keywords it will not be a magic pill that will deliver instant traffic to your site. You will still have to promote it.

To Your Success!

Raul Omar Diaz

pjlyons1uk · 07-29-2009, 04:19 AM

Yes thats a good idea in breaking the content down and will present a bit better probably.

As I said I am still very much in the learning phase of squidoo the best ranking my lens had so far 55,000 which is not very good at all...

mikemcmillan · 07-29-2009, 04:49 AM

Don't worry about your Squidoo lens ranking either. Most of your traffic won't come from people searching from within Squidoo, it will come from the search engines if you can get ranked well.

mayapearl · 07-29-2009, 05:29 AM

I find Blogger much easier to use and it gets me more traffic to my blog.
Squidoo is ok, but I found the energy you put into it may be better used writing articles for ezine or Goarticles, they would generate more traffic to your blog. I am far from being an expert so check it out, keep in mind that what ever income you make from adsense on your blog is all yours, not so on Squidoo.

medallion · 07-29-2009, 05:34 AM

Hi there, and thanks for the question.

I am on Squidoo, and recommend that you create informative lenses of at least segments, but make sure they are intersting.

A picture or two, as well as your article broken up among different text blocks will help you to satisfy the Squidoo requirements.

They are looking for well presented, and information rich lenses, wich is fair enough.

Like most things, it takes time for your efforts to filter through the nest, and you may need to see if you can hang in there, as your search engine rankings grow.

It is not a complete over night thing.

Martin

rapidscc · 07-29-2009, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeong88

Is Squidoo still effective? I can't remember the last time I see a Squidoo webpage on page 1...

The common web2.0 that google still give high rankings are Slideshare, Hubpages and the few Top article directories...

I'm still seeing squidoo lenses on top results. One of my lens is no. 2 in results and it's getting constant traffic.

I'm on a squidoo campaign for a month now. I will know how effective it will be in terms of passive earnings and traffic in a few more months. I will try to report by then..

By the way, thanks for listing the other sites..also Ezinearticles almost always gets the top spot...

To Your Success!

Raul Omar Diaz

tom4business · 07-29-2009, 08:32 AM

Hey there,

You can try out the following steps :

Decide on which modules to use ( this part decides your article structure)
Identify relevant images and videos ( use at least 2 images per lens)
Divide your lens topic to 4 or 5 sub topics and ask your writer to write 150-200 words article on each of these sub topics
Plug it in the lens
Add some cool html design for each module
publish!!!!!!

And yes, if you are targeting a keyword with a medium competition ( less than 1 million), you can easily live on page 1 with some back linking.

Yesterday I created one lens for one of my clients and today its on 4th position competing with almost 700k pages.

Yeah, I love Squidoo

Tom

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapidscc

I'm still seeing squidoo lenses on top results. One of my lens is no. 2 in results and it's getting constant traffic.

I'm on a squidoo campaign for a month now. I will know how effective it will be in terms of passive earnings and traffic in a few more months. I will try to report by then..

By the way, thanks for listing the other sites..also Ezinearticles almost always gets the top spot...

To Your Success!

Raul Omar Diaz

Lutz80 · 07-30-2009, 01:54 AM

most folks use squidoo as more of a home page and link articles to it. Or me I use it when testing new products and offer before building a site for that niche.

Tracey_Meagher · 07-30-2009, 02:16 AM

My experience is that the lenses I make for particular keywords rank and outperform my more general lenses. My method is to find long-tail keywords, use them as the title for my lense and then optimize my content for them. Then do all the usual web 2.0 marketing etc.

Some lenses can kick in with traffic within a couple of hour but generally it will take a couple of weeks to see how well they are performing for my chosen keywords.

Geopentagon · 08-02-2009, 09:21 PM

It would be better to make a separate lense with the main keywords.

MaggieDavid · 08-02-2009, 09:38 PM

I use Squidoo and LOVE Squidoo, many of my lenses get a page rank 1 with number 1 spot for a particular key word or keyword phrase. I use 1 selected keyword or keyword phrase per article I have written then put it into a Squidoo lens. I make sure my lenses have a picture, have some excelent module boxes. It takes me less than 30 minutes to create a lense that is appealing, follows all the rules and is interesting and informative.

Arnold JVR · 08-02-2009, 09:42 PM

Hi,

Squidoo is still very effective just like any free web2.0 site if ranked high for a search term with allot or very targeted searches, If you want to learn from a squidoo master I would suggest visiting potpiegirl dot com, she's great.

She has a product containing a 6 figure per month blueprint using only Squidoo. You don't have to buy though there's allot of good free advise that should help you allot.

cheers.

07-28-2009, 06:19 PM	#1
petelta Travis Petelle War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,349 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 451 Thanked 1,007 Times in 255 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Best way to do Squidoo page I just started adding articles to squidoo and Im a bit confused on the best way to go about this. Do you make a lense for each article or should I make a lense for my main keywords of the website and use the lens as categories and post the appropriate articles under the lense.
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07-28-2009, 06:31 PM	#2
pjlyons1uk Good Karma Always Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Currently in Milton Keyns, England Posts: 118 Thanks: 26 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts Contact Info	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page I will be honest I am not a fundi on Squidoo as I am still learning it myself. From what I can see and have learnt in my short time with IM and Squidoo is, that you make one lense per topic and keep adding modules to it. I did attempt before in making a new lense for each item but the system didn't like that at all and after my 6th lense in that way it stopped publishing them and I was forced to consolidate them. Hope that helps and best wishes

07-28-2009, 06:38 PM	#3
petelta Travis Petelle War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,349 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 451 Thanked 1,007 Times in 255 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page Ok thanks for the info. I was looking at it closely and it kinda looked like it would be better that way.
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07-28-2009, 10:01 PM	#4
rapidscc Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sunny Philippines Posts: 1,682 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 462 Thanked 213 Times in 164 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page I've been a squidoo fan lately. Actually I'm on a squidoo campaign now. What I usually do is put two articles in each squidoo lens. One in the introduction and another one in the body. But In order for squidoo to include your lens in it's internal search it should have at least 3 or 4 modules. I think in your case you're using squidoo for traffic to your site? If that's the case simply breakdown your two articles into different text modules enough to cover the 4 modules requirement but go one step further and add some really nice graphics which will make your lens more beautiful and less spammy. I should warn you though, unless your lens get a good ranking with your keywords it will not be a magic pill that will deliver instant traffic to your site. You will still have to promote it. To Your Success! Raul Omar Diaz
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07-29-2009, 04:19 AM	#5
pjlyons1uk Good Karma Always Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Currently in Milton Keyns, England Posts: 118 Thanks: 26 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts Contact Info	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page Yes thats a good idea in breaking the content down and will present a bit better probably. As I said I am still very much in the learning phase of squidoo the best ranking my lens had so far 55,000 which is not very good at all...

07-29-2009, 04:49 AM	#6
mikemcmillan Mike McMillan War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MI Posts: 1,302 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 861 Thanked 1,019 Times in 389 Posts Social Networking	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page Don't worry about your Squidoo lens ranking either. Most of your traffic won't come from people searching from within Squidoo, it will come from the search engines if you can get ranked well.

07-29-2009, 05:29 AM	#7
mayapearl HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 129 Thanks: 62 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page I find Blogger much easier to use and it gets me more traffic to my blog. Squidoo is ok, but I found the energy you put into it may be better used writing articles for ezine or Goarticles, they would generate more traffic to your blog. I am far from being an expert so check it out, keep in mind that what ever income you make from adsense on your blog is all yours, not so on Squidoo.
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07-29-2009, 05:34 AM	#8
medallion Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 65 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page Hi there, and thanks for the question. I am on Squidoo, and recommend that you create informative lenses of at least segments, but make sure they are intersting. A picture or two, as well as your article broken up among different text blocks will help you to satisfy the Squidoo requirements. They are looking for well presented, and information rich lenses, wich is fair enough. Like most things, it takes time for your efforts to filter through the nest, and you may need to see if you can hang in there, as your search engine rankings grow. It is not a complete over night thing. Martin
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Lutz80 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 119 Thanks: 63 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page most folks use squidoo as more of a home page and link articles to it. Or me I use it when testing new products and offer before building a site for that niche.

07-30-2009, 02:16 AM	#12
Tracey_Meagher Alter course, Mr. Paris War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 449 Thanks: 67 Thanked 100 Times in 54 Posts	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page My experience is that the lenses I make for particular keywords rank and outperform my more general lenses. My method is to find long-tail keywords, use them as the title for my lense and then optimize my content for them. Then do all the usual web 2.0 marketing etc. Some lenses can kick in with traffic within a couple of hour but generally it will take a couple of weeks to see how well they are performing for my chosen keywords.

08-02-2009, 09:21 PM	#13
Geopentagon Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 54 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page It would be better to make a separate lense with the main keywords.

08-02-2009, 09:38 PM	#14
MaggieDavid Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hawkesbury area, Sydney, Australia Posts: 45 Thanks: 5 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page I use Squidoo and LOVE Squidoo, many of my lenses get a page rank 1 with number 1 spot for a particular key word or keyword phrase. I use 1 selected keyword or keyword phrase per article I have written then put it into a Squidoo lens. I make sure my lenses have a picture, have some excelent module boxes. It takes me less than 30 minutes to create a lense that is appealing, follows all the rules and is interesting and informative.
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08-02-2009, 09:42 PM	#15
Arnold JVR Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 35 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Best way to do Squidoo page Hi, Squidoo is still very effective just like any free web2.0 site if ranked high for a search term with allot or very targeted searches, If you want to learn from a squidoo master I would suggest visiting potpiegirl dot com, she's great. She has a product containing a 6 figure per month blueprint using only Squidoo. You don't have to buy though there's allot of good free advise that should help you allot. cheers.