What's up with Google and Squidoo's love/hate relationship?

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Hey guys,

I was just wondering is the same thing happens to you. This past saturday, I wrote a blog post on my blog and it was indexed in about 15 minutes landing #3 spot on Google out of 230,000 results.

I wrote a squidoo page on the same subject and it's nowhere to be found on Google. I just checked it and it is still NOT indexed in Google. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Peter
#google #love or hate #relationship #squidoo
  • It can take up to a week for a Squidoo lens to be indexed in Google. Once it gets there, it's stable and reliable, in my experience.

    Just because your lens isn't instantly indexed doesn't mean Google hates Squidoo. Consider using Blog Ping for Squidoo Lenses to make sure you're letting the search engines and social networking sites you've arrived (or when you update your lens).
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Helps
    Thanks Vince. I never knew about the ping for squidoo lenses.

    I was just a little surprised not to see the lens there. My little website gets indexed in 15 minutes and squidoo hasn't gotten indexed yet?

    I would imagine Google bots visit that site many times a day.

    Peter
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  • Profile picture of the author thefluffanutta
    If you build links to your Squidoo Lenses (i.e. from your blog) it will get indexed faster.
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    • Profile picture of the author kurt naulaerts
      Just my idea and counts only for google.

      When I do my keyword research I don't see many squidoos, hubpages, propellers... anymore on the first page. Way less than even 6 months ago.

      The only real survivor seems to be EzineArticles.

      However they are still very valuable for back links.
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