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1st squidoo lens... please review

by thomarv29
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Hey guys,
Just created my first Squidoo Lens and wanted to get your opinion on what i need to do to optimize it? Im going to be building a ton of backlinks to it and what not but im sure im missing something important. Let me know. Thanks

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  • Profile picture of the author Victoria Gates
    I really would not waste time with Squidoo. It would benefit you more to build a Wordpress blog. You control everything then instead of a third party that can shut your lenses off on a whim.
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      Originally Posted by Victoria Gates View Post

      I really would not waste time with Squidoo. It would benefit you more to build a Wordpress blog. You control everything then instead of a third party that can shut your lenses off on a whim.
      Do they do that alot? That would really suck lol
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  • Profile picture of the author Victoria Gates
    I wish I could say otherwise but they do, HubPages too. Ive wasted a lot of time just to have them decide to sandbox my pages for whatever reason they deem fit this week. :p
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      Originally Posted by Victoria Gates View Post

      I wish I could say otherwise but they do, HubPages too. Ive wasted a lot of time just to have them decide to sandbox my pages for whatever reason they deem fit this week. :p
      That really sucks... Its cool your in E. TN, i used to live in Knoxville.. I miss it alot. My parents still live there though. What part of TN are you in?
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  • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
    I have built 211 lenses and enjoyed my time at Squidoo until they abolished the fan club and left everyone without squid cast which brought in visitors and sales. As for your lens it has no content to appraise it properly. I can give you some links to help if you email me.
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  • Profile picture of the author aneel90
    I don't really spend too much effort on Squidoo lenses. If you want advice on it though I agree with Norma, not enough content. Also another good thing about lenses is, not only can you add a lot of content in different proportions, but also there are a lot of other things you can add to the lens to make it enjoyable for the reader.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobCopywriter
    As said above, just create something like a blog or a small niche site if you are selling a product, this will help you out alot more in the long run and it wont require you to have squidoo ads dotted around your article which earns them money.
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    • Profile picture of the author david carr
      I don't even think the squidoo algo will feature your lens as it is, add more content, images and videos.

      Need to use about 4 - 5 text modules.

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  • Profile picture of the author Rumpleteazer
    Some content would be a good start - you are not really telling us anything currently.

    I disagree with what others have said about Squidoo - it is worth investing time in building lenses and you can make money from it. However, don't build your entire business around it as you are at the mercy of their rules which are changed periodically, usually in response to changes to Google's search algo.

    Personally, I use Squidoo as a part of link building strategy and also as a testing ground for keyword ideas.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    I use Squidoo and have never had any lenses deleted or banned. I think if you stick to their terms of service you should generally be ok.

    As for your lens - I think it has a long way to go. You really need to add a lot more content to it. It actually looks like it isn't anywhere near finished.
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    • Profile picture of the author brunom
      Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

      I use Squidoo and have never had any lenses deleted or banned. I think if you stick to their terms of service you should generally be ok.

      As for your lens - I think it has a long way to go. You really need to add a lot more content to it. It actually looks like it isn't anywhere near finished.
      The problem is when they change their policy. It's hard to keep up with every change they make.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by thomarv29 View Post

    Im going to be building a ton of backlinks to it
    You're going to build "a ton of backlinks" to a site you don't own or control, yourself - and can, in fact, never own or control, on someone else's property where the rules, terms of service, policies and procedures are highly changeable, not consistently or logically applied, and so many hundreds (thousands?) of Warriors have decided not to use any more, and explained here in such detail why not?

    Why?! You don't like owning and controlling your own business, or something?
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