2011 Value of Squidoo for backlinks

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Was wondering what you all thought about writing lenses on Squidoo and backlinking to my blog. I have heard mixed reactions such as "it's not liked by Google like it used to", "it's not as great for SEO anymore" and then some people still advise to write lenses for SEO purposes.

Anybody having success with Squidoo in 2011 and getting more traffic back to their blog/website as a result?:rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author Hamida Harland
    I stopped using Squidoo about a year ago - I used to get alot of traffic from it as it used to rank really well a few years back, but not anymore.

    I rarely see a Squidoo lens ranking on page 1 of Google these days, even for long tail keywords. If I do, it's probably either been there for years and has good page rank and/or someone put a massive amount of work into keeping it updated, getting backlinks etc. Which in my opinion is a complete waste of time as Squidoo could ban your lens at any time.
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    • Profile picture of the author TeriAlvim
      Was wondering what you'd recommend as far as backlinking. I have heard the same mixed reaction for Hubpages
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  • Profile picture of the author LauraJames
    For the most part, I have turned my efforts away from Squidoo. I am certainly willing to "dust off" my ideas for Squidoo if, and when, their popularity starts climbing again. I would not completely dismiss Squidoo though. You might consider working on a Squidoo lense and adding to it as time allows. In a way, make it more of a "side project."
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgeP82
    General opinion from people I talk to is it's no longer worth the effort
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    I put some pages up several months ago, got some links to them, and I still get hardly any traffic. Probably if you REALLY immersed yourself in Squidoo you could get traffic out of it, but I think it now requires a greater investment of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Faber
    1. They don't have the influence they used to
    2. Don't put too much effort into building up sites you don't own/have any control over, especially when their influence is on the wane.

    I still have some lenses that are working for me, but I only do a minimum of updating on those; maybe just a paragraph or two every 3 - 4 months. The rest of my lenses I ignore completely.
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  • Profile picture of the author askloz
    your question would be better off placed in here
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    Originally Posted by TeriAlvim View Post

    Was wondering what you all thought about writing lenses on Squidoo and backlinking to my blog. I have heard mixed reactions such as "it's not liked by Google like it used to", "it's not as great for SEO anymore" and then some people still advise to write lenses for SEO purposes.

    Anybody having success with Squidoo in 2011 and getting more traffic back to their blog/website as a result?:rolleyes:
    squidoo don't hold as much weight now.

    you need to find sources that google doesn't know about, or ones that not many ppl use to get the full power of backlinking.

    you may wan to try and get in the google news, etc type of sites.
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