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Which have you guys had better results from regarding click through traffic?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Probably Squidoo - but much of a muchness, why not use both? Hubpages I've found get indexed a bit quicker but I prefer the layout and dashboard, etc of Squidoo.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSorcerer
    Squidoo and Hubpages are just social sites period!

    They have absolutely nothing to do with improving your click-through rate. It's your article, writing, call-to-action, etc that has to do with whether a visitor clicks on your links or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kristen Osborn
    I use Squidoo simply because you can put way more affiliate links throughout your content. HubPages has too many rules - you can only put one (or maybe two) links in your content and you can't be obvious or blatantly send anyone to your website at the end - ex: "For more info, visit www.example.com". (At least that's my understanding of the rules.) I love Squidoo!
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by InternetMarketingBusiness View Post

      Both are useful ONLY for link building or passing the link juice to my money site.
      I completely agree with this. I have no plans to use either for any other purpose: I can't own or control them, so they have a very limited role to play in my business.
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    • Profile picture of the author BillWynne
      Originally Posted by InternetMarketingBusiness View Post

      Both are useful ONLY for link building or passing the link juice to my money site.
      This is a good point although some people will use these sites as the money site since they already have the PR and authority. Then you would backlink to your lens. Of course you lose it all if they ever go away or sell out.

      Just 2cents worth...

      I agree with the former but the later is an interesting concept. I know that is something to do with an Ezine Article.
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  • Profile picture of the author schttrj
    Originally Posted by Giftys View Post

    Which have you guys had better results from regarding click through traffic?
    To your question,

    I believe that Squidoo will have a better CTR. Why? Because you can add MORE obvious and MORE in number call-for-action links in Squidoo
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    • Profile picture of the author Bruce NewMedia
      Originally Posted by schttrj View Post

      To your question,
      I believe that Squidoo will have a better CTR. Why? Because you can add MORE obvious and MORE in number call-for-action links in Squidoo
      I just don't see it that way at all.

      Having lots of BIG LINKS means very little..and neither does having MORE of them.

      if that were true then these pages littered with giant flashing BUTTONS would be goldmines for the site owner/affiliate....and I think most of us know they are not.

      To me, its 'Content And Connection' that cause clicks.

      Content that informs the visitor of something they didn't know, and doing it in a way that makes an emotional connection. If you do that right, you can have the tiniest link and still get big CTRs.
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      • Profile picture of the author schttrj
        Originally Posted by brucerby View Post

        I just don't see it that way at all.

        Having lots of BIG LINKS means very little..and neither does having MORE of them.

        if that were true then these pages littered with giant flashing BUTTONS would be goldmines for the site owner/affiliate....and I think most of us know they are not.

        To me, its 'Content And Connection' that cause clicks.

        Content that informs the visitor of something they didn't know, and doing it in a way that makes an emotional connection. If you do that right, you can have the tiniest link and still get big CTRs.
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        Of course, I agree with the "Content and Connection" part.

        But, if you look at any good sales copy, you will see that the call-to-action button is actually placed multiple times in the page.

        Now there's a reason behind that.

        It's actually capturing the audience at the right moment.

        For Hubpages, you can only insert TWO links. That works for a short hub, which will NOT convert that much.

        But for a long hub with multiple modules, it will rather be hard for you to channelizing the audience at the right time.
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        • Profile picture of the author Bruce NewMedia
          Originally Posted by schttrj View Post

          Of course, I agree with the "Content and Connection" part.

          But, if you look at any good sales copy, you will see that the call-to-action button is actually placed multiple times in the page.
          You're probably right in the case of Squidoo where its fairly restricting what you can do...(and I can see your point)
          however, there are actually many outstanding sales letters online that have exactly one, or at MOST, 2 links to the order page. Take a look at "Fat Loss For Idiots", as just one example that comes to mind.

          It has been one of the top selling CLBK products for a long time. I find adding more links to sales pages can convey desperation. (which I do not want to convey)...YMMV.
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          • Profile picture of the author schttrj
            Originally Posted by brucerby View Post

            You're probably right in the case of Squidoo where its fairly restricting what you can do...(and I can see your point)
            however, there are actually many outstanding sales letters online that have exactly one, or at MOST, 2 links to the order page. Take a look at "Fat Loss For Idiots", as just one example that comes to mind.

            It has been one of the top selling CLBK products for a long time. I find adding more links to sales pages can convey desperation. (which I do not want to convey)...YMMV.
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            I understand what you are saying. Of course, I believe nothing is generalized, and you should do what suits you best.
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  • Profile picture of the author Affmz
    social sites are still good for building linkwheel
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    • Profile picture of the author ahmadferi
      Originally Posted by Affmz View Post

      social sites are still good for building linkwheel
      like what you mean?
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      • Profile picture of the author Riverstix
        Originally Posted by ahmadferi View Post

        like what you mean?
        He means writing articles on web 2.0 sites like these, then placing backlinks to your money site or other articles in them. You pass on link juice from page to page then finally to your money site. You can use programs like scrapebox to blast these articles and pass on even more link juice without worrying about your money site being penalized for spam.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeborahDera
    I use them both.

    Originally Posted by Giftys View Post

    Which have you guys had better results from regarding click through traffic?
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  • Profile picture of the author Giftys
    Thanks everyone!
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    I drive traffic from both to sites of mine. I do feel that HubPages ranks better though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrea Wilson
    I like Hubpages better than squidoo. I get better clicks with them than squidoo. But your situation can be different, so try to use both of them.

    Andrea
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  • Profile picture of the author indiatext
    in my personal opinion you should go for hubpages. It has given me comparatively better results...
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  • Profile picture of the author Giftys
    It seems like it's 50/50. As usual, no one can agree on anything. Reminds me of my government. Ha!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike McAleer
    Squidoo is awesome. I have even made some money selling Amazon/ebay products through squidoo. It is great and ranks well in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Big Deal
    I have many hubs and lenses. In general I seem to get better results with Squidoo. However, I would advise using both if possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author officer_iron
    I've had better results from HubPages, but I definitely use both for any important backlinking I'm doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author DIGITALCHAMELEON
    I will go for squidoo, its already proven.
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidJeff
    my vote is for hubpgaes as its giving me best result and strong backlinks, and there are less spammers on hubpages
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  • Profile picture of the author ashSimpson87
    Squidoo is much more okay. Very user friendly rather than hub pages which is too complicated to use. But try to use both. They are still very helpful.
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  • Profile picture of the author cbjack
    Squidoo is my favorite I've been using it for two years now with great results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sunnybeach7
    Squidoo would be better if you are only going to use one, due to the different options for your links (black boxes, etc.) and also because hubpages only allows you to put a maximum of two links on each hub...and for that, they lace the hub with lots of other advertisements.
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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    I prefer squidoo its better for traffic and even its dofollow
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  • Profile picture of the author schttrj
    Originally Posted by canhdong90 View Post

    I have a stupid question: I create my hub, and when I publish it, This hub said "This hub has been submitted for publication, and will be published once it has been reviewed by the administrator" ,(some hubs before,I didn't see it).How long to get publish? Even though I still get views.
    That's because you are submitting overly promotional blogs. Check the Hubpages FAQ.
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  • Profile picture of the author duncanmacgibbon
    Squidoo is the best option because you can put way more links throughout your content pointing back to your sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by duncanmacgibbon View Post

      Squidoo is the best option because you can put way more links throughout your content pointing back to your sites.
      Yes, until you abuse it and it ends up getting slapped and loosing authority again.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
        Originally Posted by duncanmacgibbon

        Squidoo is the best option because you can put way more links throughout your content pointing back to your sites.

        Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

        Yes, until you abuse it and it ends up getting slapped and loosing authority again.
        I like Squidoo, too, but Howie's right, you need to go easy on the links. I've made some sales by linking articles to Squidoo and onto an affiliate using the One Week Marketing program, but I certainly don't base even 10% of my online business through Squidoo. I like having control of my own pages.
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        • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
          Thanks for backing me up on that Rikki,

          That's the kind of behavior that guys like Seth Godin have to constantly combat. (err...owner of Squidoo)

          Originally Posted by Rikki_Fawkes View Post

          I like Squidoo, too, but Howie's right, you need to go easy on the links. I've made some sales by linking articles to Squidoo and onto an affiliate using the One Week Marketing program, but I certainly don't base even 10% of my online business through Squidoo. I like having control of my own pages.
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          • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
            Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

            Thanks for backing me up on that Rikki,

            That's the kind of behavior that guys like Seth Godin have to constantly combat. (err...owner of Squidoo)
            I made this mistake when I was a noob. I put plenty of valuable content into the lens, but didn't know how many links I was allowed, so I kind of went hog wild. Then I was confused when my lens still showed up as not being featured on Squidoo. I put two and two together real quick.
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    Given the recent Google changes that are currently significantly affecting sites like HubPages and other content farms, it might be a largely moot point.

    Time to get familiar with PPC.
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  • Profile picture of the author vilnwv
    I have had much more success with Squidoo than I have ever had with Hub. As ststed in this thread I feel it is due to the fact that Squidoo is so much less restrictive. Just on a personal note I have much more fun building lenses than hubs and maybe that just shows through in my writing...who knows. Anyway use both like many have said before to link to your main money site
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Lee
    I'm getting better results with squidoo and have much more lens than hubs.

    However, they are both loved by the search engines and I would recommend using both of them (and other content-sharing sites like Qassia, RedGage, Bukisa, etc.), as we don't want to put all our eggs in the same basket.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
      Originally Posted by Michael Lee View Post

      I'm getting better results with squidoo and have much more lens than hubs.

      However, they are both loved by the search engines and I would recommend using both of them (and other content-sharing sites like Qassia, RedGage, Bukisa, etc.), as we don't want to put all our eggs in the same basket.
      What are you linking to in Bukisa? Last I checked they disallowed self-serving links of any kind, even if it went to a your own website and not a direct aff link.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrei
    If I want to rank for a keyword on first page of Google should I just build more backlinks to my lenses and hubs? I mean ranking a page on Squidoo or Hub Pages are the same like ranking a website?
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  • Profile picture of the author mahesh2k
    Both are good for backlinks and passive adsense/impression based income. But you need to diversify and not put all the eggs in one basket.
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  • Profile picture of the author tritrain
    Originally Posted by Giftys View Post

    Which have you guys had better results from regarding click through traffic?
    I've found that I get a lot more traffic in general with Squidoo and tend to have a higher CTR from these pages.

    I believe it is because of the type of crowd that it attracts, but more importantly because it allows for much more variety of HTML and CSS, which means that creative use of colors and style can increase the disire to click on a link, especially an image.

    You can do nearly as much on HubPages. Very simplistic design...but it is nice too.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    Squidoo is pretty good. I haven't tried hub pages yet.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by sarahberra View Post

      Squidoo is pretty good. I haven't tried hub pages yet.
      I've heard of great success stories at both places. I began by writing alot for Squidoo. I made an account at HubPages, but I just haven't gotten around to contributing like I'd like to.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
        Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

        I've heard of great success stories at both places. I began by writing alot for Squidoo. I made an account at HubPages, but I just haven't gotten around to contributing like I'd like to.
        I've found Hubpages to be pickier than Squidoo in some ways - especially with links, duplicate content (which I believe they still allow, they just have to "like" it, I guess.). I don't like the layout as well at Hubpages, either, but that's not to say it doesn't work.

        Personally, you're probably not missing out on too much, as I much prefer Squidoo. But I could be wrong.
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        • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
          Originally Posted by Rikki_Fawkes View Post

          I've found Hubpages to be pickier than Squidoo in some ways - especially with links, duplicate content (which I believe they still allow, they just have to "like" it, I guess.). I don't like the layout as well at Hubpages, either, but that's not to say it doesn't work.

          Personally, you're probably not missing out on too much, as I much prefer Squidoo. But I could be wrong.
          Based on what I've seen Google do recently, "picky" isn't necessarily a bad thing. The sites that best control for quality will win.

          HubPages is a great site with a great community, but, whenever I sit down to write there, I don't know...I just don't feel 'comfortable' there.
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          • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
            Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

            HubPages is a great site with a great community, but, whenever I sit down to write there, I don't know...I just don't feel 'comfortable' there.
            My feelings exactly - doesn't exude creativity, that's for sure
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          • Profile picture of the author schttrj
            Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

            Based on what I've seen Google do recently, "picky" isn't necessarily a bad thing. The sites that best control for quality will win.

            HubPages is a great site with a great community, but, whenever I sit down to write there, I don't know...I just don't feel 'comfortable' there.
            If you are going to be picky, why NOT be picky with your own blog? Putting too much effort into one content hub is just NOT worth it.
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            • Profile picture of the author BillWynne
              Originally Posted by schttrj View Post

              If you are going to be picky, why NOT be picky with your own blog? Putting too much effort into one content hub is just NOT worth it.
              That is definitely the way I see it. Best to be in control of your content and build yourself a high PR site than make backlinks to someone else's site.

              Thanks
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              • Profile picture of the author schttrj
                Originally Posted by BillWynne View Post

                That is definitely the way I see it. Best to be in control of your content and build yourself a high PR site than make backlinks to someone else's site.

                Thanks
                It may take some time, money and effort to achieve that, but it's well worth it.
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      • Profile picture of the author rockerbelly
        I've been using Squidoo with lovely success. Haven't used HubPages yet so I cannot make a comparison. However, I think using both would deliver a bigger bang.
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    • Profile picture of the author Moondive
      I prefer Hubpages.I get some better ranking than Squidoo
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  • Profile picture of the author Jimmy Sun
    I like them both and use them more to link building rather than to drive traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author ambercoco
    I use both Hub pages and Squidoo, and have to agree Squidoo is easier to use. Hub pages is far picker about content and there are fewer options in terms of layout.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by ambercoco View Post

      I use both Hub pages and Squidoo, and have to agree Squidoo is easier to use. Hub pages is far picker about content and there are fewer options in terms of layout.
      Once again, the "picky" sites are going to be the ones that survive the long haul, especially when Google hammers down on low quality content yet again. Seriously, the garbage sites that manage to rank very high, are slowly being taken over my high quality, low authority sites.

      Besides, IM'ers are notorious for exploiting sites until they get slapped like Squidoo was...then, they complain that the site doesn't bring them traffic anymore because it looses traffic. Simple solution: work within each respective site's TOS, and don't try to game the system.

      "Picky" is good.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lyanna
    Squidoo is just more fun so it is what I use rather than Hubpages.
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  • Profile picture of the author ranbirsmartguy
    Squidoo and Hubpages both are good but i think Squidoo1st
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  • Profile picture of the author mysterrio
    Originally Posted by Giftys View Post

    Which have you guys had better results from regarding click through traffic?
    I have had luck with both! Squidoo first and hub pages second.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sylvia Meier
    If you are picky about the content you place on it, Google will still love it. I haven't done too much recently with Hubpages so I cannot comment on the level of traffic from there, but I do know that Squidoo, when set up properly, can offer some great traffic and search engine rankings to help you get your own money site moving up in the traffic department.

    Best wishes,
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    • Profile picture of the author BillWynne
      Originally Posted by Sylvia Rolfe View Post

      If you are picky about the content you place on it, Google will still love it. I haven't done too much recently with Hubpages so I cannot comment on the level of traffic from there, but I do know that Squidoo, when set up properly, can offer some great traffic and search engine rankings to help you get your own money site moving up in the traffic department.

      Best wishes,
      Sylvia
      Sylvia,
      You are suggesting Squidoo as a tool to get traffic to your money site, right?
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      • Profile picture of the author Sylvia Meier
        Originally Posted by BillWynne View Post

        Sylvia,
        You are suggesting Squidoo as a tool to get traffic to your money site, right?
        Sorry, I wasn't on the WF for a bit, yes I do mean using Squidoo as a tool to get traffic to my money sites. I build link wheels of sorts all pointing back to my money site. Works quite effectively (even post the last Google Algo. change.)

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    Both are free, do both.
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    Neither. Go for an exact match domain and rank it yourself. Squidoo, Hubpages, etc, are OK if they're not your primary source of income. But I'd still rather get a $3 .info domain, rank it, and not worry about what will happen if Google devalues these sites. (Which they have been doing lately.)
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  • Profile picture of the author onkelmicha
    I thinks hubpages are annoying as hell and they flag way too much stuff as spam its annoying. I really eally love to rank stuff with squidoo as it kickass for that purpose
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  • Profile picture of the author kjhosein
    Some more quantitative stats to consider in comparing the two:

    Alexa Rank (the lower the better):
    Hubpages: 177, Squidoo: 183

    Compete Rank (the lower the better):
    Hubpages: 72, Squidoo: 145

    Compete Unique Visitors:
    Hubpages: 14M, Squidoo: 8.5M

    Also, these numbers will probably gradually adjust down as Google's latest search algorithm updates take firmer hold.
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    • Profile picture of the author schttrj
      Originally Posted by Sylvia Rolfe View Post

      Sorry, I wasn't on the WF for a bit, yes I do mean using Squidoo as a tool to get traffic to my money sites. I build link wheels of sorts all pointing back to my money site. Works quite effectively (even post the last Google Algo. change.)

      Sylvia
      Yeah, link wheel works great if done right!

      Originally Posted by kjhosein View Post

      Some more quantitative stats to consider in comparing the two:

      Alexa Rank (the lower the better):
      Hubpages: 177, Squidoo: 183

      Compete Rank (the lower the better):
      Hubpages: 72, Squidoo: 145

      Compete Unique Visitors:
      Hubpages: 14M, Squidoo: 8.5M

      Also, these numbers will probably gradually adjust down as Google's latest search algorithm updates take firmer hold.
      Can you share the same between Ezinearticles and Hubpages?! Would like to know.
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  • Profile picture of the author aulia
    hubpages is suck !!!!

    they only allow 2 links for each post

    you can very easily get banned without any reason....

    just use squidoo mate
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  • Profile picture of the author mygold
    There are a lots of way to get more traffic but from my experience Squidoo is the better for any website. You can use it.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnwaugh123
    Squidoo is a user interface website which applied the concept of a lens as its primary feature. For example "Everyone's an Expert,"book Godin describes a lens as " light and us what we need to check." Lenses are much like blog posts, except they're on a single subject.
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  • Profile picture of the author TomBuck
    Hubpages have soo many rules now and half of my hubs have been taken down so I would definitely say squidoo.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesGw
    I haven't had any hubs taken down on Hubpages, so maybe you should make sure that your content is quality. If you want to put up hubs that don't offer valuable information, then they have no reason to keep you around. All of my hubs have affiliate links (sometimes several) and I've never had close to an issue.

    Also, Hubpages' author subdomains have seen my traffic recover to pre-Panda levels and maybe even higher. We'll see!
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick Vikus
    With Squidoo it's easier to control the look of the lens. I use Hubpages for supposedly high quality links back to my lenses.
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  • Profile picture of the author bidnessboi
    Gosh, I never got into Squidoo, but have always done hub pages. I maybe have 12 lenses, but Have well over 100 hubs which (prior to going to subdomains) averaged PR 2 and above. I guess my old backlinks are dead, but I will have to do some more.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesmiller
    What works for others might not also work for you, so better try both and see for yourself.
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  • Profile picture of the author dagaul101
    I think they both rank just about the same, recently Squidoo Lens and Hub Pages are getting a little more tough about the content of your lens/pages
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  • Profile picture of the author Sohel Parvez
    I preferSquidoo is best, as Hubpages has some problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author epathj
    Squidoo has fewer rules and dofollow backlinks
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    • Profile picture of the author bidnessboi
      Originally Posted by epathj View Post

      Squidoo has fewer rules and dofollow backlinks
      Hubpages is dofollow also.

      You just need a hubscore of 75 which is super easy to achieve.

      5 to 10 high quality posts and read some others blogs and leave some valuable comments and you will quickly be and stay at 75.
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  • Profile picture of the author summerfranken
    Both give more ctr depend upon your content.
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  • Profile picture of the author mahfuzakaniz
    Squidoo, every time when i searched in Google for any subject, in 1st page i got Squidoo article.

    so, Squidoo its better to get traffic!

    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author wzsolutions
    Both are much better, I use both.
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  • Profile picture of the author carolynccourtney
    I have been using Squidoo to good effect. HubPages not yet used, so you can not make a comparison. However, I think with so much to offer a bigger explosion.
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