Squidoo for traffic?

14 years ago

I think it is a good backlink, just not as powerful as it once was...

Kristie from Georgia

One of my Squidoo lenses still ranks and makes me money regularly.

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JeffTaylor 14 years ago

Originally Posted by luane

I think it is a good backlink, just not as powerful as it once was...

Kristie from Georgia

One of my Squidoo lenses still ranks and makes me money regularly.

So to get my backlink I just need to embed the link to my blog somehwere within the lens?
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brunom

14 years ago

There are other options which work better in my opinion, but there's still people driving some decent amount of traffic from Squidoo.

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JeffTaylor

14 years ago

Originally Posted by brunom

There are other options which work better in my opinion, but there's still people driving some decent amount of traffic from Squidoo.

What are a few of these other options?

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brunom

14 years ago

Originally Posted by JeffTaylor

What are a few of these other options?

I mixture of several Web 2.0's (Squidoo, Blogger, Hubpages) and article marketing with Ezine Articles, Go Articles and Articles Base.

I believe that one from each of these if better than 10 separate squidoo lenses. With the added effect of getting more link power from them.

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by brunom

I mixture of several Web 2.0's (Squidoo, Blogger, Hubpages) and article marketing with Ezine Articles, Go Articles and Articles Base.

I believe that one from each of these if better than 10 separate squidoo lenses. With the added effect of getting more link power from them.

I'm not seeing how the non context relevant PR0 backlinks you would get from an article directly would be helpful at all. You'll get just as much mileage by not posting the article at all if backlink juice is what you're after.

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brunom

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Joe Robinson

I'm not seeing how the non context relevant PR0 backlinks you would get from an article directly would be helpful at all. You'll get just as much mileage by not posting the article at all if backlink juice is what you're after.

The main question here was Squidoo for traffic and article directories have that.

The backlink is important in a way that variation is something extremely important right now with the latest updates, the way I see it, the more varied your sources are, the better.

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by brunom

The main question here was Squidoo for traffic and article directories have that.

The backlink is important in a way that variation is something extremely important right now with the latest updates, the way I see it, the more varied your sources are, the better.

If you're counting on article directories for their traffic you are just as dead in the water as you would be counting on them for their backlinks. Outside of publishers who are looking to syndicate your work, article directory traffic is horrible. There is a sickening number of ways for them to leave your article while never even seeing your resource box, let alone clicking through it. Posting on your own site would be much better.

Anyone who seriously thinks posting to directories for their traffic (oh, which has been way down since last year's Panda update anyways) will consistently find themselves wondering why their business is not getting off of the ground.

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Alexa Smith Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by brunom

The main question here was Squidoo for traffic and article directories have that.

They don't; not worth talking about.

And nobody should be trying to get traffic to their site from an article directory (), for all the reasons explained in this post: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5075780

Brunom, as we were trying to explain to your earlier today, you've misunderstood entirely how article directories work, what their purpose is, and what "duplicate content" is. This post will help you, if you read it instead of regurgitating this misinformation: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6152725

Originally Posted by brunom

the way I see it, the more varied your sources are, the better.

Then you see it differently from (a) Google, and (b) those of us who are making a living and building real, asset-based businesses from this.

Like many people, since I shifted from the "mass backlinking approaches" (which I used to do ) to not caring, and just allowing other people to link to my sites by syndicating my articles on relevant sites, I've actually done far better for off-page SEO. The people promoting this sort of nonsense often try to justify it on the spurious and fallacious grounds of "link diversity", a confabulated and pretty meaningless excuse for the inclusion of desperately poor quality backlinks of no real value at all.

Originally Posted by brunom

you can have long tail keywords more easily ranked on Ezine than your own website.

I'm not even sure this was true three years ago, but it's definitely not true now. And nobody who knew what they were doing would ever want to do that, anyway! Why build someone else's website, from which you lose most of the potential traffic, rather than your own?!

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872
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jasono

14 years ago

You can also do article directory marketing for syndication. Another way of driving targeted traffic.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by JeffTaylor

Is creating a squidoo lens still a decent way to drive traffic to a blog or squeeze page?

Hi Jeff,

It's a possible way, but you couldn't really call it a "decent" or "wise" one, IMHO. The alternatives are better, easier and far safer. Squidoo gives you nothing that you can't get for yourself, safely and securely, elsewhere.

I think that for a free version of a "subsidiary site traffic generator", you're actually far better off with your own self-hosted Wordpress blog (even on a reliable free host like byethost or 000webhost, if you don't want to pay anything for it).
That way, you own and control the site yourself.

You'll never be subject to Squidoo's increasingly ridiculous and ever-changeable terms of service, nor their idiosyncratic and inconsistent interpretations of them!

The sites to avoid, for these problems, include Squidoo, Blogger, Wordpress.com and HubPages.

Just take a look through these eight recent threads about Squidoo. There's a lot of information here. See if these perhaps change your outlook a little and explain why so many of us who used to use Squidoo for the purpose you're asking about no longer do so.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...y-website.html
Too Much Advertising on Squidoo??
Is Squidoo still okay to post article to?
How to subtly advertise on Squidoo and Hubpages?
How do I Use Squidoo Effectively?
Advice on Squidoo
What's the value of a Squidoo Lens?
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6105586

Above all, don't confuse "Web 2.0 sites" with "article directories". You can't realistically use them for the same purpose because their rules and regulations, purposes and functions, policies and procedures, and content requirements are completely different. Article directories don't require previously unpublished content (and it would make no sense to publish any in them). Some Web 2.0 sites do. Confusion on these points is common (including, apparently, among some of the replies above!) and it helps to appreciate clearly that "article directories" and "article submission sites" aren't the same thing at all, and they serve entirely different purposes and functions for your business.

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JeffTaylor

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Hi Jeff,

It's a possible way, but you couldn't really call it a "decent" or "wise" one, IMHO. The alternatives are better, easier and far safer. Squidoo gives you nothing that you can't get for yourself, safely and securely, elsewhere.

I think that for a free version of a "subsidiary site traffic generator", you're actually far better off with your own self-hosted Wordpress blog (even on a reliable free host like byethost or 000webhost, if you don't want to pay anything for it).
That way, you own and control the site yourself.

You'll never be subject to Squidoo's increasingly ridiculous and ever-changeable terms of service, nor their idiosyncratic and inconsistent interpretations of them!

The sites to avoid, for these problems, include Squidoo, Blogger, Wordpress.com and HubPages.

Just take a look through these eight recent threads about Squidoo. There's a lot of information here. See if these perhaps change your outlook a little and explain why so many of us who used to use Squidoo for the purpose you're asking about no longer do so.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...y-website.html
Too Much Advertising on Squidoo??
Is Squidoo still okay to post article to?
How to subtly advertise on Squidoo and Hubpages?
How do I Use Squidoo Effectively?
Advice on Squidoo
What's the value of a Squidoo Lens?
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6105586

Above all, don't confuse "Web 2.0 sites" with "article directories". You can't realistically use them for the same purpose because their rules and regulations, purposes and functions, policies and procedures, and content requirements are completely different. Article directories don't require previously unpublished content (and it would make no sense to publish any in them). Some Web 2.0 sites do. Confusion on these points is common (including, apparently, among some of the replies above!) and it helps to appreciate clearly that "article directories" and "article submission sites" aren't the same thing at all, and they serve entirely different purposes and functions for your business.

Hi Alexa

I just wanted to take the time to properly thank you.

You have replied to a few of my threads lately, and your posts have by far been the most informative and helpful.

I am very new to internet marketing in general. So I can use all of the help I can get.

I am taking a course with Alex Jeffreys that is pretty indepth and is helping me understand a lot about building a list and selling products with a good backend setup.

I have recently set up my blog and created a couple of posts and even made a video. I am getting really good feedback from the little bit of traffic I actually get.

I am being told that it stands out and is different, but in a good way.

I have never done any writing before in my life until now and see it as a chore, but when I really decide to sit down and do it I find myself enjoying the task.

If you get a chance, I would greatly appreciate you checking it out and letting me know what you think.

you can find the link in my sig

thanks,
Jeff

Also, I am kinda confused on whether I should be driving traffic to my blog and then to my squeeze page or directly to my squeeze page.
I have been trying to get the masses to my blog so that they could have a chance to "get to know me" instead of just sending them right to a sales funnel , but maybe that is not the proper way to go about it.

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Alexa Smith Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by JeffTaylor

If you get a chance, I would greatly appreciate you checking it out and letting me know what you think.

No problem - thank you. Will get back to you by p.m.
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Alessandro Zamboni

14 years ago

Hi Jeff Taylor, after the Google panda update Squidoo has lost a bit of its power, but it still works. There's just a consideration to do, because in last times Squidoo operated a big change on all the old Lens not updated by a lot of time.

Squidoo made every backlink of that Lens as a nofollow, so there's no way of gaining a backlinks. If you decide to make a Lens, you have to know you must keep it active, posting news, answering people comments, or adding new reviews. Only in this way you can get a good backlink and good sales from your Lens.

See you soon,
Alessandro Zamboni

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clever7

14 years ago

Squidoo works for you when you create many quality lenses and you become a Giant Squid. Then, you have many advantages, and you are protected. Many of my lenses send regular traffic to my websites.

Squidoo can help you get traffic if you’ll get involved with the Squidoo community and you’ll regularly visit the Squidu forum, and leave comments in other lenses. Google gives you the advantage to have a new Squidoo lens appearing at the first page for two – three weeks if it is getting some traffic and it is a new creation.

If you'll create many quality lenses, you’ll be glad with the passive income you’ll build. It’s nice to be paid every month, and you may also sell various affiliate products thanks to your lenses, especially Amazon products, besides promoting your blog.

Click on Add modules, and select ‘RSS feed add your blog’.

Fill the form. If your URL is not accepted, simply copy and paste it again, click on Save and then your blog posts will appear at your lens. Do the same in all your lenses, and add also the module My Lenses, promoting your previous creations in the end of each lens.

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brunom

14 years ago

From what I've seen, if your keywords have lot enough competition, you can have long tail keywords more easily ranked on Ezine than your own website.

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Joseph Robinson Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by brunom

From what I've seen, if your keywords have lot enough competition, you can have long tail keywords more easily ranked on Ezine than your own website.

If your article on a directory is outranking the same article on your own site, something has gone horribly wrong. How does one even manage that outside of publishing to a directory first (and thus giving them primary indexation rights)?

Also, if a directory article is outranking your competition, then they aren't competition at all. Get things together on your site, and hop over them with no problem.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Joe Robinson
  
  If your article on a directory is outranking the same article on your own site, something has gone horribly wrong.
  
  This.
  
  Horribly, horribly wrong.
  
  And I know exactly what's gone wrong, for you to think that, Brunom: it was made very clear in this conversation earlier today.
  
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OmarNegron

14 years ago

I really think that it depends on what the squidoo lens subject you make is about.

If it is something that's popular and the keywords get searches, then there is no reason why you shouldn't get traffic.

Though if it is some dull and boring topic, don't expect much action.

-Omar