How To Squidoo For More Traffic
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Squidoo is a publishing platform that allows its users to create pages on all kind of topics. These pages are called lenses.
Squidoo matters, because it is a totally free tool that you can use to promote your website(s), yourself, your own products or affiliate products.
The most important aspect of Squidoo is that it’s updated so often that Google LOVES the site. Fresh content every second. And that’s why big G indexes Squidoo lenses very fast.
That’s the main reason this site is so popular. On their home page, Squidoo says:
Share what you care about. Get found. Get followed. Get influential
Actually, Squidoo operates as a traffic generator when you use the right keywords. To use Squidoo as such, you’d better use it well.
Therefore I have listed 8 great tips on how to Squidoo below.
- Make sure your page on Squidoo looks its absolute best. A polished page gets more results.
- Don’t be afraid to promote and market your business and website through your profile or content.
- Use the Flickr module to incorporate cool photos. Visually appealing lenses and modules typically have the most success.
- Use tags to your advantage, and do so by making the most effective tags possible using powerful wording and linking to the best sites that will get you real results.
- Find your voice on Squidoo. Think about who you are and what you’re trying to accomplish. Brainstorm some content ideas and think about your plans in advance before setting up your profile and lenses.
- Update your profile to allow people to contact you so that you are available to your customers, potential clients, and anyone who wants to ask you something. Being accessible is a great way to gain a good reputation.
- Edit your modules so they are not just the ones generated from Squidoo. Tailor them to each lens, so it looks more through and professional.
- Don’t forget that spam is NOT welcome on Squidoo, and your account could be cancelled if you spam. Find out about their guidelines before publishing anything.
There you have it. Eight quick tips on how to Squidoo.
But that’s not all. I even have another 40 tips to generate more traffic from Squidoo.
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If you’re not familiar with Squidoo, these tactics will short-cut your success! Implement any of these tactics to see bigger results!
After reading these 50 high-powered Squidoo tactics let me know what you think about them.
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very good write up I’ve wondered about squidoo for a long time know, just never got around to exploring it. I subscribe to get more info. I think I’ll move squidoo up on the list of things to do. thanks for the write up.
Moving Squidoo to the top of your to-do list may be a wise thing to do.
It has the same effect as submitting articles that link back to your site, only Squidoo links are there to stay.
I have found Squidoo to be very strong in Google. I have some PR3 lens with little off-page SEO. Good for link juice to the sites I am trying to promote. Plus, one can make some money with Squidoo- a double win with SEO help and money.
I agree on the link juice part. Didn’t make too much money though, and gave it away, since that wasn’t my objective.
Social media is best for gaining the traffic, Its true if you are willing for the extra traffic for your site, squidoo could be the best option for it.
I’ve not use Squidoo but I’ve been hearing for a while that it makes a great traffic source if you’re looking to get into affiliate marketing.
I’m hoping to get into affiliate marketing this year so will be looking at free options like Squidoo to drive traffic.
Well, let us know if you have any results Steven.
Would be very surprised if you haven’t.
Case
I have some squidoo lens and the points you raised above make me want to go back and ‘touch them up’ … what are your views on updating squidoo lenses.
If I wanted to add more keywords etc to an old lens and direct the keywords back to my blog, is that going to be picked up as extra juice for my blog or would it make any difference.
Thank you
AnneMarie
Hi AnneMarie,
My experience with updating Squidoo lenses are good.
Everytime you update a lens, it get’s more exposure, both from visitors as well as from Google and Squidoo itself.
As for link juice, it’s not so much just ONE social site, but the combination of several.
For instance, I use Squidoo and Blogger in combination with Google Alerts to send content to both and have them link to my niche sites.
Creating such a circle is powerful. You could even add Hubpages and WordPress.com.
I get some nice traffic from Squidoo. It is one of those methods that you focus on for a while, then forget about – but then it starts showing up in your traffic stats!
http://www.buildthatlist.com
I have been debating on adding Squidoo to my (so-called) marketing campaign. The only thing holding me back is the writing – I’m not too fond of writing more than a paragraph or two. Do you know if there is a market for Squidoo freelance writers?
Tiffany Dow is a master at the topic.
http://www.tiffanydow.com/
I’ve been active on Squidoo for a few years and can attest to its value as a way of not only promoting external sites, but simply making residual income from the Squidoo lenses.
It’s amazing that Squidoo founder Seth Godin originally only saw Squidoo as a way to provide lists of links. Thankfully its evolved into much, much more!
Your lens that has a PR of 5 and some others I saw with good PR proves enough Shea. Seems you’re successful at Squidoo.
I noticed you use Amazon to monetize them. Any other means of making money?
This is what makes the web cool: people sharing what they know in a straightforward, linear manner. I’ve been wanting to maximize my backlinking with Web 2.0 properties but I was not sure if my efforts would be worthwhile. After reading this article, I think it will. Thanks for the specifics too in this post.
Regards,
Glenn R.