Optimised Search for Squidoo
Searching for Squidoo lenses on a search engine can be a real pain sometimes, as the results are very often filled with non-content pages like tags. Finding the best groups for your lens to join can also be very tricky.
Here I provide two custom searches (by Google) that are optimised to only return the searches that you want to see. I have also included some tips on how to attract more traffic to your lens from search engines.
You can also search for lenses via the Squidoo Toolbar.
Lens Search
This search will only show Lenses,
without all the usual clutter
of groups, tags and topics.
Getting Search Traffic to Your Lens
If you are a lensmaster here at Squidoo, you'll probably be keen for your own lenses to appear in the Google search results too. Here is a brief checklist of what you need to do:
- Make sure your key phrase is in your title. Keep it to the point (between 4 and 8 words), and directly relevant to your content. A good title on your Introduction can also help.
- Your Primary Tag is important. It should not be the same as your title, and should be 2 or 3 words. Pick the key phrase that is most descriptive of your lens.
- Choose a good set of tags, like about 20 (the maximum is 40). All of them should be related to your lens, and based on phrases that you think people might search for.
- Lensroll your lens to other lenses that are about the same topic, both your own and other peoples.
- Get external links to your lenses from other websites. Do this by posting on forums (make good use of your signature), submitting to directories, and swapping links with other webmasters.
- Remember: Relevance is Key - keep your lens focused!
Group Search
This search will only show
Groups and HeadQuarters,
and nothing else.
More Advice on Groups
Here is some more guidance about which groups you should consider joining, and how to find suitable ones for your lenses.
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A Guide to Groups for Lensmasters
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Groups are collections of Lens, usually focused on a particular theme or interest. Groups are run by Groupmasters, to maintain and promote them. The are a large number of Groups on Squidoo now, so deciding which ones to join can be a difficult task,...
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Nov 23, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
- Hm, I'm a little confused. I didn't think tags had much if anything to do with search engine traffic, unless you mean just the Squidoo search engine. I thought Google, etc. just "look at" keywords in the lens content. I recently updated all my tags to include only those that come up green. Now I'm wondering if I misunderstood???
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- thefluffanutta thefluffanutta Nov 27, 2009 @ 7:38 am
- Here's an excellent post by GreekGeek that explains how tags work with search engines.
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Nov 22, 2009 @ 9:29 am
- So glad to hear that the group search still works, even after the transition. Thank you, Fluff!
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- taxanswers taxanswers Nov 4, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
- What a great help! Groups are so hard to find on squidoo, you have saved me so much time. Thank You!
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- Wednesday_Elf Wednesday_Elf Nov 3, 2009 @ 8:26 am
- Your Squidoo Lenses search tool is wonderful. I've put it on my toolbar for easy access. Thanks so much.
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- OnlyFunStuff OnlyFunStuff Oct 4, 2009 @ 1:03 am
- Great lens, very useful search boxes Thanks!
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- toenailfungusCure toenailfungusCure May 10, 2009 @ 8:28 pm
- Think about a needle in the rough! Thanks for answering my question without me even asking.
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- OhMe OhMe May 8, 2009 @ 7:47 am
- You always have the answers I am looking for. Thank you
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- Temp_Girl Temp_Girl Apr 18, 2009 @ 10:30 pm
- I echo what Brian just said -- the "search" problem was looming large for me, as key words didn't seem to do the trick. THANK YOU!!!!!
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- Brain_Washer Brain_Washer Apr 16, 2009 @ 8:03 am
- Thank you. You really solved a big need - to search Squidoo groups.
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