Lens Promotion FAQ

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Have a question about SEO or promotion?

SEO and promotion is a biiiiig topic among lensmasters. This lens won't answer all your questions about where and how, but it will answer some basic questions about policies and procedures, as well as the most frequently asked questions about search engines and linking.

If you were directed here by Tisha, our awesome bug sorter outer, and you still weren't able to find an answer, reply to Tisha's email, and she'll take a further look.

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I'm not indexed with Google...what's up with that? 

Contrary to popular belief, Squidoo doesn't have a secret partnership with or any knowledge about how Google runs their search engine business. We wish! We're out there, the same as anyone who puts up a website, constantly trying to do the best by Google and give them what they're looking for. Of course, we can only offer you the tools to do it. Each lensmaster has to use them effectively in order for them to work. And even then, it's always up to Google, Yahoo!, AltaVista, or whoever, to decide what rules they want to play by.

Our best suggestion is to do what we would do. Create great lenses. Update them frequently. Be passionate, original, and genuine. Think outside the box (search engines). Do something that will make people want to come to your lens and read it and buy something whether or not they find it in a search engine. And good things will come to you.

Why are my traffic stats decreasing? 

Does the visitor stats in your Dashboard seem to be going backwards? Worried about losing Page Views? Don't be concerned, it's a "7 day rolling window."

It is showing how many visitors you've had in the last week. So the totals may go up or down based on the total sum of the seven days.

So what traffic you got 7 days ago, will drop off when tomorrows traffic is added, as the numbers will likely vary. If for whatever reason you had a tremendous traffic spike, then the drop will be just as spectacular.

It's nothing to fret over, it's just a quick look at your traffic for the past week. To see what you got today, yesterday, the last 30 days and for the life of the lens you can go into the Advanced Stats for each lens (by clicking on the Stats for the corresponding lens).

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Help with Tags 

Tags are keywords and phrases that are relevant to the topic of your lens, and can help readers find your lens. Here are our most helpful lenses on defining and using tags.

Still not finding the answer? 

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