How To Promote Your Squidoo Lens

Squid Top

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Blogger.Com

This is probably the most popular blogging site fo more...6 points

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WordPress.Com

I love WordPress blogs; they are fun to use. I hav more...6 points

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Live Journal

Very popular blogging and networking site that giv more...2 points

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Journal Space

This is another blogging and networking site where more...0 points

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Xanga

Perfect backlinks when you write about your Squido more...0 points

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Blogster

Blogster is a virtual community built and inhabite more...0 points

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Thoughts.com

Create a Free Blog and online journal site at Thou more...0 points

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Expert Blogging Advice Helping Bloggers Succeed

Posterous

A place to post anything. You can post to this blo more...0 points

Lensmastery by Linda

... this is my Squidoo blog at SquidTop.Com

My focus in this blog is to publish short articles that will inspire and help other lensmasters.

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Comment on Other People's Blogs

...you CAN get some good link backs.

Most blogs are set not to allow backlinks, because they have that terrible "nofollow" attribute in the link tags, automatically.

A lot of bloggers have installed plugins that remove the 'nofollow' attribute. These are called 'dofollow' blogs. On those blogs you can comment and put in your link, and that will count as a backlink through Google.

All my blogs are set to be 'dofollow' blogs, and I check them every morning to make sure nobody is abusing the privilege by posting spammy looking and off topic comments.

Here's a list of do-follow blogs:

Big Money List: No follow, Do follow, I follow, and No-no follow Blogs: A list of 'dofollow' blogs.

Professional Blogging

To blog effectively, and to get the attention your blog deserves, study the work of Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett.. the professionals.

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

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Squidoo Lenses About Blogging

...improve your blogging skills...

Blogging has evolved to new standards of professionalism, and we must evolve to meet the challenge of competing with the best. I've been blogging since 2001. I've studied the experts extensively and have lots of information and links to share with yo...

Start a FREE Website With Links to Your Squidoo Lenses

Just like with blogging, you can start static websites that link back to your Squidoo lenses. As an example, I just started one at Celebration of Life (Google Pages). It was very easy to make and if you know nothing about web design this is perfect for you.

I just started this list and will add to it as I explore sites where you can build free websites.

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Google Pages

You can get a free site at Google Pages - and thes more...0 points

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Freewebs.com

Make a website in minutes with simple tools for in more...0 points

Social Bookmarking Sites

When you participate in a social bookmarking community, take advantage of any social interaction available, such as the groups on StumbleUpon.

When using any of these sites it is helpful to know if they give good backlinks, or if they are useful only for promotion. You can know by looking at the source code for each page where your links appear. To look at the source code, right-click on a page, then choose "view page source" if you're using Firefox, or "view source" if you're an Internet Explorer user.

If you see your link in the source code and it has this tag: rel="nofollow" - then the search engines will not count it as a backlink.

Another thing some sites do is to cloak the links with a secondary URL, and of course this too will not count as a backlink.

To see that dynamic in action, check out a MySpace profile page. There you'll see that links are cloaked. Now compare with the MySpace blog, where links posted have perfect backlinks. If you use MySpace for promoting your lenses, put links to your lenses in the blog, not on the profile page.

Check all these sites for the quality of backlinks, and then place your links where they'll do the most good.

I will be testing each site and will post my findings along with each link. This research will take a while, and will be ongoing for months to come.

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StumbleUpon

Is StumbleUpon blocking Squidoo sites? I stumbled more...5 points

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Digg

On the profile page there's a place to add your pe more...4 points

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Reddit

Also tagged 'nofollow'. I can't see why putting li more...1 point

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Faves

Links tagged 'nofollow' so no good for SEO backlin more...1 point

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Tagfoot

Great linking and social opportunities.1 point

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Fast and Easy Social Bookmarking|Social Bookmarking tools

del.icio.us

Links tagged 'nofollow' so the search engines will more...0 points

Social Bookmarking - Expert Advice!

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Articles to help you understand social bookmarking sites

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More about social bookmarking and the nofollow tag

Great lenses here... to show you where to place your links.

97 Social Bookmarking Sites with Google PageRank

Social bookmarking is a great way to save pages you like and help others find articles, blog posts, lenses and sites you create. But what sites should you use? This list of bookmarking services can help you decide.

DoFollow: Increase Your Backlinks with DoFollow Sites

The DoFollow revolution embraces the sharing of link juice going out to other sites. Learn more about DoFollow, where you can get listed on DoFollow sites, and what it means to you as a webmaster and link builder!

Social Media Marketing

A Step-by-Step Guide to Social Media Marketing and Web 2.0 Optimization

by: Deltina Hay

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 07/05/2009)

From Gaping Void

Web 2.0 Sites

I'm going to separate Web 2.0 sites from Social Bookmarking sites. Social Bookmarking is a form of community link sharing, whereas Web 2.0 sites in this list include what we call "social media" and "web communities".

Read the notes I've written on each site. I've done the research to find out whether or not these sites are good for creating backlinks to your lenses, blogs, and articles.

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Hover Spot

Excellent backlinks on the profile page. No cloaking of links like you'll see on Bebo and MySpace profiles.2 points

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My Space

You can get good backlinks by putting your lens links in your MySpace BLOG. The profile pages cloak links so backlinks aren't possible.2 points

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Gather

Gather is a place to connect with people by sharing articles, videos, and photos. You can place your link in any article you write there for good back...2 points

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Encore: Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life

For older people; great backlinks can be added to your profile.1 point

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FriendFeed - my favorite!!

Perfect backlinks when you add your Squidoo feed from Squidutils.com to FriendFeed.1 point

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Eons: Lovin' life on the flip side...

A site for older people, with great backlink potential on the profile page. I'm not sure if links would be welcome elsewhere. Experiment!1 point

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wis.dm

Excellent backlink opportunity on the profile page.1 point

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Utterz

Great backlinks. Go for it!1 point

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Good Reads

A fun site for booklovers where the links are blessed as perfect backlinks worthy of pursuing. I've already listed a few of my Squidoo book lenses her...1 point

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Bebo

Not good for backlinking, but still you can establish a presence and post your links. Perhaps someone you connect with there will check out your links...0 points

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Facebook

Useless! So far as I can see, all links are cloaked or tagged 'nofollow'. I'll keep researching this.0 points

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Ryze business networking

This is a professional networking site. You can add your Squidoo links to your profile for good backlinks.0 points

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About Us - Website Directory

Great backlinks on profile pages.0 points

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Zimbio - Online Magazines

Worthless for backlinks - you get one live link on your profile, but that one is cloaked. Do yourself a favor and don't bother with this one.0 points

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AuthorsDen

Links are cloaked on profile pages, and not allowed in the blog. Useless!0 points

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Alumni Net

There's room for only one link on your profile, but it is a perfect backlink. I put in my lensography link.0 points

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LinkedIn: Relationships Matter

Profile page links are cloaked; there may be other linking opportunities on the site I'm not aware of yet.0 points

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Zenzuu

Based on MySpace and Facebook, Zenzuu offers one big difference...it plans on sharing ad revenue with its members. It's been in testing or "Beta" phas...0 points

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Stumpedia

A human-powered directory. Place your links here and interact with others registered at the site. Excellent backlinks.0 points

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How To Use Friend Feed

Tagfoot

Fascinating new site... great backlinks. At this time, still in beta, so you might need an invitation to participate.0 points

Market Your Lens Via Web 2.0 Sites

Plug Your Business! Marketing on MySpace, YouTube, blogs and podcasts and other Web 2.0 social networks

by: Steve Weber

Amazon Price: $17.05 (as of 07/05/2009)

Friend Feed

I'm so enthusiastic about FriendFeed that I've created a lens to show you how to use it for full potential.

Friend Feed is a Web 2.0 feed amalgamation site that allows you and others to comment on your online activities. There's an easy registration. You log on, add as many feeds as you'd like, then connect with your friends. With FriendFeed you can find...

Stumpedia

These lenses are about that great new human-powered directory, Stumpedia. It is easy to use - just add your lenses and any other sites you love, then vote sites up or down. Great fun, and a way to connect with other lensmasters.

Stumpedia.com

If you haven't heard of human powered search engine, Stumpedia, you might want to give it a whirl. It is essentially a human-powered search engine with a social aspect to it. In other words, Stumpedia allows content producers to submit and profit fro...

Stumpedia - The Search Engine

There's a new kid on the search engine block called Stumpedia. It's unique approach is that it is a human powered search engine which allows users to submit sites along with matching keywords and phrases, which can then be rated and ranked by its own...

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How To MySpace

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Top Blogs Following Web 2.0

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Add Your Profile - Make New Friends

Social Bookmarking; Web 2.0; Squidoo - All great new ways to promote your content. Squidoo Lensmasters love to promote their lenses with these sites. Use this site to Add Your Profile address and find other lensmasters profiles on the respective book...

Social Bookmarking, Networking, News and Content Sites

The arrival of Web 2.0 has transformed the online marketing landscape dramatically. Small and medium sized businesses can now compete on a level playing field with big branded businesses and websites. With Web 2.0 you can market your products on so...

Tagfoot

I'm not sure if it's the bastard child of Digg and HubPages or the lovechild of Del.icio.us and Squidoo. But it's hot, it's happening and it's HERE.

Promote your site on Craigslist

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Use RSS to Send Emails to Lens Visitors

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Offer Email Subscriptions to Your SquidCasts

This tutorial shows how to set up a subscription service so your Squidoo lens visitors can receive your SquidCasts in email. If you're not a member of Squidoo yet, please join. Subscribe to get notifications of my lens updates by email. Note: This...

RSS Feeds Provide Automatic Backlinks

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Understanding RSS

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How To Get Deep Links with RSS Feeds

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Seven Of The Best Uses For RSS Feeds

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Submit URL: Squidoo Lens Promotion

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Articles and sites that can help you create and promote your Squidoo lens

Lensmastery by Linda: My Squidoo tips.
bdkz's: Best Squidoo How-To Directory Ever: I'm Lensmaster bdkz and I have been creating lenses on Squidoo Since Feb. 2007.
101 ways to get more traffic: Post from Squid-U.
How To Find Lenses and Groups on 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
SEO Dictionary: SEO Dictionary offers brief and clear descriptions of all relevant technical terms in the field of Search Engine Marketing & Optimization.
The Squidoo Answer Deck Headquarters: Lots of links to information about how to create better lenses.
How to Promote Your Lenses Without Being Labeled a Spammer | Squidüber: Quality triumphs over outrageous sales tricks.
Relationships and Online Social Networks: The Value of Sites Like Twitter and Plurk: Why are some friendships short and fleeting while others may last for an entire lifetime? Apart from personality differences and many other reasons,
The Lensmaster Lounge / stumbleupon, del.icio.us, rollyo, YouTube, Flickr, etc.: Lens promotion ideas at Squid-U.
20 Hard Core SEO Tips: For those of you loyal readers who wish I would just take a break from the theoretical musings, here is the type of list of SEO tips I rarely give out.
Search Engine Optimization Tutorials - at Spider-Food.net: Forums and Tutorials: search engine optimization - SEO
How I Went From A 50,000 Rank To Under 2000 In 3 Days: In early July 2008 I had taken a brand new lens and brought it from a 50,000 rank to under 2000 in 3 days(It is now a week and a half later and it is ranked 802 of all of Squidoo). I've learned many lessons from many sources mostly on the Squidoo site itself! I've learned a valuable lesson from a ve
Squidoo HQ: Tips for using Squidoo.
How to Get Backlinks | Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories: Getting Backlinks to rank your website....I can't think of anything more time consuming, frustrating, and boring than having to spend the time necessary
SEO Theory and Analysis Blog: Algorithm analysis, Web community relationship analysis, SEO practices and techniques, industry news, etc.

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monarch13 wrote...

Thank you so much for my Blessing! You are featured on "Angels who Touched My Life and Lenses". Thank You Again!

Posted June 29, 2009

rmyskd wrote...

Golden information!!! Thanks for sharing.

Posted June 26, 2009

LindaJM wrote...

in reply to renee22093 Sorry to say, that site (Mixx) banned SquidXX because the Squidoo lensmasters were too prolific, I guess. Anyhow, thanks for reminding me to take that site out of this page.

Posted June 21, 2009

renee22093 wrote...

Really great lens! I signed up for suidxx but when I tried to submit my lenses it said that URL is not valid in their system...what the heck? Any tips on what I'm doing wrong?

Posted June 21, 2009

StephenC wrote...

Enjoyed the lens, good tips, gotta try some! Thanks!

Posted June 17, 2009

spirituality wrote...

These days myspace links too are redirected - so don't count as backlinks in google. Otherwise, good overview of the webspace :) blessed :)

Posted June 16, 2009