The Best Lenses on Squidoo that Never Made It
Ranked #4,636 in Squidoo Community, #312,496 overall
Lenses that Deserve More Attention on Squidoo
You've put in the time, you have the knowledge, there's pictures, there's videos, there's fun stuff that you're selling, it's easy to read, it's helpful, and it's keywords are all in check. You've poured your heart into this lens. You're lens is published! You wait anxiously for the lens rank to improve and for Google visitors to find your lens...but that day never comes! Sometimes a lens just won't receive the attention you think it should. Here, you can showcase those works of art that you've worked hard at!
Submit your lens to this lens by leaving a Guestbook entry along with a link to the lens, as long as it isn't performing well and is a masterpiece lens!
Why Did the Lens do so Poorly?
Reasons why your Squidoo lens might be suffering...

Now that you've created a lens, you've promoted it, you've waited, and revised it, why hasn't it been performing they way you had hoped? Before you get discouraged, you may want to take a look at some other high-ranked lenses for some inspiration. Are they using lots of cool polaroid modules? Do they put in useful links? Do they have lots of good lenses? Are the lenses short or long? Do they sell products through the Amazon, eBay or CafePress modules? Are they giving personal recommendations about products they sell on the lens?
If it's beyond the shadow of a doubt that your lens is just being plain old avoided, maybe your subject matter is boring...or maybe you have way too much competition! It could be that your lens is just one page of thousands on the web on the same subject. Or, you could've dug yourself too deep into a niche. Niches are great, but is anyone looking for it?

Lastly, maybe your keywords are affecting your lens. What is your lens about? You should try to find as many words that are relevant to what your lens is about, and include those words. People search in a number of different ways...and just because your tags say what your lens is about, that doesn't mean the search engines necessarily believe it...they want to see it in the lens as well!
Keywords & Tagging
Your lens might just need some good keywords and tags to increase its search engine friendliness. MrLewisSmile has written the perfect tutorial lens on tagging & traffic here.
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Ten Things you can do to Improve your Lens Right Now...
Improve your lens, its Google traffic, and get it noticed!
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Edit your lens and make sure all of the module titles and subtitles have been correctly filled out. No generic default titles. Take advantage of the subtitles, and be sure keywords are used in your titles.
- Add a new introduction picture with a file name that is appropriate to the lens theme. Separate words with an underscore. Make the picture interesting!
- Edit your lens tags and make sure they aren't too specific. A tag like "purple pillow couch accessories" is much too specific. A better tag would be "couches," or "couch," "pillow," "living room," or "sofa." Squidoo is big, but not big like Google. These tags help users search within Squidoo, so the chances of someone looking for purple pillow couch accessories is just about zero, so keep it broad!
- Ask for critique in the critique me forum on SquidU. This helps enormously, and other lensmasters are always there to lend some help.
- Link your lens to your other lenses. Does your lens fall into a theme that other fits in with other lenses? You should be linking them all together! The featured lenses module is my personal favorite.
- Submit your lens to Digg. If your lens isn't being found by Google, Digg is a great place to be found. Even if it doesn't make the first page, Google will most likely find it here.
- Let your lens be social! There are infinite social networks to share your lens. Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, StumbleUpon...there are hundreds of these sites that can bring traffic to your lens. Don't be spammy, be social, and tell people about your lenses on occasion and you'll be rewarded back with traffic.
- Keep adding content. Google loves new and fresh content. If you've recently updated your lens and still aren't getting traffic, update it again, and SquidCast it. Add new information and modules every time, and eventually, Google will most likely notice.
- Get backlinks to your lens. Backlinks will not only provide traffic, but bump you up in Google searches. Nothing brings in traffic like a good Google search, so get out there and blog your lens, leave (worthwhile) comments on dofollow blogs with your lens URL, join some Squidoo groups, and get some links!
- Know when to split it up. Maybe your lens has too much information and it needs to be more focused. You may need to split your lens into a series of lenses. Link them all together and get traffic flowing back and forth. Repeat steps 1-9 for the new lenses!

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Go Ahead, Admit it!
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Have a great lens that should be featured here? Tell us about it!
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Momsbusy247 Nov 28, 2010 @ 11:36 pm | delete
- This was fun and yet informative. Thank you for sharing
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sword42
Jan 31, 2010 @ 11:51 am | delete
- The best lens i have ever read ....Brilliant .Well done
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TimArends Jan 11, 2010 @ 11:39 am | delete
- Good tip to "know when to split up." Many lensmasters probably struggle to think up lens topics, but looking at their current lenses may suggest many more. For example my lens on "How to digitize your LPs" may have a spinoff of "Working with iTunes."
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Pukeko
Jan 9, 2010 @ 8:59 pm | delete
- Great Squidoo tips and thanks for the back link opportunities.
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theraggededge
Jan 9, 2010 @ 1:44 pm | delete
- I need to re-read and apply! I have quite a few which have sunk to the bottom without trace. Great info here. Thanks.
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divacratus
Dec 29, 2009 @ 2:22 pm | delete
- Thanks for the much needed info! You did give a lot of useful tips here.
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grannysage
Dec 26, 2009 @ 3:56 pm | delete
- Thanks for the opportunity to add our lenses. Lensrank is such a peculiar thing. I have a lens that once was in the first tier that slid down to near the bottom, for no reason that I can see, except that interests change. Then there are those that never seem to be noticed. I'm going to favorite this so I can come back and try to visit the other lenses on the lists.
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KimGiancaterino Dec 20, 2009 @ 6:27 pm | delete
- Thanks for mentioning my Monkees lens. I could add plenty of duds to your list. Congratulations on your purple star. Blessings to you!
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_Joan_
Dec 19, 2009 @ 9:10 pm | delete
- Neat idea! About once a week I do a blog post where I feature a couple of people's very-lowest-ranked lenses (if I like the lens).
The one I added to your plexo is not my lowest-ranked, but one that I think is worthy of more attention -- my review of Dr. Strangelove. http://www.squidoo.com/we-love-dr--strangelove
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CoolFoto
Dec 19, 2009 @ 8:15 pm | delete
- Congrats on purple star. 5* from me, too.
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stargazer00
Dec 9, 2009 @ 1:29 am | delete
- Enjoyed reading this. Need to come back here and study!
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WindyWinters
Sep 22, 2009 @ 11:14 am | delete
- Great Lens with Great Info. Bombs Away! :)
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Webcodes
Feb 24, 2009 @ 11:02 am | delete
- Enjoyed the read. I know there are lots of great lenses that definitely deserve more attention. Sometimes it's funny how a lens that is half baked will turn out so well while a fully baked one no one wants to bite on. 5*, thanks for visiting my Napa lens and featuring it in your blog!
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dustytoes
Feb 19, 2009 @ 11:03 am | delete
- Thanks for doing this! I have a lens featuring "Books for Boys" and I think it could be helpful to parents of boys who don't like to read. I never see enough out there concerning boys...lots of baby stuff and girl related, but our boys are forgotten it seems. I'd love to lensroll to some other lenses about boys too but am having trouble finding them at Squidoo. Anyway, this is the link to my lowest ranked lens.
http://www.squidoo.com/books_for_boys
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- Fun lens! Great job 5*****
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A Little SEO Might Help!
Looking Back on Two Years of Making Lenses
Some insight on lensmaking after two years on Squidoo
I'm a little past the two year mark as of writing this module, so here are some tips that I can give to you to make a successful lens here on Squidoo:
1. With affiliate modules, less is more in terms of modules. Tell us which product is your favorite, and highlight just that one product in detail. You're better off featuring the accessories of the products instead of different models or the competition.
2. Get the title to match the URL, and keep the URL small, 2-5 keywords or so. The closer the match to your title, the better.
3. Adding in a module that automatically updates can often help you keep the content fresh. I'd suggest the Google Blog Search module and the Twitter modules.
4. Link all of your lenses together only in the same niche. When I started out, I used to link all of my lenses together that had no relation. When I dropped irrelevant links, the traffic surprisingly went up. That's where that focus thing comes into play again.
5. Don't worry about updating old lenses again and again and again. If the lens isn't receiving traffic after several edits and months later, move onto the next lens. The lens may never receive good Google traffic (and I'm willing to bet it might be because the lens isn't focused enough).
6. Don't submit every lens of yours to every Squidoo directory, social bookmarking site, and social networking site. All that your lens needs is a link from another popular lens to be found, and a Twitter announcement. Spacing out your promotion can prevent your lens from being sandboxed by Google. Blogging about your lens is also one of the best ways to get your lens found by Google.
7. Fill out all of the module subtitles and titles. Even I find some of my old lenses that aren't filled out completely (and they usually perform poorly!).
8. Ask yourself if your lens is genuinely helping someone. If it guides them in the form of a true recommendation towards a purchase (be honest - have you used that product?), or gives them step by step instructions that will help solve their problem, there's a good chance it will be a popular lens.
And speaking of focus... this module is going off track! It might be time to cut this lens free into its own lens. Stay tuned!
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