A New Twist on Squidoo Directories
There are several sites around that help you promote your Squidoo lens and separate you from the rest of the pack. Getting your lens noticed and getting traffic to it is one of the best ways to get your message out to the most people. The SquidPedia is one of the newest Directories of Squidoo Lenses and it can help you do just that!
How Does SquidPedia Work?
What is a point based directory?
Squidpedia allows Lensmasters to do 2 things:
1) Submit Lenses for Listing in a searchable directory.
2) Earn Points to Upgrade listings and rise to the top of the SquidPedia rankings.
Submitting lenses is free, and there are a large variety of ways to earn points to upgrade your listing.
1) Submit Lenses for Listing in a searchable directory.
2) Earn Points to Upgrade listings and rise to the top of the SquidPedia rankings.
Submitting lenses is free, and there are a large variety of ways to earn points to upgrade your listing.
SquidPedia Lens Submission Guidelines
In order to ensure that lenses that are submitted to SquidPedia are of the highest quality there are a few minimum requirements that we ask each lens have before we accept it to list in the directory.
- Fully published and searchable through Squidoo (no un-published or Adult lenses, please)
- No default Module titles
- Introduction Picture and text in the introduction
- No 'Great Stuff from Amazon/Ebay' Module titles
Please make sure your lens meets these basic requirements before you submit it.
SquidPedia Is Free!
Earning Points at SquidPedia
How to Move your Lens up the ranks
There are 3 main ways to earn points for your SquidPedia entry so it can move up the ranks of the best Squidoo lenses and be the first one that people see when they search by letter, category, or sitewide.
You can usually see the available options for earning points by clicking on the 'Upgrade Listing' link for your Squidoo lens.
1) Donations - In order to keep the SquidPedia servers up and running and maintain and review all of the listings that come in, time and effort is spent by several lensmasters including myself. Since the site is completely free to use, donations are always greatly appreciated. In order to make this easy, every upgrade page has an option to make a paypal donation to SquidPedia. For each dollar donated, your listing earns 1 point!
2) SquidPedia Partners - SquidPedia has also partnered with several other companies that believe that the products and services that they offer might be of use to our visitors. By completing an offer with one of your partners, you can earn more valuable points for your listing. The amount of points you can earn vary and the offers include things like signing up to take surveys, trying out new websites, or buying a product or service. Some of the offers are completely free, others offer free trials of their services and still others require a purchase of a product. We plan to add new partner offers and opportunities as time goes on.
3) Special Promotions - From time to time SquidPedia will also run special promotions where visitors can earn free points for their listings. Some of the Promotions may be ongoing and some may only last for a limited time. The only place to find a full list of these promotions is right here on this page. Individual websites offering promotions will have their promotions listed on their sites as well.
You can usually see the available options for earning points by clicking on the 'Upgrade Listing' link for your Squidoo lens.
1) Donations - In order to keep the SquidPedia servers up and running and maintain and review all of the listings that come in, time and effort is spent by several lensmasters including myself. Since the site is completely free to use, donations are always greatly appreciated. In order to make this easy, every upgrade page has an option to make a paypal donation to SquidPedia. For each dollar donated, your listing earns 1 point!
2) SquidPedia Partners - SquidPedia has also partnered with several other companies that believe that the products and services that they offer might be of use to our visitors. By completing an offer with one of your partners, you can earn more valuable points for your listing. The amount of points you can earn vary and the offers include things like signing up to take surveys, trying out new websites, or buying a product or service. Some of the offers are completely free, others offer free trials of their services and still others require a purchase of a product. We plan to add new partner offers and opportunities as time goes on.
3) Special Promotions - From time to time SquidPedia will also run special promotions where visitors can earn free points for their listings. Some of the Promotions may be ongoing and some may only last for a limited time. The only place to find a full list of these promotions is right here on this page. Individual websites offering promotions will have their promotions listed on their sites as well.
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Squidoo Life Support
If you have any questions or comments about SquidPedia or Squidoo, feel fee to stop by the Squidoo Chat Room. There is usually a group of veteran lensmasters there that are very familiar with Squidoo and can probably help you out!
SquidPedia FAQ
Commonly Asked Questions about SquidPedia
- How Long Does it Take Points to Appear after I earn them?
While we try to assign points to lenses that have earned them each day, please give us 48 hours to get everything processed. If your points haven't appeared after 48 hours, then feel free to contact us. Include any information you have on the points that you have earned so we can better determine what, if anything, went wrong. - Do I have to Pay anything to Submit my Lens?
No, submitting your lens to be listed in the SquidPedia is completely free to do. However, there are some quality guidelines that we use when determining whether to accept a lens to be listed. - What kind of Content can I submit to SquidPedia?
In order to have your submission listed we ask that the link you submit to SquidPedia be either a Squidoo lens or another site that is about Squidoo. If you are submitting your blog or website about Squidoo to SquidPedia please submit them to the 'Squidoo' Category. - How Many Lenses can I submit to SquidPedia?
As many as you like!
More Questions about SquidPedia
Do you have any questions about how SquidPedia works? Please feel free to leave them here and we'll get to them as soon as we can. If you have an urgent question, we ask that you use the SquidPedia Contact Form on the site.
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