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From the lens Your Squidoo Lens and The Long Tail.

Would you like to add anything to what I've written?

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  • sherioz Nov 24, 2011 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    Thanks for this.
  • AnneMathews Sep 13, 2011 @ 12:28 pm | delete
    Excellent lens. Thank you for the useful tips.
  • mennella Jun 3, 2011 @ 9:15 am | delete
    very, very very helpful, thanks
  • PrettyWorld Feb 4, 2011 @ 11:53 am | delete
    Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
  • Turkey-Tours-by-Archaeologous Jan 29, 2011 @ 4:24 am | delete
    Glad I just found you Lewis.. Don't know why but your icon picture , bio, and definitely the "your hair looks good today" comment makes me smile. I'll be reading more I'm sure.
    Suppose the niche is pretty small... I've just found Squidoo and am starting to use it for my part time job which is to help turn people on to where to go while cruising to the 4 ports in fantastic Turkey (which I've fallen in love with) --- the shopping, the sites, the food etc ---Would be interested in help..... thanks
  • WinWriter Nov 17, 2010 @ 1:23 pm | delete
    Really interesting lens, but I have a question, specifically, regarding the module "Example Visitor Numbers" (2nd paragraph):
    The long tail keywords a person chooses - must they be used EXACTLY as written, word for word, in the lens for you to be able to choose that particular long tail?
  • ICanCook Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:46 pm | delete
    how can i know what's a good long tailed keyword?
  • Oosquid Sep 17, 2010 @ 3:02 pm | delete
    The Squidtail - I like that :)

    Yes, an amazing amount of searches are 'one-offs'

    Thanks for your helpful lens.
  • lakern26 Mar 22, 2010 @ 7:36 pm | delete
    Very interesting information here! I'm going to try this with my tags. I usually use only general tags, but I'm going to try throwing in some long-tail ones as well. It can't hurt, right! Thanks for the advice :-)
  • Grimstone Jan 25, 2010 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    What an informative and interesting lens. Having just published my first lens I can see I've still got a lot to learn, but with help like this things can only get better. Thank you
  • TimArends Jan 15, 2010 @ 11:35 pm | delete
    "People will find your lens if it is on-topic, truthful, genuine, and worth reading."

    So in other words, after all this explanation about the long-tail, the advice is not to worry about the long-tail???

    Sorry, this seems like a cop-out to me.
  • QueSea Jul 26, 2009 @ 5:49 pm | delete
    This is very interesting. it looks like writing about things that are in the long tail are something akin to outliers and likely to be niche targets. I'm not sure I got this right, but you've sure got me thinking.

    Thanks for a great lens.
  • queenofthedreamers Feb 2, 2009 @ 10:12 am | delete
    Wow! Once again your experience is making my learning go so much faster. Thank you!
  • Gail47 Feb 2, 2009 @ 7:32 am | delete
    Lewis, Thanks for the great information. Very helpful for those of us who are still new to these terms. So many terms floating around on the web - unless someone understands what is being said, they lose the point of the article or quote.

    I have read several of your lens and really appreciate your honesty and ability to clearly explain what you are talking about. So many others want to hold back information. It's really a wonderful thing that you do as you share what you have learned. I think, in the long run, sharing detailed information helps all of us.
  • MiaBellezza Jan 15, 2009 @ 1:21 am | delete
    Great advice Lewis - 5* and lensrolled!
  • LaraineRose Nov 14, 2008 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    Thank you. I'm going to go to my lenses and try your suggestions, right away. You ARE the bestest!
  • ProAffiliateOnline Oct 27, 2008 @ 7:13 pm | delete
    Great lens, thanks for making this computer information easy to understand.
  • Armanproactive Oct 16, 2008 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    Great lens Lewis,you explained very well the concept of Long Tail & how to apply it accurately to squidoo lenses.
  • Armanproactive Oct 16, 2008 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    Great lens Lewis,you explained very well the concept of Long Tail & how to apply it accurately to squidoo lenses.
  • IM-Mom Aug 7, 2008 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    Hi Lewis - another great lens you crafted here. :) Long tail keywords are SOOOO important, and your info is quite helpful. Thanks!
  • RenegadeAussie Jul 21, 2008 @ 8:03 pm | delete
    So it is not just Kangaroos that are making use of their Long Tail. Thanks for yet another informative lens.
  • RentMyGarden Jul 7, 2008 @ 9:15 am | delete
    Great longtail explaination. *****5 Stars! Thanks to Squidoo Stats information I find most of my lens visitors are finding me using longtail keywords.
  • poddys Jun 9, 2008 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    Great lens. I find some long tail strings generating traffic to my lenses as well. I will be adapting my tags likewise. 5***** for all the tips.
  • pre2master Jun 8, 2008 @ 11:37 am | delete
    Thank to your Idea I will find more time to read this longtails books. You gave me a brilliant information
  • GoddessMari May 27, 2008 @ 11:49 am | delete
    Awesome lens. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a way we can all understand.
  • Gregory-and-Shelina May 9, 2008 @ 1:15 am | delete
    This is certainly something worth trying. I've been chasing my tail as they say to learn tagging. Hopefully I won't be doing that for long.. Thank you.. Shelina
  • Dogs-B-Fit Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    Thank you ,great help-John
  • steve40004 Apr 28, 2008 @ 6:55 pm | delete
    Wow, this is a superbly useful Lens. I'll be around a lot.
  • Candice_Lee Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:50 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing and helping me to understand how important the "long tail keywords" really are. This all makes great sense and I'm going to start applying it today!
  • AbundantlyEntitled Apr 12, 2008 @ 9:19 pm | delete
    This is extremely helpful. Thanks so much!
  • spirituality Apr 8, 2008 @ 10:14 am | delete
    True.
  • Trioman Apr 2, 2008 @ 8:13 pm | delete
    Great explanation! I will now put it to the test. Keep up the good work!
  • richiewest Apr 2, 2008 @ 1:04 pm | delete
    Good clear explanation of long tail keywords, but that Amazon stats stuff sent me cross-eyed! I now need a lie down.
  • gemjane Mar 29, 2008 @ 2:21 pm | delete
    Very helpful to a really new Newbie! Thanks, Lewis, for taking the time to share your expertise.
  • mulberry Mar 23, 2008 @ 5:35 pm | delete
    Excellent and helpful page as always.
  • jorgemv Mar 22, 2008 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    Thanks for not only defining a hard concept to grasp, but also for illustrating it so well. It all begins to sink in now.
  • Norbert_Sczepanski Oct 24, 2007 @ 2:43 am | delete
    hi, ok finally I understood this concept.
    Thanks to YOU :-)

    Norbert Sczepanski
  • Christopher_Scott Oct 12, 2007 @ 10:07 am | delete
    Lewis,
    Another great lens on how to kick butt at squidoo! Keep up the hard work! Come over to A DAY OF HOPE
  • Oct 6, 2007 @ 8:34 pm | delete
    Another great lens with useful info. Keep them coming!
  • JoanMarie Sep 21, 2007 @ 1:31 am | delete
    Thanks. That was a clear explanation. Cleared it up for me.
  • fefe Sep 11, 2007 @ 11:26 pm | delete
    Lensrolled you and thanks for always sharing your knowledge with everyone!
  • webseitler Aug 21, 2007 @ 8:47 am | delete
    I love the new stats pages and that amazing little plus sign button for adding tags. But I do hesitate to add too many tags that I think are too individual. Like you said, I'm not going to get hung up on it. ;) Great lens!
  • rentablogger Aug 10, 2007 @ 1:59 am | delete
    The long tail is here to stay (as if it just came in) ;)

    Just write in your natural language, squeeze in some synonyms and word variations and you can get found on more terms that you thought was possible. Amazing quote from the Amazon executive.
  • WhitePineLane Jul 31, 2007 @ 9:10 pm | delete
    Great lens, MrLewisSmile! Helpful explanation of a concept I didn't know much about! I'm off to long-tail some of my lenses!
  • LindaJM Jul 31, 2007 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    I got a few good ideas... thanks for the inspirations.
  • brettkun Jul 20, 2007 @ 10:06 am | delete
    I'm still stuck on backlinking, long tail keywords, I got one at least 13 words faithfully producing 1 visitor per month
    but I was hoping for the traffic http://squidoo.com/essentialjapanesevocabulary/
  • MrLewisSmile Jul 20, 2007 @ 5:10 am | delete
    Thanks for the comments so far, you cool people!

    And Jack, how does it look on your lenses?
  • ViqiFrench Jul 17, 2007 @ 10:57 pm | delete
    Great explanation. Been wondering for months exactly what this 'long tail' business was all about!
  • jackclee Jul 14, 2007 @ 6:31 am | delete
    Do you think the current Squidoo lens of close to 200,000
    behave the way you described? That is the total visitors to the bottom 90% ranked lens is greater than the total visitors to the top 10%? I would be very surprised.
  • Jul 6, 2007 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    Excellent lens, as usual, Lewis. 5 stars for you. I added you to my favs and lensroll too.
    Aloha,
    June
  • flaminglacer Jul 2, 2007 @ 1:54 am | delete
    An excellent explanation of a subject that baffles alot of folks.....

    A Squid Angel has passed your way...

    ~?~
  • Margaret_Schaut Jul 1, 2007 @ 8:39 pm | delete
    Good lens, Lewis, and a very clean explanation of the long and short of it!

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