Getting more visitors to your Squidoo lens...
Do you have some lenses that don't get as many visitors as they deserve?
Would you like to learn how to get more people reading your lenses?
Wanna know how to make people come back to your lenses again and again?
Would you like to rank higher in Google search results?
Keep reading :)
1. Add your keyphrase to your module titles
Squidoo attributes a H2 tag to module titles. This basically means the text is bigger and holds more weight as far as google is concerned because it is a Headline. So put your main keyphrase or words in your module titles. Make them fit nicely, and do it naturally. Example "Tags Pages"
- "Million Dollars" Tags Page
- If you add Million Dollars as a tag on your lens it then your lens will be added to the list on this page.
- "Squidoo" Tags Page
- If you add Squidoo as a tag on your lens it then your lens will be added to the list on this page.
- "Affiliate Marketing" Tags Page
- If you add Affiliate Marketing as a tag on your lens it then your lens will be added to the list on this page.
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2. Add your keyphrase as your primary tag
Even though tags pages are blocked from Google now (and so are mostly useless), your Primary Tag still serves a few decent purposes. You should add your main keyphrase as your Primary tag to help your lens rank higher in Google for that search term. 3. Forget lensrank
Squidoo Lensrank is a number from 1 (being the best) and upwards (depending on how many lenses there are that day). So lensrank 67 is 'better' than 462,358.Lensrank is a number that is calculated from lots of different factors. Only Squidoo knows the secret formula. They take visitor numbers in to account, sales made, links clicked on, etc etc.
A *LOT* of people get completely hung up on trying to increase their lensrank. But why?! A higher adsense share won't make you rich, and fretting about your lensrank will not get you any more sales.
You need to concentrate on getting more visitors and sales, not on getting your lensrank higher. Don't take your eyes of the goal. And don't get it backwards, like too many other people.
4. Go small!
What would you rather:a. Rank in the top 3 in Google for *Exploding Puzzle Alarm Clock*.
b. Rank in the top 100 in Google for *Alarm Clock*
...is that your final answer?
If you said b, you lose!
This is for a few reasons:
1. The people searching for *alarm clock* will never see you in the search results.
2. The people searching for *alarm clock* aren't BUYERS. They don't know what they want.
3. The people searching for *Exploding Puzzle Alarm Clock* know EXACTLY what they want.
4. The people searching for *Exploding Puzzle Alarm Clock* will see your link.
Go small, and you will rank well and make sales. Go large and non-specific and you will be doomed to chasing scraps of visitors with their credit cards lodged firmly in their wallets.
5. Start a group
Squidoo has both lenses and groups. Two different things. A group looks a lot different to a lens, and has different functions too. When you add a lens to a group a few things happen:* Your lens gets linked to from the group listings
* Your lens may get featured on the group homepage (ideal)
* And your lens will display a link to the group in your lens sidebar
So it's quite important that you start a group, and it's important that you join some groups too.
The extra links to your lenses will help Google find and rank your lens, and people exploring the group pages may click to read your lens too.
You can't fail. Go for it.
5). The tags pages are relevant to your lens. Google Fodder!
Everything about the tags page is relevant to your lens search terms.Your lens is automatically linking to it, it is linking back to you and other relevant lenses, and they are all linking to the tags page. It's kind of like groups. all interlinking. And it's all instant.
Great stuff for your search engine ranking. The fact that the pages are all linking back and forth. Too many pages for you to even look through with your own eyes!
6). The tags pages often come up very high on google
The tags pages are listed on Google, often very highly.So people often find tags pages through google, and because you have the tag on your lens also, they see your lens as one of the options to click on.
Tags pages rank very highly on google because they link to lots of relevant lenses that share the tag. The tags pages also link to lots of other tags pages, which all link to relevant lenses.
So it might be worth your while to pick some very focussed tags, because Squidoo will help them rank in Google. It's a thing called 'The Long Tail'.
Tagging Tricks: Tag Effectiveness
Because of the way the page is structured Google scans the tags as one of the first things it sees on the page.This makes your tags SUPER-IMPORTANT for search engine rankings. So use them effectively.
Effective tagging is something to master.
Make sure you make each tag as specific as you can to the subject of your lens.
Tagging Tricks: Your Tags Influence Google Ads
The Google ads that are displayed on your lens that earn your lens revenue each month (other than selling products) are targeted to fit your lens topic and they are influenced by the content and also the tags you use.If you were weird enough to look at the source code which makes up your lens (the code google reads to understand what your page is about) you'll see this:
google_hints = "TAG 1, TAG 2, TAG 3, TAG 4, ETC, ETC";
This means that when Google decides what ads to display on your lens, they look at your tags when making the decision. A whole load of other stuff on your page is taken into account, but the initial hints come from the tags.
This is just useful information. You can't really do anything with this, but it's nice to know :)
Tagging Tricks: Phrases Matter
I wrote a post in the Squidoo Forum (squidu.com) and it had a whole bunch of replies.What I Wrote Was This:
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Use PHRASES as tags as well as single words.
Squidoo lenses rank really highly in google, often #1 for non-competitive search terms, and tags help your lens come up for SPECIFIC search terms.
What might a person new to your subject search for? Might they type a QUESTION into google?
For example, someone might type: is rich dad poor dad worth reading? If you had this as a tag on your rich dad door dad book lens then you would probably come up quite high!
Do you have a lens about camera memory cards? Maybe this would be a good tag: what memory cards work with CAMERA WHATEVER. Not everybody is going to search google for that, but those who do will probably find you.
Will anyone in your target audience type a QUESTION into google? What might they type? Think of some examples, and add them as tags!
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To read the replies click this link...
http://www.squidu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1699
Tagging Tricks: Google Suggest
This time they have made a thing called Google Suggest.
You start typing a search term into the google search box and it shows you other phrases commonly searched for how many search results there are for that term.
It's very cool. It's free, and you don't need to download anything.
It's great for finding out any tag phrases you might have forgotten about and great for seeing, at a glance, how many other web pages you will be up against to rank for that term.Check it out here:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
Tagging Tricks: Adding Tags From Your Stats
- Open a new window right now and go to your Squidoo Lens Dashboard. Or click here to automatically open it in a new window.
- Now click 'Stats' to the right of one of your lenses.
- Now click the 'Traffic' tab under the title of your lens. And now you will see a page with something that looks like this on it:
You will be looking at a list of the words or phrases people typed into Google to find your lens.
See the ones in the list with crosses next to them?
Those are the terms which you DO NOT have as tags on your lens.
The ones with NO crosses by them are already added as tags on your lens.
And guess what happens if you click a cross...
That's right. The word or phrase gets added to your lens tags. This should strengthen your search engine ranking for that word or phrase.
Just remember to republish the lens afterwards!
Tagging Tricks: Google AdWords Keyword Tool
One of the replies to the forum post was lensmaster ChrisRizzo explaining how he uses another Google tool to generate his tags ideas.Here is his tip:
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Google Suggest is cool and can be useful, but nothing beats the power of the Google Keyword Tool (also known as the sandbox).
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Type your main keyword into the Keyword Variations box, and make sure that "Use synonyms" is checked, then hit "Get More Keywords" and there you have it, a huge list of alternatives many of which you may not have heard of. You can sort by how commonly the keywords are searched.
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1stevedw
Thanks for the information! Posted October 07, 2008 |
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Lostaholic
thanks for the great info. especially about the tags is very insightfull to me. Posted October 07, 2008 |
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Marinadxb
What great info... I'm very new to this (as you discovered on my inactive lens link!). Thanks for all the great tips - 5* excellent. Posted October 06, 2008 |
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tdpubs
This is great. I really needed to check this out. I'm going to continue through the material to explore more lens making skills. Posted October 06, 2008 |
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Jesi
Really use ful and informative lense for majority of new squidoo users, but also every one can have some good ideas for best work on squidoo from your nice lense. Thx for all.. 5 stz Posted October 05, 2008 |
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daria369
Very helpful, thank you! :) Posted October 04, 2008 |
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Sadheeskumar
Thank you MrLewisSmile. It is worth reading. Posted October 04, 2008 |
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StephanieManning
Nice lens! Very helpful! I must read for any newbie! Posted October 02, 2008 |
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keepmoving
This lens is loaded with great info that is useful. Thanks for taking time to help the community! I definitely liked and learned from your tagging tips. Posted October 01, 2008 |
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protattoodesigns
Excellent info on optimizing lens for traffic! Posted October 01, 2008 |
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chessqueen
Very useful lens. Thank you! I implemented some tips on my lens. I am sure I will be back! Posted October 01, 2008 |
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Spirit22
I did add more than three tags and now I will add some phrases too! Thanks for the tips! Posted September 28, 2008 |
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pmalynn
I appreciate the hard work that you put into this lens. Thank you! Posted September 21, 2008 |
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danskapia
I've incorporated some of your methods. We'll see how it goes. Over and out. Posted September 18, 2008 |
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conflictuniverse
very nice lens. 5 out of 5 from me Posted September 16, 2008 |
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Ezmerelda
So far I've published 3 lenses, so I'm just starting out. This info will be invalueable for building up my traffic. Thanks heaps! Posted September 15, 2008 |
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CosmeticSurgeryIreland
I found that useful particularly the suggestion to click on my own tags and see where that leads. Posted September 15, 2008 |
Thanks for the new site on squdioo cool. Never to much information
Great post
Posted September 15, 2008
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annetteghallowell
As a newbie struggling with keyword and tagging...all new concepts for me, I really appreciate the straightforward way you have done this lens. Thank you! 5* Posted September 12, 2008 |
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annetteghallowell
As a newbie struggling with keyword and tagging...all new concepts for me, I really appreciate the straightforward way you have done this lens. Thank you! 5* Posted September 12, 2008 |
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Mayling
Oh, this is a great lens. Its very helpful to me. I favorite it and give it a 5 star. Posted September 12, 2008 |
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Cabanalolita
Great lens about tags...nice to know! Posted September 10, 2008 |
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MrMarmalade
Thank you for a tremendous lens and should be rated at 10 . Posted September 08, 2008 |
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Nikau
Thanks heaps, this is highly valued information. Posted September 08, 2008 |
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lostzen
Thank for creating this, very informative read, now to put it in practice! Posted September 08, 2008 |
Excellent information. Five stars certainly.
Best,
Kathleen Gage
Posted September 08, 2008
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MusicMadness
Great info on tags. I need to revisit a few of my lens, and apply some of your tips to them. Thanks . . . 5 stars for you. Posted September 07, 2008 |
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ltraider
Thanks for the help. I'm going to use some of your suggestions. Posted September 06, 2008 |
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The_Party_Animal
This is just what I needed - thanks do much Posted September 06, 2008 |
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Coluden
You have a very valuable lens here and I certainly appreciate. I just paid money to learn how to do tagging properly...so your "free" advice is most helpful. Posted September 05, 2008 |
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sassydiva
Very informative..I will refer back to this. Posted September 05, 2008 |
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cyberzeke
Really great info here! Thanks Posted September 05, 2008 |
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Margo_Arrowsmith
Well, I see what I will be doing this weekend...reading your lens to get more traffic! Posted September 05, 2008 |
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MusicMadness
Excellent tagging tips. I need to read through this again, but I'm going to start implementing these today. SquidooCool.com looks like a great resource as well Posted September 05, 2008 |
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GaryHarvey
Brilliant. Gave you 5 stars. My only complaint -- I couldnt find you the other day when I wanted to know if formatting with a plus sign was okay. As in... affiliate marketing. Apparently it is. Posted September 05, 2008 |
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eee_dee
Brilliant - totally new to this and the "tags" thing is not as straight forward as it looks - great info. Thanks Posted September 05, 2008 |
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Guitarnut
Very helpful info! Thanks a bunch! Posted September 04, 2008 |
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nDee
A 5-Star for sure...I've already started using some of these tips. Thank you so-ooooo much! Posted September 03, 2008 |
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Norbert_Sczepanski
hi, very good info, i ve learnt a lot and will apply. a BIG thank you Posted September 02, 2008 |
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NetWorkMarketingNiche
Great info--nice and concise, well-explained. Time for me to start making better use of tagging. Posted September 02, 2008 |
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NetWorkMarketingNiche
Great info--nice and concise, well-explained. Time for me to start making better use of tagging. Posted September 02, 2008 |
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A_RovingReporter
Am glad to have discovered this great five-star lens on Squidoo tags. Precisely the type of article I need. Thanks. Posted September 02, 2008 |
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Network_Marketing_Mentor_Cara
Very solid information. I will implement your suggestions on my lenses from now on :-) I rated you a big 5. You rule! Posted September 01, 2008 |
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ebay-grandma
Keywords are the gold mine. I've heard it often but it always need to be a priority. Posted August 30, 2008 |
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BrianS
Good information, I found a good way to use it was to print it out and work through all the tips one lens at a time. Posted August 30, 2008 |
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taliamurphy
Thanks for a terrific and helpful lens. I will keep it closeby as a reference and go back every now and again, because I'm sure it hasn't all sunk in during the first reading! Posted August 27, 2008 |
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moneyaddict
Your lens rock! 5 stars for sure :) I have gotten a couple of great tips that I can start using on my lens which I just started : Posted August 26, 2008 |
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Stinky
Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate your sharing your knowledge! Posted August 24, 2008 |
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djeneralee
Great lens...thanks for the help...big 5 for you. Posted August 24, 2008 |
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legbamel
I'd have given you five stars for the "Google Suggest" information alone! Thanks for the really helpful lens. Posted August 20, 2008 |
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