My Squidoo Lens has Zero Traffic

Ranked #2,324 in Squidoo Community, #187,116 overall

How many of these do you have?

This lens will attempt to inject a little humour into the Zero Lens phenomenon.

You know the thing?

One, two or more of your Squidoo Lenses are sitting on your Dashboard with Zero traffic.

A big fat nothing.

Hope you enjoy :)

What is this ZLP?

Zero Lens Phenomenon

This squidoo lens will tell you:

All about the ZLP
How to cure the ZLP
What the reasons are for the ZLP

How many ZLP's do I have?

Currently I have:
11

ARGH!

One or more confusing questions

To ask yourself

1} Why is a lens with an attack of Zero Lens Phenomenon ranked half way up your Lens list?
2} Why do lenses that you believe should do very well, don't? And, those who shouldn't do very well, do?
3} Why does no amount of pinging, bookmarking, SEO, back linking and updating work all the time?
4} Is someone having a laugh at your expense?

Funny

Important!

If something is hard to do...

Homer Simpson Quote

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Possible reasons for the Zero Lens Phenomenon

Why no traffic?

a} Your lens is sitting there taunting you, pulling faces and basically letting you know you are useless at being a Lensmaster because you still can't get more than 1 person to visit.

b} Google just doesn't think your lens is worth anything so it doesn't bother indexing it.

c} A Zero Lens is a poorly lens. Please make it better!

How I try to cure the ZLP

Try them!

By looking at the lens in a different way, I can usually turn it around to make it into something special or different.

I also add more information, images etc to make it a worthwhile lens to visit.

Sometimes, I will delete modules that I feel are no longer relevant, not receiving the attention that I'd like or just spoiling the overall look of the lens.

Moving modules around and changing the title image also helps a lot.

Of course, I always remember to 'ping' my lens using Squidutils :)

Changing or updating the introduction text can help.

Edit the tags i.e. remove some, add some new ones.

Do you have any tips?

How did you cure ZLP?

How did you cure your lens(es) of the Zero Lens Phenomenon? How long did it take you? Have you ever had a problem with ZLP (Zero Lens Phenomenon)?


Lensmaster

mulberry wrote...

In most instances, it seems I can breathe life into a lens only for a short time, once they go belly up they tend to stay there. Probably some SEO and keyword work are in order in my case.

ReplyPosted December 18, 2009

Lensmaster

spirituality wrote...

I didn't :) Right now I have 11 lenses (out of 299) that had 0 visits in the past week.

ReplyPosted December 17, 2009

Lensmaster

divacratus wrote...

I read this lens at the wrong time actually. If you were to ask me tomorrow, I would have had one or two goose eggs for sure!

ReplyPosted November 01, 2009

Lensmaster

poutine wrote...

I bookmarked a lot on Delicious, Reddit and facebook and twitter.

ReplyPosted November 01, 2009

Help on Squidoo itself

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The nothing that is

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Squidoo Marketing

Tips thereof...

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Other suggestions to cure the ZLP

What else you can try

1] Ping it!
2] Blog about it!
3] Tweet it!
4] Bookmark it!
5] Email it!
6] Press release it! (send a press release out about it)
7] Write an article about it!
8] Tag it!
9] Submit it!

Your options for a Zero Lens

1. Leave it alone for the most part but update it sometimes and hope it picks up.
2. Go to town on it and re-edit it, change titles, modules, content etc, promote it and hope it picks up.
3. Give up on it entirely and delete it.
4. Sell it (if you can find someone who wants it) and watch it pick up on someone else's Lens list.

What would you like less of?

One time to vote for Zero!

Illnesses

5 points

Debts

4 points

Worries/Problems

2 points

Squidoo Lenses...

...because you wouldn't have to worry about the Ze more...1 point

warts

0 points

Squidoo lenses suffering from ZLP

Although there are plenty more just on the borderline!

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