We've been talking about how to succeed with Squidoo.
In the earlier articles, we've covered * how to find a topic for your Squidoo lens, *how to find the right keywords and *where to use your keywords (or tags, as Squidoo calls them).
This article is about content.
4.
WHAT CONTENT SHOULD YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR LENS? USEFUL - Certainly your content needs to be useful.
In July 2007, Squidoo started to crack down on spammy lenses.
To be candid, I have not seen any that I would regard as junk sites.
Sure, a few that were unimpressive but none that I rejected as rubbishy.
However, apparently they exist and now lensmasters have a way to report spammy sites.
The big lesson here is: provide quality content and you will not only avoid being reported, you will be offering value to your visitors and therefore the algorithm that decides on your lensranking will be more likely to cheer you onwards and upwards.
AUTO-UPDATING - Squidoo provides a handful of modules that update automatically for you.
A very nice feature which gives your lens some freshness without any effort from you.
Well, once it's set up, anyway.
And that is easy in most cases - except that the very first time you do anything it can seem a bit complex and we can tend to say "How will I ever be able to do that in 3 minutes?" Don't worry.
Squidoo is about as easy as it can get.
So don't give up.
If something seems a bit tricky, ask for help at Squidu.
com - they're a friendly bunch over there.
MODULES - Based on my current level of knowledge I'd recommend you add the eBay, Amazon and RSS modules.
They are easy to do.
You do not need to be a member of eBay or Amazon as the profits go to Squidoo and are shared out to members in the following period.
RSS feeds might be a little more challenging if you're new so we will deal with them in another article.
Look out for "Using RSS Feeds at Squidoo Explained Simply".
Experiment with adding modules.
You can't break anything so fiddle around.
Add stuff.
Publish your lens.
See what it looks like.
Practice editing your content.
Publish again.
Delete a module.
What I am saying is try out the possibilities.
Another great way to learn about content is to visit other top listed lenses and see what they're doing.
Actually that is a brilliant idea.
Off you go.
We'll get together for the next article a bit later...
In the earlier articles, we've covered * how to find a topic for your Squidoo lens, *how to find the right keywords and *where to use your keywords (or tags, as Squidoo calls them).
This article is about content.
4.
WHAT CONTENT SHOULD YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR LENS? USEFUL - Certainly your content needs to be useful.
In July 2007, Squidoo started to crack down on spammy lenses.
To be candid, I have not seen any that I would regard as junk sites.
Sure, a few that were unimpressive but none that I rejected as rubbishy.
However, apparently they exist and now lensmasters have a way to report spammy sites.
The big lesson here is: provide quality content and you will not only avoid being reported, you will be offering value to your visitors and therefore the algorithm that decides on your lensranking will be more likely to cheer you onwards and upwards.
AUTO-UPDATING - Squidoo provides a handful of modules that update automatically for you.
A very nice feature which gives your lens some freshness without any effort from you.
Well, once it's set up, anyway.
And that is easy in most cases - except that the very first time you do anything it can seem a bit complex and we can tend to say "How will I ever be able to do that in 3 minutes?" Don't worry.
Squidoo is about as easy as it can get.
So don't give up.
If something seems a bit tricky, ask for help at Squidu.
com - they're a friendly bunch over there.
MODULES - Based on my current level of knowledge I'd recommend you add the eBay, Amazon and RSS modules.
They are easy to do.
You do not need to be a member of eBay or Amazon as the profits go to Squidoo and are shared out to members in the following period.
RSS feeds might be a little more challenging if you're new so we will deal with them in another article.
Look out for "Using RSS Feeds at Squidoo Explained Simply".
Experiment with adding modules.
You can't break anything so fiddle around.
Add stuff.
Publish your lens.
See what it looks like.
Practice editing your content.
Publish again.
Delete a module.
What I am saying is try out the possibilities.
Another great way to learn about content is to visit other top listed lenses and see what they're doing.
Actually that is a brilliant idea.
Off you go.
We'll get together for the next article a bit later...
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