There's a misconception out there in Google Land that poetry does not do well with Google algorithms, so much so, that most avoid writing poetry on their blogs and lenses. Well, based on my experience writing lenses on Squidoo, this just isn't true. I have written three Squidoo lenses that contain dragon poems, fairy poems, and wizard poems.
Three of my lenses which have poems, written by me, are in the top 2000, one of which is in the top 100 lenses, for now at any rate. It's imperative that y…
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Added by ValerieR on September 10, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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The purpose of a Blog on Squidoo Masters is to outline or explain a subject, interest, etc. and certainly link to one of your relevant lens on Squidoo.
But, the
primary purpose of my creating Squidoo Masters has something to do with the name "Squidoo Masters". Hint -
sharing ideas and information to become a Master at Squidoo.
Hence the Blog area is primarily for posting a blog that expounds on the subject of ideas and information relevant to excelling as a Squidoo lensmaster. Yo…
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Added by ValerieR on September 9, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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I'm going to discuss how
important it is to add your main keyword tag in your url links in order to get your lens to rank higher in search engines.
Your main keyword(s) tags should be used first and foremost in all relevant url links off your lens for maximum rank and exposure. Needless to say you need to use your main keyword tags in many of your Lens Titles and within the body of your lenses and they need to be relevant within the context of your subject.
Say for instance your main ke…
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Added by ValerieR on August 29, 2009 at 5:15pm —
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You probably noticed your Squidoo earnings lower than anticipated for the month of April. Clearly the ad revenue was lower for April, but I have noticed new advertisers have come in since.
One theory I have, is that this was the month that Squidoo started handing out Purple Stars and I also noticed, in that particular month, my lenses jumping up and down through all the jostling about due to the boast given to Purple Star lenses. Now I don't know if that is the reason, or not. I did hear also r…
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Added by ValerieR on June 16, 2009 at 11:18pm —
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Several months ago I bookmarked a blog that I ran across. In truth I had read only one of his articles, but was sufficiently impressed to bookmark the blog under "Blogs to Emulate". Yes, its a blog and not a Squidoo lens.
The first article I read was "How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog)" and I found it truly inspiring.…
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Added by ValerieR on March 28, 2009 at 10:51pm —
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Just a quick note to everyone. I found another site that you can use to promote your Squidoo lenses. You can also add affiliate links in your posts as long as they are "backlinks".
You earn 100% of the Google ad revenue. Yes that's right 100% ad revenue!
The site gives you a lot of control. You can promote specific lenses and allocate your intel $ to percentages. In other words if one lens isn't getting enough traffic, you can submit it and then with your intel money earned you can specify tha…
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Added by ValerieR on January 14, 2009 at 10:38pm —
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The most important internet security is to take the necessary steps to ensure PC internet safety and security. This is a list of the necessary steps to ensure your internet safety.
8. Buy a Router. You absolutely must be using a router if you have broadband internet access (through cable, dsl, etc., any access except dialup). This is the simplest and m
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Added by ValerieR on September 7, 2008 at 10:30am —
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flickr Linking
I just started using my flickr account for flickr Marketing. I uploaded photos that covered 3 lenses. It seemed to take at least 3 days before they appeared in the regular flickr search results. But I am happy to say, that, because I created links back to the appropriate lenses, the flickr links are driving traffic. My link is
Flickr. I did join several communities on Flickr.
flickr Tags…
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Added by ValerieR on August 23, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Mrinal Desai, one of the co-founders of CrossLoop contacted me by email saying, "Valerie - I am one of the Co-Founders of CrossLoop and wanted to drop in a note to express my appreciation of how you have built your profile and marketing it in all the right ways. Would love to talk to you, learn more about you and your business and hear more about your experience with
CrossLoop. It helps us build a compelling product. Would also like to do whatever I can to…
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Added by ValerieR on August 14, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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I'm offering a free Virus Removal or Speed Up Your PC via Remote Computer, (value $45 or $30 respectively), as the prize for best blog competition on SquidooMasters, (Squidoo lensmaster competition) which ends in about a week.
On to the Blog Competition:
What I would like to see is a Blog post on any subject you wish, that has at least 3 good size paragraphs, with
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Added by ValerieR on August 12, 2008 at 6:30pm —
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An elusive algorithm is what Google uses to index every web page on the Internet. This indexing ranks the pages based on importance on a scale of 1 to 10.
Google started PageRanks as a way to see how many sites linked to any given site, and assigns them a level of importance in search results.
Because of another change to page ranks Google made in the recent past, some formerly high ranked blogs took major hits to their PRs. Something in the algorithms had changed, but is doubtful we'll ever k…
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Added by ValerieR on August 2, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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I'm going to discuss Article Marketing as it pertains to the Squidoo Masters 'Blog' and in a macro sense how it can drive traffic to your Squidoo lenses. It is considered one of the best ways to generate traffic to another destination.
But, the whole idea is not to just do a cut and paste of your original lens and then expect anything, because Google algorithms can recognize when it is a copy and will gloss over it. The algorithms are a sequence of instructions, one of them being to recognize a…
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Added by ValerieR on August 1, 2008 at 3:00am —
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or, like I refer to them as, ... banksters!
What is needed is an Executive Order to take back Monetary Control. Remove the Moneychangers (Private World Bankers) from power and return governance of the money supply to sovereign governmental control.
The Fed is a secretive group of private banks, run by unelected officials, which loans our government unbacked money that they are allowed to essentially print out of thin air, making each dollar in your pocket worth less all the time, and incr…
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Added by ValerieR on July 26, 2008 at 1:30am —
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Mookie is the youngest male competitor on the Canadian Idol stage this year. At 18, he just recently graduated high school in Toronto and will be starting at Concordia University in September pending the outcome of the competition. He realizes that Canadian Idol is a once in a lifetime summer job opportunity to kick-start his music career, but by no means will it be easy. "It will take a lot of discipline, smart decisions on song choice, confidence and belief for me to become the next Canadian I…
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Added by ValerieR on July 12, 2008 at 5:30am —
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I understand Marsha Camblin, aka Buddhist name Rinchen Chodron has just become a Giant Squid. You can view her lenses at:
RinchenChodron
If anyone else is or has be…
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Added by ValerieR on July 3, 2008 at 10:00pm —
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I'm happy to say, today, I became a Giant Squid!
Let's examine some blog tips, before I move on to some blatant self-promotion:
* You should have at least four to five lines of text in your blog before using a link.
* Search engines are sophisticated enough to examine the actua…
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Added by ValerieR on July 2, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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Companies are looking for bloggers with excellent article writing skills and specific skills, such as this company that is looking for a blogger that has Photoshop and preferably a background in Design or Architecture.
"We're looking for a blogger to handle our new Green Home Building channel. You must be passionate about Green products. Eco-friendly building materials and decor items, sustainable home designs and reusable energies will be your daily topics. Responsible for generating new conte…
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Added by ValerieR on June 23, 2008 at 11:26am —
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The Cornerstone - it`s all about the links!
Go out and purchase some quality directory links. Business.com, Yahoo Directory, and Best of the Web, are good directory links. Then go out and ask all of your suppliers and partners to link to your site.
Try to have them link to you with the terms you would like to rank for. The clickable part of a link is called
anchor text, and anchor text is one way that the search engines associate a website with a particular search term. If you are a gif…
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Added by ValerieR on June 16, 2008 at 10:00am —
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One of the great reasons to join a network of like-minded individuals, is to reap the benefits of creating links back to your lenses. Of paramount importance, is for you to actually click on your own link back to your lens. Once done this establishes an outbound link from Squidoomasters at ning.com to your lens at Squidoo, thus creating an inbound link to your specific Squidoo lens!
So build your 'My Page' and list all your lenses with url links and be the first to click that link!…
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Added by ValerieR on June 15, 2008 at 11:00am —
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