Is Squidoo an effective platform for building backlinks? I have just begun using Squidoo to promote my Amazon niche site but I am not sure if adding links to my Squidoo lense works as a backlink in Google's eyes. Thanks.
i never uesd squidoo till but reading lot of stuffs regarding this topic....sure i am going to test this campaign whether is works for me .... if any positive happens i will post it on forum...
Squidoo actually can get ranked pretty quickly by Google. I have many first and second page lenses. The key is to include plenty of original information in the introduction text module. It can be a great source of backlinks over time, but you will need to build up the lens first.
i think it would be good to get ranked fast. Anything where you can get good quality backlinks is good for google.
its a popular web 2.0 site. where you can post articles and get a link back to your own site.its very effective for your main site.
Squidoo is fun but rather time-consuming. It's a very flexible self-publishing platform. I wrote a favorable review of squidoo on my site, but in the end, I think most people will find themselves better served by other methods. I don't get more than a trivial amount of traffic from squidoo, and the traffic is not of the best quality, yet i seem pretty well-respected on the site and some of my pages are performing well, see my lensmaster page. I have all the earnings set to donate to charity. I think the biggest value of using squidoo, as a webmaster, is the community, and to get ideas and experience about how to better organize your own websites, especially with respect to interactive content. For that, in my experience, it's better than for driving traffic to your sites.
One of the best method to me is backlink from squidoo lenses and its a do follow backlink taken into consideration by google.Here you just add link to your keywords in your content.
You can find a through Squidoo Backlink easily by using some search in google backlink Pr is high, Dofollow. // Sorry eng no Good //
I use it to support my tutorials and news. Number of visits I get is not great but I guess something is better then nothing. Anyone knows if links are do follow or nofollow? I agree with Cazort it is a great place to get some fresh ideas
Squidoo isn't too bad actually. The main problem I have with it is that it takes quite a bit of time compared to other backlinking methods. It seems like I could spend my limited time more wisely than creating content for Squidoo. That being said, they have a pretty nice platform and it is very easy to set everything up. I'm about 95% sure they are dofollow as well. Like someone else said, the traffic I get from there is negligible at best. I have read about others making a decent income from only promoting through Squidoo though.
Amazon didn't like it when affiliates would purchase search engine ads that link directly to products with an embedded affiliate ID, so they stopped awarding credit to affiliates if that affiliate sent clicks from search engine ads. In a similar way, I bet if too much traffic comes in from Squidoo, Amazon will just stop awarding affiliate credit. They did it once, they can do it again.
I use Squidoo for more than five months now and I think I get the idea how it works. It can be realy time consuming because you have to promote lenses not just create them. Without promotion you stay at PR0 and dofollow means nothing. I learnt a lot from community and can applicate this knowledge in blogs all around the world. My rusty English also improved a lot If you are in Squidoo for money it is pretty hard to earn a decent sum, but for backlinks it is fast and efficient method, just have in mind the most valuable is your profile, not lenses. Links from your profile can be very very valuable. And if you figure how you can promote lens pointing to your money site outside of Squidoo world, you are a winner
Squidoo works like a charm, howwever almost half of my lens got demoted to WIP status recently.. I guess you have to put some decent content there, so yeah, I agree that it is time consuming.
squidoo is good ways to get backlinks plus you can get earning from selling product from ebay, amazon, etc
I have two lenses in squidoo, with more than 6 months age, and with backlink to my website, but in my Google Webmaster i can't see Squidoo as websites which gave me backlink ....