Hi, I'm just wondering what the benefit of a Squidoo lens is for SEO. I keep seeing people talk about them on here but when I browse through the lenses on Squidoo I see that even the popular ones are not indexed by Google, meaning there is no SEO benefit. Is there something I'm missing here?
All my Squidoo lens have been indexed very quickly, so I'm not sure why you haven't had the same experience
All of my lenses get indexed by Google, and some of them get a lot of traffic. One of my recent creations got indexed within a day, and by the end of the week was pulling a decent number of visitors from Google.
It is a pie that you should stick your finger into and while it may not be as tasty as it used to be it is still worthwhile nevertheless.
It can be a good source of additional income as well. I wouldn't look at Squidoo as just a linkbuilding source. If you are going to treat it as just a linkbuilding source, make sure to build a few related lenses and point them to the one that is backlinking to your other site.
My lenses get indexed within a day too... I've never had a lens that wasn't indexed by Google. It's also a great source for backlinks..
My lenses get indexed very quickly and I havent' had a problem getting them indexed in Google. The one thing that I find is lots of people forget that a lens is much like a regular website, and it needs to be promoted both on Squidoo and outside of Squidoo. If you do promote your lens, you will see good results.
I have had nothing but good result's with Squidoo. What I will do is create a bunch and add a bit of content every day, keeping them fresh. Then once they are respectable, I will place them on social networking and interlink them. And after that I point them to the site I want to promote. Then repeat.
I created a lens like 6 months and added 4 links. Then totally forgot about it until I saw a post about Squidoo here. When I went back, my lens had PR2! I created 2 more yesterday and this time will dedicate some time to develop my lenses My Lens - Home owners