Comments on: Squidoo Marketing: Advantages and Drawbacks

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:31 +0000

I think it’s really disappointing that spammers have now ruined Squidoo for the rest of us.

Is it really that hard to create a quality lens that provides good content as well as the backlink they are looking for?

With regards to bouncing round the SERP’s I would always recommend checking any inbound links in the comments section on your lens – linking to a ‘bad’ site in Google’s eyes could knock you down in the SERP’s – just an idea.

Thanks

Dan
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By: Evan Gould

Evan Gould — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:35:10 +0000

Good article. I watch my lenses real close in the search results. It appears Google has been having a love hate relationship with Squidoo for the last year.

It is so weird. I have some lens that have tons of quality links to them and are optimized well. They get top 10 in Google for several months. Then one day they just disappear for a month or two. Then they come back to top ten and then disappear again.

Once lens I have did this appearing and disappearing act at least 8 times last year.

Lately it appears Google is filtering out a lot of my lenses.

By: PotPieGirl

PotPieGirl — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:22:38 +0000

Great article! Nice recap of Squidoo =)

I would like to add that Squidoo has already gone thru the ‘growing pains’ that come with websites that are successful as quickly as Squidoo has been. Measures were taken to protect the Squidoo site and its lensmasters from future problems with Google and other search engines. In other words, spammers are no longer welcome and are quickly removed – IF they ever get published at all.

Again, great article!

PotPieGirl

By: Work from Home Guru

Work from Home Guru — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:51:20 +0000

Squidoo is a great way to not only earn money but also drive traffic to your site. I have been using it for sometime now and have found it to be a very invaluable tool. While I wouldn't be surprised that Google would consider taking action against this service, I myself have not noticed any problems as of yet. Great article.