Don't laugh, this is not as insignificant as you might think at first glance. Not by a long shot.
Actually, it is quite significant.
Here is why: making any amount of monëy on the web from a free site is quite rare.
What Is Squidoo?
Squidoo is a free, easy-to-use service or site that lets anyone post or write a lens (web page) on any subject they choose.
Squidoo lets you create your own lenses and pick highly valuable keyword phrases in your Squidoo URL. There are still some very worthwhile URLS to be claimed and more being born as new products come online.
Experienced marketers will know to place popular (well searched for) keywords or keyword phrases in their Squidoo URL and then have these keywords in the title of your lens and sprinkled throughout the page. Don't overdo it, but optimize your lens for your chosen keywords. Savvy marketers also know using a long tail keyword phrase often results in more targeted traffíc which converts better.
How Is Squidoo Different?
Squidoo is a quality site. It offers highly focused content which often rises to the top of the search engine rankings very quickly. The Squidoo site has a PR7 (Page Rank) in Google. According to Alexa, Squidoo is ranked in the top 1000 sites on the whole web.
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Why Is Squidoo Effective?
The main reason Squidoo is effective stems from its vibrant online community constantly creating diverse quality content and links. In the process, this community has made Squidoo a search engine haven. As with Wikipedia, Squidoo can be seen as the ultimate authority site. Besides, it is fun and easy to use because you have all your valuable content and links on one convenient page. It is also community rated so all the cream rises to the top! Google seems to love Squidoo.
How Can You Earn By Using Squidoo?
Every page on Squidoo carries Google AdSense ads which generate funds for the site and you. Also you can display affilíate links from Amazon, eBay, CafePress etc. plus to any other affiliate programs or sites. It is more like a co-op where you share in the revenues generated from your lenses. There is also a charity element where you can donate your earnings to a whole host of charity groups.
Keep in mind, Squidoo is completely scalable. As with any marketing venture, once you know how to create that first $1 profít, all you have to do is scale it up. If you make $1 with one page, create a hundred pages and you will make...
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Why Should You Use Squidoo?
From a purely SEO angle, Squidoo is worth your time, even if you are a professional marketer making $200-300 dollars a day from your sites. Squidoo lets you quickly tap into the whole Web 2.0 social media tagging system. It will help you improve your rankings for your other sites if you closely tie-in your links and content.
This is not keyword spamming. You must create unique quality content on Squidoo in order to generate the interest in your lenses. In a community monitored site like Squidoo, quality content does rise to the top. Done properly, Squidoo will easily let you tap into the whole Web 2.0 everyone is talking about.
Your profile will link back to your site and you can include backlinks to any sites you wish, including hyperlinks on photos stored on Flickr.
In addition, Squidoo is an excellent hands-on training field for anyone wishing to learn more about Internet Marketing. It is the perfect place to study affilíate marketing and you can discover how SEO really works without even spending a dime.
More importantly, Squidoo is just plain easy and a whole lot of fun. Besides, if you give it a try, chances are almost 100% certain that you will make more than 90 cents!
"The Squidoo community is currently boasting nearly 160,000 lenses, with more than 1,000 new lenses getting created every day. And 5 million+ visits a month. And 4 lenses getting seen every second. Wow." (correct @ 8 June 2007)
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