Squidoo Tags and the Meta Keyword Tag: SEO or No?
Squidoo tags are funny beasts. They work in two entirely different ways: on Squidoo, as a way to cross-link lenses together, and in search engines, they help target search traffic. Just to be more...
View ArticleSquidQuiz — A Great Way to Build Relevant Backlinks
SquidQuiz is a fun, quick kind of Squidoo lens. Create a trivia quiz on a topic you love, add a Featured Lenses module to your other quizzes, and you only need one more content module to get the lens...
View ArticleBasic Squidoo SEO Techniques – A Checklist
When I started using SEO for Squidoo lenses systematically, I latched onto Webconf’s 15 Minute SEO checklist. It was the first recommended resource I included on my Squidoo SEO lens in ’07. Webconfs’...
View ArticleKeywords Mean Speaking Your Readers’ Language
A post in SquidU dismissed keyword research in this way: Keyword research is for writers who are not interested in what they write, they are interested to collect traffic and then the money by selling...
View ArticleAn Extended Riff on SEO as Poetry
Or at least, keyword-based search engine optimization, which isn’t the sum total of SEO any more than backlinking is. Under a vague sense of “buy low, sell high,” I thought I might give Hubpages...
View ArticleSEO Tip: Is That the BEST You Can Do?
For obscure reasons that Glen and Janet will understand, I’m going to call this the Potato Chip Challenge. In the past, we’ve learned that adding “unique” to gift-related keywords captures long-tail...
View ArticleBing Still Uses the Meta Keywords Tag!
Uh, oh! Bing still uses the META keywords tag! META tags. Gotta love ‘em. They are pesky bits of HTML code hidden on (some) webpages to give information about each page. Ten years ago, search engines...
View ArticleGoogle Is Now Hiding Our Keyword Traffic
So, last week, the SEO industry was abuzz with Google’s October 18 announcement that it would no longer report visitors’ search queries in any of its tools IF the visitors doing the search were logged...
View ArticleKeyword Research and Competition: Something Else to Consider
You probably know to check competition when doing keyword research. But "competition" is more than a number. Here's some additional factors to consider.
View ArticleSquidoo Lens Transfer To Hubpages Has Begun
Hubpages has set up a new help forum for Squidoo members making the transition to HP. As expected, HP is transferring accounts a bit at a time, with early opt-ins getting early transfers. Relache...
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