My Honest Squidoo Review
My Honest Squidoo Review
Don’t bother - That’s the overwhelming advice that people in the “know” seem to be handing out in large quantity, when it comes to using Squidoo.
So, I thought I’d have a good look, run a few experiments and see whether Squidoo really is pointless, or indeed has a use.
First I wrote 4 similar articles and then submitted them to:
1.Ezinearticles
2.Hubpages
3.Goarticles
4.Squidoo
The Results?
Only 2 articles were indexed within 2 weeks and I didn’t bookmark them or link boost them in any form. They were indexed “naturally”.
My Ezine article was the first to be indexed and had a SE result of 8th on the first page for my key word of choice.
My Hub was indexed around the same time for a second page 5th result.
Now my Goarticle is not in the top 100 results and the Squid lens isn’t indexed at all.
My first impressions - Not good.
What’s the point of writing an article for squidoo to cash in on, if it’s not getting indexed?
Why Squidoo Seems Less Valuable?
It seems to me, that if you’re not about creating “Giant Squid” lenses then Squidoo won’t even acknowledge you, let alone bring up your lens in results. I’m not creating a 4000 word article for a PR 1 backlink!
Squidoo wont have a ton of outbound links on your page to devalue your link, but it will have a myriad of internal links to competitors pages …on your lens and that’s going to cost you traffic and is the single biggest reason that many people have given up on Squidoo.
As for me, well, I can’t see myself rushing to add unique content to a resource that won’t get indexed, let alone send me traffic and that’s an honest to goodness lose/lose situation.
When they change I’ll reconsider, but with hubpages and Ezinearticles as good authorities, I wont be rushing to create a big ole’ lens any time soon.
You can check out my lens on Article Directory Information which seems to make only squidoo’s pr better, meanwhile it took a lot of time to create, time which might be better off spent on my own site.
