Working with Search Engines
Question: I can't seem to get indexed in Google/Google doesn't love me/what's up with Yahoo!?Answer: Contrary to popular belief, Squidoo doesn’t have a secret partnership with or any knowledge about how Google runs their search engine business. We wish! We’re out there, the same as anyone who puts up a website, constantly trying to do the best by Google and give them what they’re looking for. Of course, we can only offer you the tools to do it. Each lensmaster has to use them effectively in order for them to work. And even then, it’s always up to Google, Yahoo!, AltaVista, or whoever, to decide what rules they want to play by.
Our best suggestion is to do what we would do. Create great lenses. Update them frequently. Be passionate, original, and genuine. Think outside the box (search engines). Do something that will make people want to come to your lens and read it and buy something whether or not they find it in a search engine. And good things will come to you.
What CAN you do? Ask your peers! At our forum, other lensmasters just like you have great ideas for getting the word out about their lenses.
