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#1 07/12/2009 11:26 am
- Jadelynx
- Cuttlefish. Just browsing.
- Registered: 12/31/1969
- Posts: 6
Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
I have a lens (one of 32) that I published over a week ago. It shows that it has been accepted and everything is fine, but when you search for it, even by specific name, it does not come up on the search on Squidoo. The only way to get it to come up is by going outside Squidoo in a browser and type in the specific URL. Only then will it come up.
Does anyone know why this is happening, and what I can do about it ? All my other lenses on this subject are very well traveled, but this lens has gotten 0 traffic. Please Help !
Thank you for your help,
Jade
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#2 07/12/2009 11:47 am
- thefluffanutta
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: York, England SquidUtils.com
- Registered: 09/04/2006
- Posts: 7473
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
Hi, Welcome to the forum, Jadelynx.
Which of your lenses is giving you problems?
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#3 07/12/2009 12:02 pm
- allinclusiveblog
- Swimming pretty (100+ posts!)
- Registered: 12/31/1969
- Posts: 166
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
I'm not sure how long it takes for the search results to update,
but I have noticed varying times for my new lenses to make it into the Squidoo search results.
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#4 07/12/2009 12:20 pm
- spuds
- Full fledged kraken (500+ posts)
- Registered: 08/27/2006
- Posts: 538
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
You would think the lenses should show up in Squidoo's own search results almost instantly. I don't understand why there would be such a delay.
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#5 07/12/2009 1:47 pm
- oneskms
- Positively aquatic
- From: UK
- Registered: 07/07/2007
- Posts: 344
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
I think squidoo uses your tags for search results - is your lens tagged and was it a tag you put in the search form ?
I can't recall having any delay with my lenses once they went out of WIP
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#6 07/12/2009 4:45 pm
- Jadelynx
- Cuttlefish. Just browsing.
- Registered: 12/31/1969
- Posts: 6
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
The one that is giving me problems is squidoo.com/pwgiftshop......Perfect World T Shirt and Gift Shop. The shop has plenty of tags but none of them bring it up on the search.....even an identical copy of the name of the lens does not bring it up. All my other lenses to do with Perfect World are in the top 5 search results.
Is something wrong with my gift shop lens ?
Thanks,
Jade
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#7 07/13/2009 1:26 am
- thefluffanutta
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: York, England SquidUtils.com
- Registered: 09/04/2006
- Posts: 7473
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
You need some more tags. At the moment, you only have 1 primary tag, and 2 others: "Perfect World T Shirt and Gift Shop", human, untamed
I would suggest changing your primary tag to "Perfect World", put it as a regular tag too, and add some more tags. For example: t-shirts, gift shop, mugs, shirts, mmorpg, gaming, perfect world shirt, perfect world merchandise, perfect world gifts, zazzle
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#8 07/13/2009 10:30 am
- Jadelynx
- Cuttlefish. Just browsing.
- Registered: 12/31/1969
- Posts: 6
Re: Search does not find my lens on Squidoo
*blush* I can't believe I forgot to make tags.....what a noob mistake ! Sorry for wasting your time and I thank you for your help.
Jade
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