CSTR: Absolutely right.  Almost every directory does this. WHENEVER you register for a directory, never give your normal email address or your email account will soon be full of spam. Always use a throw-away (FREE) account such as hotmail.

Another note: I just realized that this site will only allow one submission from the same domain per catagory. So, only one Squidoo lens per catagory.

Be sure to list your favorite directories that will allow Squidoo lense for free below.

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Edit: Sorry, this directory does have PageRank 5 after all - my Toolbar must have been broken.

Last edited by thefluffanutta (02/20/2008 1:18 am)

Hi Captain:

Thanks for the reminder about Isle of Squid. I love that directory. Your link didn't work though, so here it is again.

http://isleofsquid.com/

Does anyone else have directories, with PR that accept Squidoo lenses? There must be a few more out there.

LMP

Hi Glen:

Lensroll is a great site, been there and submitted. This is the first time I saw Squoogle, thanks for pointing it out. Looks like a nicely built directory. But it needs more links! Looks like most of the incoming links are from Squidu and a couple of forums. Without alot of good incoming links, I doubt it will ever get much PR. Any plans for that? If you can get some links, and it develops PR it will become an important resource for the Squidoo community.

LMP wrote:

Lensroll is a great site, been there and submitted. This is the first time I saw Squoogle, thanks for pointing it out. Looks like a nicely built directory. But it needs more links! Looks like most of the incoming links are from Squidu and a couple of forums. Without alot of good incoming links, I doubt it will ever get much PR. Any plans for that? If you can get some links, and it develops PR it will become an important resource for the Squidoo community.

At the moment I'm more concerned about quality over quantity. And manually check all submissions.

Thankfully I haven't yet been bombarded with sub-standard lenses or bucket loads of spam.

So for now it's plodding along quietly, as I figure out the finer points of the directory software (enabling editors and setting permissions) I'll be able looking to spread the word and not get buried under an avalanche of submissions (and spam).

cstr wrote:

Straying a bit O/T, but Glen, you may want to change/improve Squoogle's keywords and description. At the moment keywords are: "link management" and description is "make a web directory with ease".

Thanks for that.

I've now put it on my To Do list.

If I can't find it in the admin control panel I'll just have to edit the (right) php pages.

Thanks LMP, I'll check them out.

Another good list of free directories can be found here, though for Squidoo lenses it might be better to look at the Deep Link Directories instead, although none are free.

An alternative to submitting each individual lens is to syndicate your entire Lensmaster account instead. Read about getting Deep Links with RSS Feeds, and there's also this list of Blog directories might also be worth a look. I should really get back to researching this, and add more services to the lens.

Submitting lenses to Google Base would be more valuable for the traffic rather than the links, as matching products will appear that the top of the search results.

I don't think that Google Base is quite appropriate for Squidoo Lenses, and I've not seen any significant traffic from there. Even my own eCommerce site sees very little traffic from there.

But, feel free to give it a try, and perform your own test. Maybe others have had more luck...