First of all, thanks for the advice not to unmax my lens! I think it has a lot to do with the fact that as of this morning, http://www.squidoo.com/collegevisitsurvival is #38 in Family and #800 overall! Wow! My second lens is now at #434 overall but only #11732 overall.
So what it shows me, is that the lenses about making better lenses really do help. I have spent a lot of time at SquidU, I have made it a point to visit at least 20 new lenses a day as well. I still have to work on the backlinking. Both lenses were accepted at Isle of Squid, but when I try to add the coding to my lenses, the whole text is underlined which looks lousy. I want to backlink this blog as well.
Any helpful hints how to do linking well and where to add backlinks within the lens?
Happy Saturday Y’all!
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
I’m sure there is a better way to do it but I have a text/write module at the very end of my lenses; that’s where I put any photo credits, back links to directories etc. I generally have no title for that module.
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
I also do backlinks in a text/write module. Sometimes in a ‘the most important thing’ module, which als accepts ordinary HTML-links.
But if you’re stumped, you might just use a links-module. That’s what they’re for after all
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Backlinks are really important for getting a higher ranking in the search engines, which of course leads to more traffic. But then if it’s a good backlink, say to a niche site or forum, you stand to get some traffic from there too. The more the better.
Good luck, it sounds like you are learning quick, and getting a lens in the top 1,000 pretty much says you are well on your way
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
There is so much new terminology for me that it gets a bit overwhelming. I really want to figure out how to add links within text which means gaining some understanding of basic coding.
I really do appreciate the input. Once I read it , it is so simple that I feel like hitting myself upside the head !
Thanks!