Get Traffic and Make Money Using Squidoo
June 25, 2007
While some of you may already be in on Squidoo and using it to your advantage, I didn’t pay any attention at all to Squidoo until just a few days ago, when I read this post. I thought Squidoo was just another dumb website that would be absolutely useless to me, so I ignored it completely. Another mistake! I wish I’d gotten in on Squidoo a while back, but at least I’m signed up now.
Using Squidoo, you can drive some real traffic to your site. Squidoo lets you create a page on their site, which they call a lens. Your page can be on practically any topic you want it to be. But you can not only get traffic for your blog by making a lens on Squidoo, you can earn some money! And you can even set your minimum payout to just one dollar, so it’s not hard at all.
On Squidoo I’ve already created five lenses, including Dozens of Great Quotes and All About Blog Carnivals. Lenses are easy to create and arrange. There are great modules you can add to your lens, including Plexo and modules to add that will make you more money (including Amazon, Ebay, etc). When you create a lens you can always edit and update it. It’s your page forever.
Why does Squidoo pay you for your lens?
Like I already mentioned, you can add money-making modules to your lens and make some real dollars, and get them sent right to your Paypal. But why does Squidoo actually pay you? It’s simple. You’re building a huge database of content for them, and in return, you get publicity, money, and webspace! It’s a great deal. ;)
How can you get traffic with a lens?
This is simple, too. If you create a lens be sure to link back to your site or blog on it. On each page, in my little ‘about me’ in the sidebar, I have linked to this blog. I have yet to actually link to this blog in the actual lens itself but that’s something I’ll be doing. If your blog is about gardening, start a gardening lens and link back to your blog. If you make sure what you’re linking to is relevant and helpful to the readers of your lens, you’ll get some traffic and maybe even some new readers to your blog!
Squidoo is not only easy to use but it’s fun and enjoyable. I have had a good time creating my lenses on their site. And on top of it all, Squidoo has become a trusted souce in Google’s view. Squidoo pages will rank easier and higher than other pages because of their authority.
Why use Squidoo?
If it’s not obvious enough by now, you can make easy money (and even donate percentages to dozens of great charities), create lenses and have your own space of the web easily and free, and link to your site/blog and draw in some traffic. There are a lot of advantages to Squidoo and I regret not joining in on the fun earlier! So sign up for Squidoo now!
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Wordpress 2.2.1 Now Available
June 23, 2007
If you haven’t heard yet, version 2.2.1 of Wordpress is now available. It is a bug fix release for the 2.2 series which was released a month ago. Since that release, the Wordpress community has been improving small details and fixing bugs. Click here to see the full list of corrected bugs. Here are some highlights:
- Atom feed validation fixes
- XML-RPC fixes
- Widget backward compatibility fixes
- Widget layout fixes for IE7
- Page and Text Widget improvements
But 2.2.1 is not just a bug fix release, because some security issues came to light recently, which has made 2.2.1 a required upgrade. These vulnerabilities are addressed by 2.2.1:
- Remote shell injection in PHPMailer
- Remote SQL injection in XML-RPC
- Unescaped attribute in default theme
For the official post notice from Wordpress, click here.
Will you be getting Wordpress 2.2.1 pronto, not just for the bug fixes for for the security issues as well? Personally, I don’t think I’m going to worry about it too much right away. I will get 2.2.1 but it’s not on my top list of priorities right now.
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I love PayPerPost!
June 23, 2007
I’ve been waiting to sign up for PayPerPost and be able to jump on money-making opportunities for a long time now, and just a few days ago my blog finally turned three months old, which is the PayPerPost requirement age. So today I logged onto my email and saw that my blog was accepted into the marketplace, and I’m so happy! I love PayPerPost.
There are so many opportunities and chances to earn money on PayPerPost, and this may easily become one of my biggest money earners. I’m even getting paid to write THIS! But this post is not only sponsored, it’s very very true. I’m extremely happy to be a part of PayPerPost now.
Why? Like I said, there are literally dozens of sponsored post opportunities out there to suit everyone. And with all these opportunities, that means a great chance to make some more money! If you’re not a member of PayPerPost yet and your blog is 90+ days old and suits their requirements, you should definitely sign up or else you’ll be missing out big time! You just write sponsored posts and it’s so simple to make money blogging. This is a site I’ve been waiting to be able to be a part for a long time… Finally I’m in!
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Did I Mention Super Blogging is 3 Months Old?
June 22, 2007
Get a spot in my blogroll! Read on…
You heard right, Super Blogging is three months old! Our birthday was June 16. I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs, but thankfully I’m still here, and I’m here to stay. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ve done my total best over these three months. I’ve been lazy a lot of the time. I should have been writing more content, commenting other blogs, working on SEO more, etc.
These next three months I will strive to do so much better!
I’m very happy that this blog is three months old now, because that opens up a lot more money-making opportunities for me and makes Super Blogging look a lot more serious. It only goes up from here!
I’d like to thank everyone who has helped me since the first day this blog began. There are too many names to list, but you all know who you are. And since Super Blogging is now three months old (oh, what a milestone!), I’m doing a special little offer. Nothing big, but…
The first and tenth (if I get that many people) persons to comment get their own blogs added to my blogroll in the sidebar for a couple weeks. Now don’t wait and comment after the ninth person, because you probably won’t get it! While comments from my previous commentators appear instantly, I still have to approve many new comments. So you really never know what number your comment will be. Also, please don’t spam the comments… Just one per person. :)
Also, if you write a new post in your blog announcing that Super Blogging is three months old and linking to this blog, you will be added to my blogroll for at least a month. (And don’t just delete the post right after I add your link). In the comments let me know if you’ve done this (that comment won’t be counting toward the other contest). Thank you so much, it is very appreciated!
Thank you, and please celebrate with me by dropping your comment below!
Super Blogging is 3 months old!
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Have Your Own Domain From the Start
June 22, 2007
The biggest mistake I’ve made so far is when I first started blogging. I didn’t plan ahead or do a lot of research, I just expected to learn everything I needed to know on the way. So I went to Blogger and made my own free blog there. My URL was www.super-blogging.blogspot.com. But then just very recently, I realized that having a free domain was a bad thing. I also realized how much I hated Blogger. So that was when I made up my mind, that I would need my own domain and host, and I would be using Wordpress. If I had done that from the start, things would have been so much easier!
If you’re going to start blogging and you’re serious about it, and you plan to blog for longer than a couple of weeks, then DO invest in your own domain and host! In the long run it won’t cost much at all, and then what you earn through your blog will probably pay for your domain and hosting costs. If you start out with a free host like Blogger, it’ll be a huge pain when you have to switch.
A lot of people say there is no difference with search engine ranks on whether you have a free hosted blog or not. Well, I think there is a difference. When I had my old blog that was hosted on Blogger, it took forever to get indexed by Google, and Google hardly visited my site. Not many of my pages were included in searches. But now with my www.superbloggingtips.com domain, I really do notice the difference. Google visits a lot more and I get indexed easily. I think you are better off ranking better in the search engines when you have your own domain. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think so.
So be patient, and before you start your blog, do some research on what all it takes. Also do research on the hosting you’re going to get, and your domain. Dosh Dosh tells five easy ways to choose a good domain name, and Make Money Online has a good article as well, so I’ll refer you to those posts instead of giving detail on how to choose your domain name.
I regret not having my own domain from the start, because the switch cost me a lot and wasn’t fun! So don’t make the same mistake I did. Good luck, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)
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