From the searches that get people to this blog :
Should I have a seperate blog of each squidoo lens?
Good question. As usual I’m going to give you the quick answer first:
Have a blog for each NICHE you have squidoo lenses (or hubs on hubpages) about.
The problem comes next: how are you going to make sure that blog is getting found by search engines? There are three methods:
- Interlink all your blogs – and have each point only to the lenses in that niche
I don’t do this. My niche blogs link ONLY to niche pages, whether lenses, hubs or article pages. - Put your free blogs on domains that are so well interlinked within, and already ranking in the serps, that you don’t need to promote your blog. Vox and existing niche nings are examples of this.
- Make a link wheel for each topic you have lenses about: niche blogs on blogger, vox, wordpress.com etc. Each interlinking, each linking back to your squidoo lenses and other (paying) online properties.
Or of course… Make one blog for all your lenses and promote it in the squidoo network.
Whatever you do: if you are going to make a blog ONLY about squidoo lenses, do NOT host it on blogger or wordpress. They may just ban you for linking out to only one domain. Instead put your blog on one of the squidoo blogging platforms.
The advantages of having several interlinked niche blogs:
- They all get link leverage & google will likely smile on the lenses you link to.
- You tap into the links existing domains have to promote your own stuff.
- You tap into existing AUDIENCE on those hubs. Blogging on Vox for instance means reaching the audience of Vox bloggers in that niche. Audience = people = good
The disadvantages of having several interlinked niche blogs:
- Spreading yourself too thin: You have less chance of developing a longer term relationship with people in a niche if you are not consistent in where your best content is being posted. How will people find you? How can they keep up with the genuine great stuff you keep producing if you are publishing it on several platforms?
- How will you have time to create genuine great stuff if you ARE spreading yourself thin?
These are questions each online marketeer has to figure out for themselves.
Back to the original question:
Should I have a seperate blog of each squidoo lens?
One answer:
If you stick to one niche, you will only need one main blog to accompany it, however many lenses you make.