To Squidoo Or Not To Squidoo?

By Rick C Kern

Squidoo works alot like my brain. It allows me to go off in a lot of directions at the same time. Yes I am ADD. I can build lenses(is that the plural of lens?) on Bicycles, cell phones, web hosting and or multiple lenses on each subject. They will all fall under the umbrella of my lenses but I can also easily link my lenses together that are on the same subject.

Building Your First Lens It can be confusing it is simple and you will get the hang of it. You don't need to understand everything on your page to begin with, that will come in time.

This page is really simple and I built it to show how simple it is to get started on Squidoo. So you can follow along with my description go to http://www.squidoo.com/TacoSalad/

I signed in to Squidoo
I clicked on "build a lens"
I typed "Taco Salad" in the "My lens is about:" go to step 2
I put the dot on "I want to get the word out on ----" goto Step 3
Pick URL I put in "tacosalad"
I clicked on "Food & Cooking" and then put the dot on Yes my lens is family friendly.
The best keyword for my lens is "Taco Salad" I put in taco recipe ,taco meat delight, best taco dinner,

This is not really important these actually will be the meta tags for your article just put in some words you think someone might search for your page with.
Then copy the security word.
Then click at the top of the arrow.
your page is already named.
In the introduction put in a couple of sentences about what the page is about.
Now go down to the Test/Write Module and click "edit". I put in The Meat Recipe and then went on to explain the meat recipe. If you click on the arrow next to the edit button you can move the line below the line that is currently below your line. I moved the Guestbook line to the bottom of the page.

Add another Text/Write Module
I clicked on add modules because I wanted to add another text box. Text/Write Module didn't show so I clicked on next page. I then clicked on add text/write module twice. I clicked "Save" and it took me back to my page.

Move your Modules
I moved the guestbook down below the two write modules and wrote the rest of my article. Click on the Down arrow on the Module Bar.

Add Titles
When you open a module and don't change the title you will get the default title to that module and it will look strange. As you finish a module click on save. When you are done click on Publish. Your first page is done. Please if you found this starter lesson helpful leave me feedback--I would be honored if you sign my Guestbook.

The modules you do not use will not show up on your published page. Except for Guestbook.

Article Marketing and Getting Paid
Squidoo is getting great ratings from the search engines so far. This is another twist to the article marketing twist Squidoo shares Site revenues with the article authors. If you are an avid article submitter this could become a significant extra source of income.

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