Tagging Tricks

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FINALLY: Why Squidoo Tags Are Useless

Finally! My post about Squidoo Tags is ready. There has been a LOT going on in my life since I wrote that last post, but bit by bit I’ve been chipping away at this beast.
So here goes
Why Squidoo Tags Are Useless
Things change. Goal posts move. And it is our job to [...]

12Oct2008 | MrLewisSmile | 29 comments | Continued
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Tags. Are. Useless.

There.
I said it!
Next, I shall explain why..

10Sep2008 | MrLewisSmile | 11 comments | Continued
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Google Suggesting Your Tag Phrases

You can always rely on Google to make fantastic things we can’t resist.
This time they have made a thing called Google Suggest.
You start typing a search term into the google search box and it shows you other phrases commonly searched for and how many search results there are for that term.
It’s very cool. It’s free, [...]

24Jan2008 | MrLewisSmile | 4 comments | Continued
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The Importance of the Primary Tag

Introducing, SquidooCool’s Second Guest Writer!
TheFluffanutta writes of the importance of the Primary Tag.
So, here he is:
The Primary Tag is the first tag you get to define when creating your new lens, and it is an often misunderstood and very under utilised by many Lensmasters. Admittedly, it doesn’t seem do a whole lot, but there are [...]

5Jan2008 | MrLewisSmile | 1 comment | Continued
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What Are Tags?

A tag is a word or phrase that best describes your lens. So if you have a lens about drinking water some tags you might want to add to your lens might be drinking water, water, H2O, 8 glasses a day, facts about water, water facts, information about water, water filters, drinking water filters, etc.
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13Oct2007 | MrLewisSmile | 0 comments | Continued
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Tagging Tricks: Adding Tags From Your Stats

It’s good to know where your visitors are coming from, and with the stats upgrade Squidoo HQ gave us it is possible to see exactly what a person typed into google before they arrived at your lens.
And there is also a rather cool use for those stats!
You can automatically add those words and phrases to [...]

4Aug2007 | MrLewisSmile | 6 comments | Continued
Clonned by Billy!