stupid squidoo trick

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if you're an internet marketer on squidoo, you know the value of having hot keywords in your squidoo lens domain.

the only problem is that 9 out of 10 times, these hot keywords are already taken by marketers that are quicker than you.

here's a simple example,
webhosting <- taken
web-hosting <- taken

at this point, most people give up and start thinking of different keywords...only to find that most of the hot keywords have only been taken.

shame on you....you shouldn't give up so easily....

....what kind of a black hatter are you anyway?

webhosting <- taken
web-hosting <- taken
web-hosting- <- taken
web-hosting-- <- AVAILABLE
web-hosting--- <- AVAILABLE
AND SO ON

do the dashes matter? will they hurt your seo ranking?

Google will take word1-word2 and read it as word1 and word2 as long as you utilize the dash.

now, i know what you're thinking 'but tonlilaz, that's really retarded because nobody's gonna remember 15 dashes in your squidoo url'

and i say, if you're using squidoo strictly for seo and marketing purposes...you don't really give a flying f* for type-in traffic. as long as the search engines read word1 -word2....

more stupid squidoo tricks to come..... stay tuned
 
*duh* that's so smple! Why didn't I think of that. Of course. Thanks!
 
sounds interesting. let me try it out.

but i have one question... suppose if i am able to create a squid00 lens for instance"squid00.com/web-hosting---"
will that beat the one and climb up like "squid00.com/web-hosting" at SE's ?
 
good domain doesn't beat good content....

it's kinda like rock, paper, sissors...
 
webhosting <- taken
web-hosting <- taken
web-hosting- <- taken
web-hosting-- <- AVAILABLE
web-hosting--- <- AVAILABLE

Instead of Hypens we can also use underscore know....
 
webhosting <- taken
web-hosting <- taken
web-hosting- <- taken
web-hosting-- <- AVAILABLE
web-hosting--- <- AVAILABLE

Instead of Hypens we can also use underscore know....

you COULD

but the search engines read dashes differently than underscores
 
you can also do webhosting345354353 still they read the two words.
 
you can also do webhosting345354353 still they read the two words.

The SE may read the words but the number will probably throw off the term unlike the dash which should be discarded. ie: "nba finals 2008"
 
if you're an internet marketer on squidoo, you know the value of having hot keywords in your squidoo lens domain.

the only problem is that 9 out of 10 times, these hot keywords are already taken by marketers that are quicker than you.

here's a simple example,
webhosting <- taken
web-hosting <- taken

at this point, most people give up and start thinking of different keywords...only to find that most of the hot keywords have only been taken.

shame on you....you shouldn't give up so easily....

....what kind of a black hatter are you anyway?

webhosting <- taken
web-hosting <- taken
web-hosting- <- taken
web-hosting-- <- AVAILABLE
web-hosting--- <- AVAILABLE
AND SO ON

do the dashes matter? will they hurt your seo ranking?



now, i know what you're thinking 'but tonlilaz, that's really retarded because nobody's gonna remember 15 dashes in your squidoo url'

and i say, if you're using squidoo strictly for seo and marketing purposes...you don't really give a flying f* for type-in traffic. as long as the search engines read word1 -word2....

more stupid squidoo tricks to come..... stay tuned

Thanks for the tip. Yeah I've seen lens URL's set up that way. Here's what I do to find available lens URL's.

After I ID the keywords I want to target:

1. Fire up Lens Inspector

HTML:
http://affilitools.com/lensinspector.php

2. Copy & paste target keywords into the search field

3. Leave 'dashes' & 'underscores' checked off

4. Click thru to each result. A lot of those desireable URL's showing up as 'exist' in the results are up for grabs. I just grabbed 2 while posting this reply :).

bonus tip: Don't sleep the hubpages results -- you can pick up some good keyword rich domains. Again I would click thru to each result because some of the hubs showing up as 'exist' are no longer published.
 
Thank you very much. It's a really simple yet effective trick I haven't thought about so far. Kudos.
 
Hi Tonlilaz Thanks for the most useful post,This is very true and will certainly help me.It is also a question I wanted to ask about on this forum.So conceivably, one could use almost anything besides say your example and still get ranked in the search engines.

I think this is called thinking outside of the box.:D
 
Thanks Tonlilaz and XRay,

Nice, simple info THAT GETS RESULTS.
Shouldn't you re-write this into a $17.97 eBook, or what? :D

Hey Tonlilaz, I fkin HATE seaguls - I used to live on the coast...
LOVE yer sig, made me grin :)
 
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