Ebay Squidoo Challenge Day 2 - Rubik’s Cubes
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On to Day two of the Ebay Squidoo Challenge and I’m starting to pick up a little steam.
For my second lens in the contest I chose to do a product based lens, specifically Rubik’s Cubes and Variants.
Good tips from this lens:
- Less can be more - Notice how I use fewer than the standard 3 listings in the ebay modules. This cuts down on choice but really cleans the look up. In situations like this where I’m featuring different kinds of similar products I’ve found I get better CTRs with this method.
- Use the Description Area of Ebay Modules - Since google will not index the actual auctions pulled in the module any information you can give to the spiders to tell them more about what’s going on helps a ton. Plus, it looks better.
- Picture Poll - I don’t use these very often but this was a perfect situation for it. Instead of a guestbook module I chose to use a poll with images. How did I do it? some simple HTML code with the <image> tag. I have a lens on HTML for Images, and I’m sure there’s a bunch more that describe the process even better (if you know one, post it in the comments!).
- Have fun - Since I am a huge nerd at heart, I love topics like this. It makes it easier to make the lens when you like the topic.
- Don’t be afraid of competition - I didn’t even look to see if there were other Rubik’s Cube lenses on squidoo when I made the lens. After I hit publish, it appears there are a few other lenses on it. That’s fine, more places for my link to hang out in discovery tools :). The more coverage there is on topics like Rubik’s cubes, the more that squidoo can build its reputation as a reliable place to go to find good information. And that’s better for everyone.
Comments or thoughts?
The Rubik’s Cube Lens can be found here.
If you are feeling really excitable you can even go to the main contest page and vote for the Captain in the plexo!
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Comments
I do agree that the abbreviated eBay modules make for a clean look, and the photo poll is neat. You said you picked the poll instead of a guestbook — was that to keep control of the overal clean look of the lens?
That is great information about the less is more for the ebay module. I have been wondering about this. I have several niche blogs and squidoo pages that focus on specific products. I don’t like have the same product for sale 5 different times.