New Squidoo Module: Yelp
If you’ve built a lens today you may have noticed that the module picker has gotten a bit of a facelift. Although this makes a portion of one of my Squidoo Training Videos obsolete, I still think it’s for the best.
One of the modules listed on the default ’starter package’ tab is called Yelp. It has no description but it is one of the latest creations of Fluffanutta, founder of SquidUtils.
What this module does is return a list of reviews about various retail stores and shops by zip code.
Why this module could be cool
Since the results are returned by Squidoo when the page loads, all of the reviews are indexable by search engines. This is another module that falls under the Evergreen Content type we’ve talked about before.
If you create a lens based on a place, or on a retail store of some kind, this one is a must have.
-The Captain
November 29th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
[...] Loyalis has the low-down at his blog. Basically it fills your module with reviews of local business, set by the zip code you put in. Loyalis writes that the module is one that Google can read properly (unlike the RSS module), so the new Yelp module provides extra content for your lens to help in the search engines. [...]
November 19th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I’m a little bit confused with Yelp after reading the post and above comment so I’m going to test it out for myself and see if I like it or not.