Squidoo Modules that provide ‘evergreen’ content
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One of the keys to having the Big G or Yahoo! or MSN come back to your lens over and over again is having unique content on your lens that also updates regularly. Contrary to popular belief, several modules do NOT help you with spiders when they crawl your site.
Here’s a rundown of the most common:
eBay search :� NOT evergreen - The eBay Module loads after the lens loads, so google only sees javascript, which it can’t interpret.
Amazon search: Evergreen� - the Amazon module picks load with the lens, which means google sees these changing over time.
RSS Feeds - Not Evergreen - Again, this uses Java and loads after the lens so no google love.
Google Blog Search - Evergreen - Loads with the lens, just like the Amazon Module.
Youtube - Evergreen (I think) -� The comments for the video load instantly, which is what google can see.
What does this mean?
Every lens you make should have either a Google Blog Search, Amazon module with search enabled, or a youtube video with search enabled in order to give you that ‘evergreen’ look that google loves so much.
What other modules do you swabbies want the Captain to check for evergreen content?
-The Captain
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[...] Squidoo RSS Feeds show google new information everytime someone visits - False - the RSS feed is run on Javascript (AJAX), not php. Technospeak aside, this means that google can see your module title, description, and subtitle of RSS feeds. However, there are some Squidoo modules that will show different content to google every visit. [...]
I’m not convinced that the YouTube module counts, as the only content to change is the ‘number’ of comments. The comments themselves aren’t displayed.
Here are some modules to add to the list:
- Plexo = Evergreen
- GuestBook = Evergreen
- Dual Module = Not Evergreen
Great info, I’ve wondered about which modules were evergreen for a while.
Anyone know about the CafePress module? Im guessing evergreen.
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This post need updating. The list of Evergreen modules is now this:
- Amazon*
- CafePress*
- Dual
- Guestbook
- Google Blog Search
- Plexo**
- Twitter
- Yelp
- YouTube*
* Amazon, CafePress and YouTube modules only change if you let Squidoo pick what items they show.
** I would argue that the Plexo module doesn’t actually get much interaction, and often it’s just the order that changes.
Also note that the Google Blog Search has all links tagged as nofollow.
thefluffanutta
[...] Arr… This Be The Captain! Thanks for Stopping by to check out my piratey bag of Squidoo Tricks! If you are new here, you might want to get free updates and squidoo tricks delivered straight to you via RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As I was lensbuilding this weekend I noticed a new evergreen Module has been released into the wild for Squidoo lensmasters. (What is an evergreen module?) [...]
Useful post and comments. I’ve been wondering about these things myself and some evergreen modules I’d guessed right and others wrong so opinions from the experts helped enlighten the situation quite a bit more! Thank you all…
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