Comments on: The economics of Lensrank

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:39:12 +0000

I die every time I see my lensrank fall. I can see that with the small Squidoo payout, it is not worth killing yourself.

By: daria369

daria369 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:57:46 +0000

Thank you for this great post and simple-to-understand explanation. Very helpful!

By: Allan Wallace

Allan Wallace — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:19:13 +0000

Thanks for laying out the current earnings potential in an easy to understand format, that took work and caring. I am primarily not on Squidoo for cash, but I do experiment with retail and other ideas occasionally.

Even with that, I earn more from affiliates than from lensrank. Quality links from relevant sites help google pagerank – that seems to be where the action is.

By: Airport Park Sleep Fly

Airport Park Sleep Fly — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:37:07 +0000

Thanks for the reminder about lensrank — took me a while to learn, and I probably still think about it more than I should. This is a good incentive to build more affiliate lenses!

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By: a_willow

a_willow — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:05:04 +0000

For reasons mentioned here, I don’t care what are people doing for swapping ratings – My goal is to spear some money for my daugther’s future… Visitors from Squidoo don’t do much good for this goal since everyone that has Squidoo account can buy everything I offer from his own lens!
Still I like spirit of community here so I do things I do for Fresh Squids!
BTW Captain, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving comment! ;D

By: Roo

Roo — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:30:44 +0000

Aye Aye Captain! Chasing lensrank is pretty counterproductive in my opinion too. Many of my most popular lenses are not in tier 1 and they outperform the top tier lenses on earnings by quite a bit. I’ve got quite a few lenses that are low to mid ranking and only make a sale every other month, but with a commission of over $40 on a micro-niche I’m more than happy with the results and not at all bothered that it will never make top tier.

Also, the amazing thing is, since I stopped attaching to the importance of a top tier, or even top100 lens, I’ve actually achieved a top 100 lens (briefly) and am having more lenses regularly in the top tier too!

Lensrank payout is just a nice bonus to me, so not particularly important anymore. What’s far more important is having my visitors clickthru a link and earning me money and my lens can be anywhere in the top 100,000 for that to be a reality!

By: Teak Furniture Specials

Teak Furniture Specials — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:13:19 +0000

I find that promoting Clickbank products is a great way to make money with Squidoo. The great thing about clickbank products is that they have a huge commission. That allows you to make more money with less traffic.