Friday, May 13, 2011

Tag Pages

This traffic generation method uses what are called tag pages. If you go to Squidoo or HubPages and click on a tag you'll see what a tag page is. This is a page which has a list of all the Squidoo lenses / HubPages that use that tag. A tag is just like a keyword or search term which can be used to describe what a lens or hub is about. Here are some examples of Tag pages on both Squidoo and HubPages:

http://HubPages.com/tag/music/hot
http://HubPages.com/tag/photography/hot
http://www.squidoo.com/tags/internet+marketing
http://www.squidoo.com/tags/entertainment

Using the Tag Page Traffic Generation Trick on HubPages.

For this to work effectively you need to create Hubs in sets of about 3-5 or more. So create a hub in the normal way but instead of just adding tags from your favourite keyword tool, go to Google and do a search for all the related tag pages that are already ranked and indexed in Google. What you want are the tags. These are the tags that you are going to add to your hub for instant traffic. The tag pages are already indexed and listed in Google so they are already generating traffic for hubs that are listed there. What you want is to put your Hub listing on many of the tag pages that are already getting traffic from Google.

To find tags for your Hub pages on Google enter the following in the search box:

site:HubPages.com KEYWORD "Hot Hubs"

You'll get Instant Traffic in Two Ways:

1. You'll get instant traffic from the Tag Pages that are already listed and indexed by Google.

2. You'll get free instant traffic from other HubPages with which you share tags.

This is a HubPage feature that very few people know about but that has the potential of generating a lot of traffic for you. If you share a tag with another HubPage Hub which is already ranked well in the search engines and getting traffic, your Hub will be featured in the related Hubs Section

Using the Tag Page Traffic Generation Trick on Squidoo

This strategy works in a similar way on Squidoo too. But you'll be getting better success with HubPages simply because they allow you to add more tags than Squidoo does. But you can overcome this by creating more lenses so that you can have more tags. I think the maximum number you can add on Squidoo is about 20 tags. So if you create 10 lenses, you can have links from 200 tag pages!

Create lenses in the normal way. Then do some searches on Google or any search engine that you're interested in for Tag Pages. You can also copy tags from any well ranked Squidoo lenses that you discover in the search engines.

All you have to do now is add all the tags from existing Tag Pages to your Squidoo lens. If the Tags are more than 20, create more lenses and add those tags. This is why it's a good idea to create lenses in groups of 3-5 or more so that you can use all the tags available.

Most of your traffic will come from Tag Pages and from related lenses links on other Squidoo Lenses.

To see examples of Tag Pages on Squidoo go to:

http://www.squidoo.com/tags/affiliate-marketing
http://www.squidoo.com/tags/love
http://www.squidoo.com/tags/treatment

Overview

So how do you get instant traffic for your Lens or Hub.

1. Create your Lens or Hub

2. Search Google or other search engine for tags using:

site:www.squidoo.com "Squidoo : Tags" KEYWORD for Squidoo or site:HubPages.com KEYWORD "Hot Hubs" for HubPages where KEYWORD is your main keyword or phrase for your lens or hub

3. Make a list of all the tags from the tag pages listed in Google

4. Add the tags to your lens

General Tips:

- Write interesting titles for your HubPages and Squidoo Lenses so that you can maximise the clicks.

- Always create Hubs and Lens in sets. This will increase the number of tags you can add to your pages and therefore increase the amount of traffic you can get.

- If you're promoting a niche product that has no existing lenses of hubs, look for related tags and add those in addition to your own from keyword research tools.

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Okay folks, that's today's traffic generation idea. Try it out and see how it works for you.

Until tomorrow,

Terry