Squidoo Tags - Are they important or not?? - I get asked this question alot.

Well, the answer to that question is - It Depends.

If you are asking whether or not the Tags [Squidoo Allows You To Add 40 Tags in the Right Side Bar] will help you with Google and other search engines, the answer is NO.  Starting in January of 2008, Squidoo added “NOFOLLOW” codes to their tag pages.

There are some people who are still selling an e-book to Squidoo newbies promising great search engine results from Squidoo Tag pages.  It may have been possible a couple of years ago, but no longer - if you bought one of these e-books then ask for your money back.

These 40 Squidoo tags do help with internal Squidoo searches, so you should still take advantage of maximizing the available tags in the sidebar.

The way to get your keywords indexed by the search engines like Google is to use your primary keywords in your URL name, your module headings and dispersed throughout the articles you post in these modules.  You should also use your primary keyword to name all of the images you post on your lens.  Don’t “keyword stuff”, but do fit your keywords into your text whenever they can be used in a readable fashion.

Hope that helps!

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