How to Use Squidoo, Hubpages and Wetpaint Websites to Promote Your Website

Anyone who has gone to the trouble of creating a website wants visiting traffic. A very quick way to get traffic is by pay-per-click through search engine programs such as Google Adwords. While the results are almost immediate, it can be also be very expensive.

There are alternatives, and although it can take time for websites to show up in search results, it’s much easier on the wallet. The following is a summary of three different websites that will help you build back links and promote your website for free.

Squidoo

Squidoo, as a social media site, is an “authority” site favored by search engines. By opening a Squidoo account, you can create a lens, which is another website within Squidoo. In this lens you create content through articles, video, user interaction etc. to promote your external website. Here are a few things to know before heading to Squidoo:

Plan how you want the lens to look. Consider things like target audience, the type of content and even a theme, for consistency and flow.

Include your top keyword in your URL. This should put you ahead in the search engine battle to promote your website.

Add a hyperlink to your website in the text field. This is important as it is the only “dofollow” link that will pass link juice to your website.

Like any new website or promotional vehicle, Squidoo will take a little time to get used to, but it’s worth the effort.

Hubpages

Hubpages is similar to Squidoo, but is used in a different way. Hubpages require your page to be primarily an information source. It is not as flexible as Squidoo, and it will review your hub before publication to make sure you have followed their guidelines. Other things to know are:

Hubs are made up of capsules which can be filled with text, photos, links, feeds, polls, quizzes and other content.

You can generate revenue from your hub as Hubpages allow the use of affiliate programs.

Hubs create excellent back links which improve the ranking of your website.

Hubpages encourage networking among members which gives you the opportunity to market to these new business associates.

Wetpaint

This site in a Wiki format allows the user to create a mini-website about items of interest or to promote another website. It has a “click-and-type” interface so no knowledge of HTML is necessary. Similar to Squidoo, it also integrates popular feeds seamlessly into your Wetpaint site and your other blogs or websites. Other interesting facts are:

Other people can be invited to add content to your site, which quickly expands without a lot of work on your part.

An EasyEdit button allows you to edit the content, so you have control over what is on your site.

Wetpaint is supported by all the major search engines, and also by primary news feeds and web searches, increasing the possibility that your Wetpaint site will be found during a general search.

If you are struggling to pay Google or an SEO consultant, a small investment of your time could get you search engine rankings that will achieve the same result, and keep the revenue in your bank account.

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