People who are trying to make money online through affiliate marketing by publishing lenses in Squidoo are in for significant changes in mid-July. There is a Squidoo policy update that can lead to lenses (or lens pages) getting shutdown. Here's what you can do about it...

First, you can go and get more details about the Squidoo Policy Update.

Next, you can review your present lenses and see if the topics covered fall under the list of SquidDon't subjects. For example:

Yes, weight loss and dieting lenses are far more often spam than good--especially when they're selling something, or promoting an affiliate site. Acai berry reviews have earned a rotten reputation elsewhere on the web, for example, and that's seeping into Squidoo as well.

You'll also need to review the Squidoo rules on outbound links. Of particular interest on that page is the list of whitelisted domains, because that will give you ideas on where you can publish your other content online.

Does this mean that you should stop your affiliate marketing efforts in Squidoo? No. Far from it. In fact, you should continue publishing in Squidoo, particularly if you want to reach out to the crowd that hangs out over there. Plus, if you publish worthy lenses, you will gain web visibility points.

What about your existing lenses that might not pass the manual review in July? I highly recommend that you get the content and publish it elsewhere. Out here on the web, nothing you publish is ever wasted. You just need to find a way to keep it from disappearing, especially if you published it in free hosting sites. Why waste that income stream, right?

And if you still haven't published in Squidoo, then head on over there and see the different ways some affiliate marketers are making money online today. It will give you insight and help you in the future when you eventually create and sell your own downloadable products and manage a group of highly successful affiliates.

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"Squidoo Changes and Affiliate Marketing"
First Posted: June 27, 2009 | Filed in: Make Money Online

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