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Summer Lens and Blog Post Ideas

Sun, 03 May 2009 22:18:20 +0000

Are you hard at work on those summer lenses and blog posts yet? If not you should be, or even getting a head start on those fall ideas.

If you’re stumped for ideas here are 20 lens ideas to get you started. You could write about…

4th of July games and activities
Your favorite pool games and activities
Your favorite local amusement park
Your local county fair (fair food yum!)
Summer shoe styles
Summer swimwear for toddlers
The best summer vacation spot
Your favorite childhood summer memory
Your favorite summer foods
Strawberry recipes
Your favorite watermelon recipes
What’s growing in your garden?
The best places in your neighborhood to visit during summer break.
Outdoor summer activity ideas for children
Anything baseball
Your favorite summer blockbuster movie
Your favorite herbs to grow
How to stay cool when it’s hot outside
Your favorite flower
Your turn… you tell me what number 20 should be.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:50:41 +0000

I hope all you Squidoo Mothers have a wonderful day! Dads too!

Here’s some flowers for you, enjoy!

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Where Can You Get Photos For Your Lenses?

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:27:39 +0000

If content is queen, then photos are queen. I’m sure you’ve heard a picture is worth a thousand words. I think images can make or break a lens. I have some lenses that get more hits from their images (from Google or Yahoo! images) than they do for key words or content.

My Easter Bunny lens received over 2000 hits the week before Easter and over 90% of the traffic was from Google images. I created this lens for fun, so it doesn’t have much content. I wanted to create something for kids to check out and have fun with.

Give your photos meaningful names, use keyword descriptions and names for your photos. If you insert the photo into the lens yourself with html code, don’t forget to add alternate text. Use the alternate text to describe your photo for the search engines. It’s one more place to add keywords relevant to your lens topic.

I love to take my own photos whenever possible. Since one of my favorite topics is gardening, and I have a huge garden, it’s not difficult.

There are many times when I just don’t have the image I’m looking for to add to my Squidoo lenses or blogs. Here are some of my favorite image resources.

We’ll start with a few of my favorite free image sites. Check each site’s terms and conditions. Some require a mention, others require a link back, others don’t require anything.

Flickr (Do an advanced search and look for Creative Commons photos only)

Public Domain Pictures

Sometimes you’re looking for just the right image, and you don’t mind paying a little to get just what you want. Here are my favorite low cost royalty free image sites. Again, take a look at the terms and conditions before you post any photos.

Dreamstime

istockphoto

stockxpert

What are your favorite places to find stock photos for your lenses?