Add Squidoo lens to Technorati

How to add your Squidoo Lens to Technorati

The Problem
Squidoo blocks Technorati – this is a trick to get ‘around’ this problem using Google Feedburner

Step 1.) Publish Your Lens
Your lens must be published first.
So go create a lens on Squidoo, and then once it's published , come back here.

Step 2.) Find and Copy Public Lens URL
Next, go to your published page,
and copy the URL .
For example, I would copy : http://www.squidoo.com/automaticwordpressplugins and paste it into Notepad .

Step 3.) Find RSS URL
Click on the little orange & white RSS icon at the top of your lens.

Copy Squidoo RSS URL
Copy the Squidoo RSS URL to notepad.

Step 4.) Google Feedburner
Next, we need to head over to Feedburner and "Burn our Feed".
So sign into Google Feedburner : http:// feedburner.google.com with your gmail/google account

Burn a Feed
You will see the box: " Burn a feed right this instant ".
Paste in your Squidoo RSS feed .
For example, I would paste in: http://www.squidoo.com/xml/syndicate_lens/automaticwordpressplugins and then click on Next .

Adjust Title and Unique Feedburner URL
Adjust Title and Custom Address .
Then click on Next .

Copy Feedburner URL
Copy your new Feedburner RSS URL to Notepad
e.g: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Top10AutomaticWordpressPlugins
Keep clicking Next , Next, etc. to setup your Feed.

Notepad Check
So in my notepad , I should now have..
Squidoo Public Lens URL,
Squidoo RSS URL (which we no longer need) and
Google Feedburner URL .

Step 5.) Technorati
Head over to the Technorati website http:// technorati.com and sign in.

Click on Username
Once logged in, click on your username.

"My Claimed Blogs"
Once you see your profile, scroll down the bottom of the page, until you see MyClaimedBlogs .

Start a blog claim
Paste in the public URL of your Squidoo Lens and then click on " Claim ".
For example, I would paste in: http://www.squidoo.com/automaticwordpressplugins

Details
Next it will ask you for the details of your blog – or in our case, the details of your Squidoo lens .
Type in your title of your lens
Type in your public url of your lens
Type in the FEEDBURNER url of your lens
And any blog that links to your lens

Details Example

Add your Lens description & category
Type in your lens description (in a human-friendly way), and pick up to 3 categories for your blog "lens" to be submitted to.

Site tags
Add your site tags ( keywords that match the content of your Squidoo lens), then click on Proceed to the next step .

Blog claim status
Next, you are put in a queue.
Sometimes they are slow, but today I can just click on " Return to Profile " to go to the next step.

My claimed blogs
Scroll back down to My claimed blogs , and then click on Check Claim .

Technorati Claim Code
Copy the code they have written on the claim status to Notepad.
So in my example, I will copy the code " 3T5VZEFBRP29 " to notepad.

Step 6.) Back to Squidoo - Edit lens
Head back to Squidoo and go back into " Edit " mode of your lens.

Edit the '1st' Module
Edit the first module of your lens (it must be the first , as the first paragraph is the only thing that shows up in Google's Feedburner).

Paste Technorati code
Paste the Technorati code (my example 3T5VZEFBRP29) into the start of the lens.
Then click Save .

Publish Lens
Publish your lens again.
Unfortunately, re-publishing your lens is not enough to update the feed, as Feedburner checks it's feeds every 30mins. What you need to do next, is "Ping" Feedburner manually to update your lens.

Step 7.) Ping Feedburner
Head to http:// feedburner.google.com/fb/a/ping
For example, I would type in my Squidoo URL: http:// www.squidoo.com/automaticwordpressplugins Type in your " Public " Squidoo Lens URL.

If you get an error
If you get an error for whatever reason, the feedburner url works too
ie: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Top10AutomaticWordpressPlugins
Of if all else fails, you can just wait 30 minutes , it will ping automatically and update your feed

Step 8.) Technorati Verify
Now head back to Technorati and click on " Verify Claim Token ".

Claim Status
Technorati will report that it's evaluating your claim. In approx 10 mins, you should receive an email saying that it's successfully crawled your blog.
You can also check this on your profile .

Successfully Crawled
Now that the lens has been successfully crawled, we can go back to our lens and remove the code .

Delete Claim Code from Lens
Go back to your Squidoo Lens , delete the Claim Code from your first module, save, and then click Publish again to restore your lens.

Wait for Technorati Review
Wait for Technorati to do their review . If you are successful, they will let you know via both the Profile page, and an email.

Done!
And now your Squidoo lens has some " Technorati Love ".

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