Les Trois Chenes Lensography
What Did I Do on Squidoo?
I joined Squidoo in 2010 with the intention of writing articles about my life in Limousin, South West France. My family and I arrived at our old, French farmhouse, Les Trois Chenes, in the tiny hamlet of Videix in 2002 and now, nearly ten years later, I'm running painting holidays, a bed and breakfast and a holiday cottage deep in the heart of the countryside. If you think it would be boring living here in 'hidden France', then think again! There's never a dull moment in Limousin.
So I write about this region, the villages and towns, the people, the markets, the food and local products but there is so much more! I write up the local recipes, and write about gardening, and our animals and history and culture and festivals. I write about all the things there are to see and do here and I've found the list is endless. I've organised the lenses according to subject but some of the lenses appear several times because they fit into several categories equally well.
But, of course, I've caught the Squidoo bug and suddenly the world is full of interesting things to write about. I read, see films, travel and I've moved around a lot so I know quite a few places very well.
Then the articles need illustrations. My photography skills have come on apace and I'm never without my camera now, so there might be more picture lenses in the future.
I do hope you enjoy reading these articles as much as I've enjoyed making them, and remember, if you ever venture out as far Videix, do come and stay with us.
Sadly, Squidoo came to an untimely end in 2014 and is no more. All my Squidoo articles became Hubs.
Drop me a line, why don't you? info@lestroischenes.com
Image: Our Three Oaks or 'Les Trois Chnes' in French
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Useful Tools For Creating and Checking Lenses
- FREE word density checker
If your lens is flagged as substandard, one problem might be a word density of over 7%. Check lenses here & save time and effort - How to Deindex from Google
My problem is more indexing than deindexing - still ... - Another keyword density checker
Another density checker - What page of Google am I on?
Find out just where you stand - Inbound links checker
Squidoo is now penalising lenses for INbound links - check yours here. - Google's new tool to check to see if subdomains have spam penalties.
Click here, go to Webmaster Tools and sign in (or sign up) Click subdomain. Click Search Traffic, and Manual Actions toolbar on left. Manual actions for spam on your HP or Squidoo will be listed. - Check load time
A handy tool to check how long your pages are taking to load up
Where to Find Free Photos for Lenses - Making sure copyright is not infringed
- Free Digital Photos
Low resolution free photos. You can also sell your photos through this site. - Dover Publications
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Where on Earth Am I? - Where is Les Trois Chenes?
Our holiday cottage, B&B and paintings courses are in Limousin, South West France - a lovely, rural but little-known region. If you would like more information, do contact me on info@lestroischenes.com or take a look at our websit www.lestroischenes.com
How To Promote Lenses - Got to ge them out there!
- Practical Social Media
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