Link Experiment Introduction
I am a Squidooer, a so called Squidoo Giant. I spend alot of time making Squidoo Sites (or lenses). But one of the most difficult things is to get inbound links to my Squidoo lense. So, I am doing a "Link Experiment".

The idea of the link experiement is simple. Build several free websites, using free site builders and link them all together. Then in a few months, I will see if the free websites are bringing me traffic and/or PR.

The advantages:

* The free pages are easy to set it up.
* The free pages offer an easy way to get links
* Obviously everthing is free

At this stage, I am starting with five simple sites. Each one will have some basic content and some links. Little more at this early stage. I want to see if this is working first. If it works, I may develop them further. Maybe later I will add some more serious content and take time to develop each of them. Or maybe i will simply add more websites.

The cool thing about this experiment is that it allows me to test several free website builders on different formats. This is the first time I have build a website using wet paint and so far, I really like it! But what I really want to see is, what it will look like once it is published AND what kind of PR and traffic it develops, if any.

The Platforms
So far, I have created sites using perhaps better known builders, including

* Yahoo's Geocities,
* Google Sites, Squidoo and
* Webs (previously known as Freewebs).
* Squidoo
* Wetpaint (My first impression of Wetpaint is that it appears to be amongst the best)

The Sites in This Link Experiment
Here are the other sites in the network in addition to this site, all created by me:

* EuroSquid's Squidoo Page on GeoCities
* EuroSquid' Squidoo Page on Google
* EuroSquid's Squidoo Page on Web's
* EuroSquid's Squidoo Page on Squidoo


These are the BENEFICIARIES of the link experiment:
* My Squidoo Blog called Valley Of The Giants. Valley of the Giants is another experiment I am quite proud of. It is a Squidoo blog which will be authored by Squidoo Giants. My plan is to build the blog up and give authorship rights to Giant Squids. The blog is one of the main drivers behind this link experiement. I am looking for innovative ways to bring inbound links to the blog and I thought about this idea as one of the ways to give my blog a link.

* Probably my most important Squidoo lens is about a very unusual product, footed pajamas for adults. I had so much fun creating this lens that I created an entire website devoted to footed pajamas. There are footed pajamas for boys, footed pajamas for girls and footed pajamas for adults.

Footed pajamas are a new trend in the fashion industry. Most people are suprised to find that there are footed pajamas for everyone in the family. However, why not? Footed pajamas are the warmest pajamas around and alot of fun to wear.