What is linkbait?

15 years ago

Linkbait means posting highly popular content so that people are desperate to link to it.

Or it could be a page which has high density of popular keywords and Automated content scraping sites publish your content with all the links.

Anyway it leads to link creation without any effort on your part.

It could be a blog post, a top 100 list, a sensational video etc.

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dburk 15 years ago

Hi LoginBD,

This Wikipedia page does a pretty good job of explaining it:

Link bait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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LoginBD

15 years ago

Originally Posted by indihow

Linkbait means posting highly popular content so that people are desperate to link to it.

Or it could be a page which has high density of popular keywords and Automated content scraping sites publish your content with all the links.

Anyway it leads to link creation without any effort on your part.

It could be a blog post, a top 100 list, a sensational video etc.

Thanks for your important information.

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John Hixson

15 years ago

If you are looking at Linkbait as an SEO purpose you need either

1) to be a well read site already - people need to find it to link to it!
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2) promote it to a huge number of people within the niche in the hope they feel the need to respond to it.

This is where creating a network of 'friends' within a niche can be useful. Yes you are competitors but more often than not befriending people in the niche can lead to huge advantages

(interestingly enough befriending someone in my non-travel niche got me a very cheap honeymoon that we would have taken at full price! So there are side benefits)

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jhonsean

15 years ago

Ask for me Its good to hear from others about their experience in Linkbait Its much more helpful.

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arcadiasmith

15 years ago

Link bait (or linkbait) refers to anything on a website that encourages links from other websites. It can include content, online tools, downloads, or anything else that another site owner might find compelling enough to link to.
Link bait is important because most search engines use backlinks as a major factor in determining ranking.

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mikekhen

15 years ago

Any content or feature within a website that somehow baits viewers to place links to it from other websites.

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MJone

15 years ago

It is such a content which other sites love to link because they feel that it should be linked and not because you are asking them to link it. Link bait helps to get more links to your website.This means it increases the chance of your website, getting high ranked by search engines

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carloscayo

15 years ago

What makes a vital link baiting method is that the traffic to your site popular and, above all, exclusive content. It can be done in many ways. Link baiting can produce high-level contacts, which are not reciprocal, and are found in fact a number of sources. Social sites can provide this service. If you proceed with the creation of content, should be the authority on this particular issue and will get better rankings.

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Aki Fagno

15 years ago

Originally Posted by cosmokid

The simplest form of link bait is to create a short blog post or a longer article/rant in response to something that is happening in the current news cycle. Of course, this should focus on something exciting or controversial that is going on within your particular niche.

Examples if you're in the Internet marketing niche: "Is Paypal a piece of crap? Will they steal your money?" (exploit: a popular payment provider for a huge percentage of people within that niche; and issue a controversial statement.)

If you're in the parenting niche: "Is XYZ popular product going to kill your child? Experts weigh in!" (exploiting fear and riding on the coattails of a popular product that already gets a huge amount of attention)

You could also call link bait content "National Enquirer" content. Here in the US there is a silly tabloid newspaper with lots of photographs and rumors and innuendoes about celebrities. Once in a while they manage to break a "real" story --like former Presidential candidate John Edwards having a mistress, who had his baby. But mostly it's all "Who is sleeping with whom? Who is gay? Who is taking drugs?" Material that attracts an almost guaranteed interest.

When I post link bait content on my sites it always leads to an immediate spike in organic traffic because I'm usually capitalizing on a topic that people have VERY strong opinions about.

Case in point: Post something at a blog or website about Sarah Palin. Watch thousands of people show up overnight, even if you're posting it on a completely new blog that nobody has found yet. I did this on a simple free Wordpress blog, just for ****s and giggles really,and had about 3000 visits in a day or so.

You use link bait type posts to create interest in your site. A lot of that traffic won't convert to buy your product, but some might sign up for your list, and some of those folks will eventually convert and become buyers.

We live in a society that gets VERY bored. Try to grab their interest with something controversial -- don't be afraid to make ENEMIES as well as win FANS -- and that's link bait.

Excellent job! Thanks for posting.

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aisha123

15 years ago

Link Baiting means to create something that naturally attract backlinks for your web page by getting people to talk about it, discussing it on forums, blogging and linking to it from their sites. It also attracts a lot of visitors.

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rsstore10 15 years ago

Thanks to all for explaining about link bait.

I was posting well written content and got enough link back to my post.

But, I could not realize that it's also known as link bait.
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IntegratedS

15 years ago

Link baiting is the best way to get the targeted traffic to the website and also it gives the quality one way links for the website. As these backlinks helps to get the better ranking for the website.

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invincible

15 years ago

Link bait isn't new lol! Back in 1998 when I was playing around as a teenager I got an article posted on a big site which drew tons of traffic. It's all about buzz, create something that people want to talk about and share and you've got link bait. Takes a tiny bit of creativity but the possibilities are endless.

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Devid Farah 15 years ago

Have you ever read an article so good that you just wanted to share it with all your friends and family?
That is kind of what linkbait is.

Linkbait is an article that is designed to be attention grabbing.

A good linkbait article has the potential to really explode virally.

There are several different ways to hook people into reading your articles, but the most important thing you have to remember is that you really want to stimulate your readers’ curiosity.

The more controversial, shocking, vague, or outrageous your linkbait is, the better.
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alecangelo

15 years ago

What makes a vital link baiting method is that the traffic to your site popular and, above all, exclusive content. It can be done in many ways. Link baiting can produce high-level contacts, which are not reciprocal, and are found in fact a number of sources. Social sites can provide this service. If you proceed with the creation of content, should be the authority on this particular issue and will get better rankings.

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nitpat1 15 years ago

I would like to add here that link baiting is important part of link building and it's advantage such as backlinks to the article, branding, rankings, direct traffic etc..
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jonnyhardbaked

15 years ago

It refers to anything on a website that attracts links from other websites.

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suryaworldedu

15 years ago

Thanks for sharing such a useful & knowledgeable information. nice postings!

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corsleymaxwell

15 years ago

The term “linkbait” is used to describe content on a website which is designed to generate incoming links from other sites. Some people disagree with the use of this term, since it sounds pejorative, implying that all linkbaiting is bad, while other people think that the term is perfectly accurate, even with the negative connotations associated with the word “bait.”

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seoforu

15 years ago

In simple words Linkbait is something which would desire other people to link to your site.Instead of making new backlinks,you will start getting backlinks automatically as people would be tempted to link to your site.But for this to occur,you should have good content or a quality brand name for your site.

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rain21

15 years ago

agree with "indihow" all explained there clearly

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William King

15 years ago

Link bait is a type of link exchange in which high negotiations take place in exchanging links. In the link bait a high quality link is exchanged in return of different services or high quality link or it can be anything that takes to get a quality backlink.

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kaileyrob 15 years ago

Link bait is basically part of the content in a web page. This is an article, blog, pictures or any other part of the network of space designed to collect much as possible to contact.The sources via the internet site owners who can help automatically generate more external links to long-term use from other sites.
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