Great piece of linkbait from the BBC. Why? It's great because it got me to link, it got me to link because it both amused and made me angry. At first I thought such silly thinking by a bank should be publicised and I should post about it. But then I realised I had been motivated to link to the story. It's distracting to call it baiting as in linkbaiting, but the story made my … [Read more...] about Lloyds Bank is Pants
Linkbait
What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it
An interesting nugget from the forums of Linkbaitcoaching.com "What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it." Too often I see visitor bait being created. So you got on the front page of digg, give yourself a gold medal and stick it on your ass. Who are you targeting your linkbait to? If it's the knuckle draggers on digg it's not linkbait, it's a wet fart in … [Read more...] about What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it
Even the Guardian Gets Linkbait
The Guardian has run a piece talking about linkbait as if it were an everyday thing. Has linkbait gone mainstream? Jack Schofield knows his linkbait, the piece he has referenced is a cracking piece, although as I speak it has not been submitted to digg or reddit or Stumble, what's with that? Are they awake in celebrity scandal blog world. Still, they got a link from the … [Read more...] about Even the Guardian Gets Linkbait
Linkbuilding for Dummies
Linkbait is the honey. Linkers are the bees. The honey does not solicit the bees, it just is what it is. "Long term, promotion of content that attracts relevant links from those empowered to publish will win. The act of linking is performed, unsolicited, by individual publishers." bold added Great post by Lee Odden Further commentary at Is Linkbait the Death of SEO? … [Read more...] about Linkbuilding for Dummies
Link Bait Ideas
How do you come up with a link bait idea? Ideas sometimes seem to come from nowhere, making the creative process seem like a magical, mystical thing. Creativity does not exist in a vacuum and ideas do not come out of nothing. Good ideas are preceded by hard toil, time spent studying, thinking, testing, mulling over. Sometimes you may have been thinking about an idea for … [Read more...] about Link Bait Ideas
Slagbait
To be honest I have not used the personal attack hook that much. Not because I didn't feel like it, but because I think it's a slippery style of linkbait and one which can backfire easily, as we can see here with Marty and his shenanigans. But hey, it got me to link. And if that was the point, then success. Of course there is a cost and that cost may not be instantly … [Read more...] about Slagbait