Link Bait

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Link baiting (or linkbaiting) is the latest buzz word in the SEO world and has come to be the preferred way to natural link building.

It means to create something that naturally attract backlinks for your web page by getting people to talk about it, discussing it on forums, blogging about i, posting it on del.icio.us/Furl/Digg/Shoutwire and linking to it from their sites. It also attracts a lot of visitors.

Here is a list of ideas:

Make a valuable resource (lists, special reports, history of, how to, etc.)
Interview (e-mail/phone) prominent people and publish it.
Build a useful tool
Write an interesting article
Run a newsworthy ‘event’ such as a contest
Test something new that has not been done before
Be the first in doing something on the internet
Write something controversial
Be the first to write the latest news in your niche
Be the first to expose a scammer
Disagree with an authority
Write some funny humor
Make an interesting picture
Be the first to research and document something
Make a theme, plugin or piece of software
Make a tool that others can put on their sites but that links to you
Make a joke about a known person
Make a resource that is just in time for a major event
Write an outrageous theory and back it up with logics
Write useful comments on something that is happening
Give something valuable for free
Coin a new acronym in your niche and get people to talk about it
Become an expert in your niche and write valuable information

Useful resources on Link Baiting (many of the tips above taken from here):

Please comment if you have more info on link bait.

About the Author

Jim Westergren is a web entrepreneur from Sweden who lives together with his wife and son. Some of his interests are programming, web development, SEO, writing and taking photos. His current major project is N.nu. Read his full about page.
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430 responses »Leave a comment

Jade "jamire" B. Cimafranca
said on June 14, 2006 at 04:11

i need more practice in linkbaiting.
Jack
said on June 17, 2006 at 08:16

Awesome advice, very good info on how to get natural links. This is something I am working on, but need to explore some of the other opportunities like contest, having software on the site, or some other resource.
All the best,
Jack
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said on June 26, 2006 at 16:35

Very good list of ideas! But many of this ideas very hard to make
Derek
said on July 1, 2006 at 18:55

Make a joke about a known person. This method I like best… But seriously I wish I could write some good articles, have a lot of interesting things to say, but unfortunately my English is not perfect…
waste management
said on July 17, 2006 at 19:41

Good list of ideas – just need to put them into practice now.
best wishes
SEO hosting
said on July 21, 2006 at 06:40

Very Nice list several I haven’t thought of thanks.
Someone posted – “Very good list of ideas! But many of this ideas very hard to make”
I disagree, it might be hard to do them all at once and maintain them, but one at a time real easy. write articles, and example write an article about this article. It’s real simple to do, just use your imagination.
Send customized ecards
said on July 28, 2006 at 21:26

Very interesting info. But people should see your site before linking it. How to suggest a site for auditory?
(sorry for poor english)
Mad Blogger
said on July 30, 2006 at 03:46

Great article, i was doing this naturally and didnt even realize it. Besides the socialization sites that you listed
i get great deal of traffic from reddit.

Good Luck
Foot Health Matters
said on August 21, 2006 at 15:13

Way to go, Link baiting is what we at foot health needs…
Point taken and will start doing something about it.
Medical Site
said on August 21, 2006 at 15:14

Good list of ideas – just need to put them into practice now.
Best wishes
From Medical Site Admin
Medicine Related
said on August 21, 2006 at 15:15

Heaheha..Make a joke about a known person. This method I like best… But seriously I wish I could write some good articles, have a lot of interesting things to say.

Thank you for the wonderful idea.
Teakita
said on September 10, 2006 at 11:57

I am a beginner in SEO. Link biat is mystical and here is one example:try to search”Teak outdoor furniture” in the google, you will see on top is discount furniture which gets quite lot of links from a visitor counter which is used by some small websites and not ever related to this field. He just beats all his competitors. This is amazing and I wonder if search engines really do care about the relevacy of one side links!!!!!
wimax
said on September 13, 2006 at 16:00

Teakita: I think site can be banned for such tricks in SEs.
Jim Westergren
said on September 13, 2006 at 16:38

I think site can be banned for such tricks in SEs.

Well, unfortunately not.
Links are amazing in Google, just search for:

free stats
web tracker
hit counter
web stats
invisible stats

And you see the same site holding the number 1 across the board. This was done by the power of links, same as discount-teak-furniture.com but on a much higher level.
Loraine
said on September 27, 2006 at 11:11

just now viewed this aritcle on link bait. Nice one. but if u do a link bait for a site, then the theme of the site may be disturbed even though u are doing well with your link bait. As i am new to this seo need more briefing on this.
Redding Chevy
said on October 7, 2006 at 23:32

Great article. Easy to read very difficult to do well!

Coming up with something new, usefull and unique is one of the most difficult parts of being a webmaster. IMHO
Sarah Kerar
said on October 8, 2006 at 17:27

Does it count as linkbaiting when a site like http://pathofchoices.com links to itself within itself?
Jim Westergren
said on October 8, 2006 at 19:27

Does it count as linkbaiting when a site like http://pathofchoices.com links to itself within itself?

No, see again the definition of link bait.
Headset Gadgets
said on October 11, 2006 at 02:29

Link baiting is not really considered a new technology or a new way to approach a large pool of visitors, it has been done before. On a previous edition of our website, we have posted columns of “Latest News” featuring reviews of cellular gadgets that only a limited number of websites would review or offering features on your website such as product review. Information within product reviews is absorbed by search engine bots as useful data and therefore your probability of being labeled as a content rich website would be high despite the fact that you are in the business of selling goods, not information.
jozzua
said on October 30, 2006 at 10:11

My link bait. Make a funny comic strip.
ramakrishna p
said on November 13, 2006 at 08:06

Really useful information.
Super 8mm Telecine
said on November 22, 2006 at 06:40

My Super 8mm telecine site has no outgoing links so I can’t swap links and try to get link backs whereever I can including bookmarking which seems to help a lot. I thought that social bookmarking abd tag+ping are useful.
You can bookmark my site too if you find it interesting.
cheers
Jon
Ray
said on November 23, 2006 at 19:00

Thanks

This a good article an makes explicit something that we all know implicitly in a fuzzy kind of way.

Helps keep at the forefront of my mind when writing.

It encourages to post some of my more controversial theories/ideas.
Craig (Akaneon Admin)
said on November 29, 2006 at 13:03

Thanks! I used this info on my own website, http://www.akaneon.com, and now the traffic won’t stop coming! Thanks, Jim!
Software Downloads
said on December 11, 2006 at 17:23

excellent article …
I should implement it to my website.
thatSEOguy
said on December 13, 2006 at 11:49

There was a link exchange service called “linkfart” a while back. The site is no longer around. This was obviously an attempt at linkbaiting, but I guess the stench in the site’s name was too much for people to bear.
ravi
said on December 23, 2006 at 16:25

You have got good ideas i like that one the article submission and some tool or software for link development
raj
said on January 7, 2007 at 16:31

this is a nice post on link m certainly going to create a tool for link bait hakns
funny picstures
said on January 7, 2007 at 16:33

thanks for a lovely post
paper shredders
said on January 12, 2007 at 06:48

I like it.It would be more inspiring to me if i could see any of pictures about it.
sexy and funny
said on January 15, 2007 at 18:45

this is the best information i got about the link building echnique through inka baiting
Leo
said on January 16, 2007 at 09:08

I dont know but why i don find such informative and profitable blogs so often,I suspect blogging world is becoming so small that we cant find such lucrative blogs like this one.
Finance Guide 101
said on January 19, 2007 at 14:38

Thanks for those ultimate tips. These tips are going to be very helpful for webmasters.cheers…….
Sam
said on January 25, 2007 at 22:32

Nice links and explanation, I was looking for a good explanation for this kind of SEO method of some time as most websites and people discuss it quite vaguely. Nice ideas BTW.
Anand
said on February 7, 2007 at 15:37

I pretty much guess that this article in itself is a link bait

Thanks for the info
Cage
said on February 11, 2007 at 18:31

Very nice article. These are some very helpful tips.
Hollywood Beach Suites
said on March 4, 2007 at 15:48

Nice techniques of link baitd thank you
Mike Levin of HitTail
said on March 19, 2007 at 01:28

Link baiting would appear to be a perfect counter-point to longtailing. With longtailing, you would choose topics where you could pick up easy and highly qualified search traffic merely by virtue of the title. Then, if the contents of the page satisfied the link baiting criteria, you have a double whammy effect working in your favor. The original hit could occur as a result of a happenstance Google hit, and a link garnered, and an accelerator effect could kick in.
Hardono Arifanto
said on March 27, 2007 at 18:42

Great ideas … I create one and announce it here.
Paul
said on March 28, 2007 at 06:44

The internet is so vast that writing even the smallest article in my field is very difficult as all areas seem to be covered one way or another.
Viral Internet Marketing
said on April 8, 2007 at 20:34

I think it is not so much what you do, but rather how much of what you do that is important. Volume seems to count a lot. I have read about Google leaning to themes and LSI, but I stll feel that a large number of back links will still do the trick.
Puneet Thakkar
said on April 9, 2007 at 12:59

Hi Jim…

In here everytime i get to hear many new things on time and in a proper manner…Thanks for such more support…

I too thinking on how to proceed with Link Baiting …
Money Making Ideas
said on April 22, 2007 at 22:41

Great ideas for getting free natural links. You’re link-baiting us. Thanks, Jim.
Arnab India
said on April 30, 2007 at 08:58

Hi Jim,

This Link Baiting concept is still new to me. Hope I can learn a bit about it and use it for a better purpose for my site.
Oudam
said on May 9, 2007 at 03:59

I suppose “link baiting” is just another name for the old “content is king” mantra.
Larry Smith
said on May 14, 2007 at 19:20

Thanks, a lot of useful info.
Emmie
said on May 31, 2007 at 12:58

That’s really cool. I think I should start doing this stuff on my blog too!
Łukasz Jędrzejczyk
said on June 6, 2007 at 14:30

Great article.
I was looking for tool that will increase my popularity, and after I read this and similiar articles I must say that that only way to be featured on the top of search results is “be unique”
Thanks
Living on The Net
said on June 10, 2007 at 06:20

nice idea. very enlighting
Business
said on July 2, 2007 at 03:05

I think Link Baiting is one of the hardest things to do! It requires you to have something that people perceive as valuable and its popular enough that they wont just rip you off and steal your text or images or whatever it may be .. great post though, between this article and the link building service .. I have new material to work on!
save youtube video
said on July 8, 2007 at 05:56

thanks for giving so many ideas for link baiting. Have you try it all ? which is your prefer one ?
Asbestos Lawyer
said on July 17, 2007 at 23:23

Finally a good list on linkbait. I cam here fro your link building post which I am also learning a lot from . Thanks I will write a snippet for you from one of my blogs.
schournaille
said on July 18, 2007 at 13:59

Thx for the nice list. As I´m trying to receive Links more “naturally” these tipps are very nice to reed and gave me an impression of what to do.
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said on July 23, 2007 at 20:40

A very good page, full of facts!
musical fountain design
said on August 1, 2007 at 20:11

create a video on youtube is also a good tactic of linkbait.
Free PS3 Guru
said on August 10, 2007 at 22:06

I’ve definitely seen an increase in traffic since writing a tool that helped people – it’s an online page generator (in php) that they can then go and use in forum signatures. Because posting a link to “their” page helps THEM, they want to do it. These pages are hosted on my site, though, and exist in a template that has links to other pages on my site too, so it benefits them AND me. I plan to write more tools like this to get people linking.
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said on August 13, 2007 at 06:38

Well I wana must say that. This blog is very imformative for me and I m very glad full for this blog owner. And I must say this to blog owner u make more this type blogs and we get more information abt this. Thanks
Mobby
said on August 16, 2007 at 19:42

It’s a new idea to get some natural links, site helps to download the games
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said on August 23, 2007 at 17:07

I am fond of your web site! Good luck, good work!
nissa
said on August 28, 2007 at 23:12

Many tips i got here. Need practice now about link bait
jack black
said on September 5, 2007 at 14:49

Thanks for all post
Anabolic steroids
said on September 5, 2007 at 14:52

Good list of ideas. Thanks again.
Arthur mcbeth
said on September 15, 2007 at 07:51

This is probably reverse link baiting, you could call this fishing
Kenneth Bittner
said on September 27, 2007 at 16:18

Wonderful advice, I will implement this right away, thanks!
mathew
said on October 3, 2007 at 09:55

Blogs are mean to give you somethingworthy and practical,wholesomewords,beneficial ideas and successfull tricks and tactics,i think i have with quite much things while reading this one.
cazu babu
said on October 4, 2007 at 04:05

This ideea is preaty cool, i am going to use it to promote my site http://www.zaams.com too.

Thanks a lot
yarisma
said on October 4, 2007 at 20:13

This is probably reverse link baiting, you could call this fishing
Curry recipes
said on October 5, 2007 at 00:35

thanks for your “recipes”
google reklam
said on October 13, 2007 at 01:18

good luck
Murattx Werbung Bremen
said on October 25, 2007 at 15:29

Great Idea!
Jucick
said on October 26, 2007 at 13:12

Jim, your list of activities for linkbaiting is great and exhaustive.
But I’d like to ask what if the site is static and its content is rearly updated for there’s nothing to update in fact? Thnx.
oyun
said on October 28, 2007 at 20:20

Jim, your list of activities for linkbaiting is great and exhaustive.
But I’d like to ask what if the site is static and its content is rearly updated for there’s nothing to update in fact? Thnx.
araba
said on October 28, 2007 at 20:21

good luck
Wonderful advice, I will implement this right away, thanks!
yarisma
said on October 28, 2007 at 20:21

I’d like to ask what if the site is static and its content is rearly updated
indir
said on October 28, 2007 at 20:22

i think i have with quite much things while reading this one.
carpet
said on October 28, 2007 at 20:23

I’ve definitely seen an increase in traffic since writing a tool that helped people – it’s an online page generator (in php) that they can then go and use in forum signatures. Because posting a link to “their” page helps THEM, they want to do it. These pages are hosted on my site, though, and exist in a template that has links to other pages on my site too, so it benefits them AND me. I plan to write more tools like this to get people linking.
lauren monsey
said on November 4, 2007 at 19:54

What a terrific article! This has helped very much! From someone who HATES asking questions!
mark
said on November 15, 2007 at 04:34

One of the best forms is “Make a tool that others can put on their sites but that links to you”. Can definitely go viral, like YouTube videos.
s_jenkins
said on November 15, 2007 at 08:19

Great article! I have a couple of questions though: a) does Google have existing penalties for the term ‘linkbaiting’ and b) what do you think of the term ‘linkbaiting’?
komal
said on December 7, 2007 at 09:04

Link baiting is a new and progressive method of increasing link popularity.The above given points are very useful but it involves a lot of hard work,writing high quality content and proper popluarity.palcomonline is a web design,development and hosting company based in noida,we provide expert seo services.
palcom
said on December 7, 2007 at 09:08

hi there,
can anybody tell me how can a site having less content comes on top.I have visited many sites and hv found that lesser the content the more is it ranking.Where as it is said content is the king

Thansk
palcomonline.com
Jucick
said on December 10, 2007 at 12:37

Dear Oyun and Yarisma! Copying my words and using them without even quotation just to get the link from jimwestergren.com is nonsense! Not a single idea of your own, ha? Are you aware at all of what link baiting is???
Amit
said on December 14, 2007 at 12:35

Best Article! As i myself is new in the field of seo and updating my knowledge base.

Link bait is also on of the seo’s work nice one hope works for me also.

Thaks for sharing the information.
Chat
said on December 19, 2007 at 21:32

Dear chat and haber! Copying my words and using them without even quotation just to get the link from jimwestergren.com is nonsense! Not a single idea of your own, ha? Are you aware at all of what link baiting is?
Chat
said on December 19, 2007 at 21:33

Link bait is also on of the seo’s work nice one hope works for me also.
Haber
said on December 19, 2007 at 21:36

One of the best forms is “Make a tool that others can put on their sites but that links to you”. Can definitely go viral, like superalem haberler
Manish Chauhan
said on January 4, 2008 at 12:00

Nice to read a very new concept of link baiting from you…I would like to see some more posts from your end for better link baiting understanding..
Thanks again for this gr8 post…
iPod Touch Guide
said on January 7, 2008 at 07:08

Well thank you for giving me a new way to promote my blogs and website.
crank
said on February 12, 2008 at 14:08

this is a great art for link bait..that really helps a site to have much quality backlinks..link baiting will be more effective if you’ll just gonna be creative..great post..
Jean-Rey Caldeira
said on February 18, 2008 at 23:31

funny.. I’ve only tried a few of those. I should try more!
muhabbet
said on February 25, 2008 at 12:31

Link bait is also on of the seo’s work nice one hope works for me also.
femi
said on February 26, 2008 at 03:54

Thanks for the article. clear and stright forward.
Shannon
said on March 5, 2008 at 13:59

Those list of how link bait acquired was really helpful, I already did some of those and it did great on the site I’m working with. I enjoyed reading your article.. very informative. Thanks
binodkumarshaw
said on March 14, 2008 at 12:29

This is a valuable information, i follow this information for my web site promotion to target ranking
Tag
said on March 23, 2008 at 12:14

this is very useful thanks!
Doug Quance
said on March 24, 2008 at 21:07

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.
Khushboo
said on May 22, 2008 at 11:21

Thanks to you…

Nice to read a very new concept of link baiting from you…It will be increase page rank of our site.
..
Thanks again for this great post…
Adam Humphreys
said on May 22, 2008 at 12:07

Thanks for the article. Very interesting and informative.
Thank you.
Adam Humphreys
said on May 22, 2008 at 12:08

Thanks for the article. Very interesting and some great information.
Thank you.
James Smith
said on May 29, 2008 at 15:06

Great Article…I found it interesting ….Time to put the concept into practice
Eve
said on May 29, 2008 at 20:44

I’m Walking on Eggshells here, Because I’m new to all of this. However, what you have offered here whether it takes some work to figure it all out looks well put together. This is my Comment. My question though is a tough one it seems for all of whom i have asked and it is this….
What if you created something & because it has never been done before, how do you market what i call ” Ghost Products “? Thank You for the info you Provided.
Posiciona
said on June 8, 2008 at 21:30

funny.. I’ve only tried a few of those. I should try more!
John
said on June 10, 2008 at 11:20

I have not try all of them. Emm, maybe its time for me to try..
Thanks btw for great tips.
Paper Shredders
said on June 16, 2008 at 16:58

These are great ideas. Thanks for the very informative article.
Gabriella Sannino
said on June 17, 2008 at 16:41

These are wonderful ideas. I will be sending clients here and linking your page to one of my articles.. that is if you don’t mind. I have been working online for over 20 years and I appreciate information like this. It’s free and very informative. Thanks
tv bracket
said on June 19, 2008 at 13:14

Great list! I have been trying to get this whole link baiting thing going and coming up with ideas when you are just getting started is tough (at least for me!).
Adrian Kelly
said on June 23, 2008 at 12:50

Being the FIRST is great but not easy. The link bait ‘Be the first to write the latest news in your niche’ can work even if you’re not the first. Sign up to Google Alerts to get the latest info on your niche and post re-written versions on your blog, website or article as quickly as you can.

SE’s tend to index any ‘News’ or Article’ sections of your site frequently if you post regularly.
Ron Chapman Jr.
said on June 24, 2008 at 01:44

Running a contest is only useful if you already have enough traffic, otherwise it is a waste.
Jared
said on July 6, 2008 at 08:42

Thank you for your explain about the link baiting, i think i get some idea of it now
Maddy
said on July 9, 2008 at 15:43

Really I like It So Much!
Mia
said on July 14, 2008 at 09:50

You have listed some very creative ways to begin to build a base for traffic. It is sad to spend alot of time, effort, and hopefully talent on something like creating informative, beautiful lenses or websites and no one ever can find them.

Among the multi-millions of webpages and articles available online, it is nice if someone gets to enjoy the fruits of your labor aside from the big powerful search engines and web companies who control the net and make the rules.

Maybe this should be the subject of a new lense or blog post.

Cheers,
Mia
Rohit
said on July 15, 2008 at 11:03

Thats completely awesome post.
Thanks.
Kazu Piederumi
said on July 17, 2008 at 02:00

This must be good way of SEO today.
Andy in the Lake District
said on July 22, 2008 at 15:02

This is an excellent way to get good PR fast. Thanks.
my discovery
said on July 24, 2008 at 12:58

I actually did one post that it attracted so many viewers. I’m not sure if I can call it link bait or just luck =)

Anyways, thanks for sharing this.
Vhic Hufana
said on August 4, 2008 at 07:36

Very informative and helpful.Thanks a lot for sharing it. I find it very useful coz I myself is looking for alternative ways to promote my site. I am hoping that by following your tips i will make good at it. More power to you.
Sangeet
said on August 22, 2008 at 13:47

Thanks for sharing the information. Now it’s the time to implement and then measure the effectiveness.
Free tutorials
said on August 25, 2008 at 21:24

Great article . I was searching it thanks …………
J Banks
said on September 12, 2008 at 13:53

Write an article about linkbaiting?
Jie
said on September 29, 2008 at 01:20

Thuis is very simple and effective technique for your site. Interesting
Joe Baiden
said on October 16, 2008 at 09:44

I’m just starting to do SEO and this looks great! Thank you!
Mark
said on November 3, 2008 at 05:21

Great review of what link bait really is. There are tons of methods of doing this. Finding the right one for you can really help your online traffic. Take satellite tv for pc for example. Word of mouth can really make sales. check out http://www.satellitetvforpc.ws to see what im talking about
chuks
said on November 5, 2008 at 11:11

Hi,

Your articles are good but I need your help. I will be looking for a link building expect that can help link site to PR5 and PR6 site.

I will be glad to hear from you. I can be contaced on cougoji@gmail.com

thanks
chuks
Veronica Fiod
said on November 6, 2008 at 14:31

This ideas are very usefull and the article contains full list of them for those, who cannot get them by their oun head.
Unfortunatlly, this ways takes effect mostly in popular subjects. Then you deal with something very unpopular, rare and highly tailored, I guess, there is nothing to do to get volume of backlinks.
keyifchat
said on November 16, 2008 at 13:16

Thanks for post
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said on November 28, 2008 at 20:45

Excellent, common sense advice. I try to follow it at every turn….I suggest others follow suit…
saas
said on December 5, 2008 at 10:12

What type of tools can others put on their sites ?
Jackie
said on December 12, 2008 at 19:00

Interesting read – i’d not heard of this before will have to give it a trial!
Jackie
said on December 13, 2008 at 12:36

great amount of information here, very very useful indeed – it’s just hard to know where to start really
Steve
said on December 14, 2008 at 10:52

I think it’s quite clear that that the term ‘link baiting’ is a catchy new term for something that has been around for ages, ie; creating content on your site that is worthy of note and encourages and inspires discussion on other sites.

It’s just been given a name now!
aartha
said on December 15, 2008 at 16:16

useful information.i am trying to follow up the ideas overhead,but i feel its very hard to make it practical

regards
aartha,truehotdeals.com
Posicionamiento web
said on December 29, 2008 at 11:26

Yes, this is one of the best ways to build links. The ideas are really good, thanks for the post
seviyeli sohbet
said on January 9, 2009 at 03:12

Link bait is also on of the seo’s work nice one hope works for me also.
canvas prints
said on January 13, 2009 at 18:52

Thanks for the list, based on this i have done a little research and discovered another (and found in you’re comments) another resource on this subject. The post from CornwallSEO (http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/2007/02/09/the-enormous-linkbait-list/). The ideas on this page and that one have got me thinking in new directions.

Tar!
posicionamiento web
said on January 31, 2009 at 18:12

The title is also a really important part of Link Baiting. Don’t forget to create a good title before publishing your link-bait-post
indonesian travel
said on February 15, 2009 at 06:51

still learn about that… thanks for the info..
Woogley
said on February 19, 2009 at 04:23

Link baiting is one of the best way to build links for your site. It’s free and really effective
Hashe Web Design
said on March 11, 2009 at 15:32

Quality Inbound links are most important for getting good page rank in Google. This (Link Baiting) is also great way of link building and post is so informative and useful.

Thanks for sharing this cute post.

All the best…

Safdar
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said on March 12, 2009 at 01:17

great amount of information here, very very useful indeed – it’s just hard to know where to start really
the cut company
said on April 4, 2009 at 19:16

great ideas.
i am going to put this into practice with my filmmaking / video advertising website.
Daniel Pereira
said on April 10, 2009 at 20:04

Great information! you’re the man! ehehe..
LTE-Ralf
said on April 20, 2009 at 23:36

# Interview (e-mail/phone) prominent people and publish it.

Danke, das ist meine Anregung!
Lee
said on April 29, 2009 at 15:00

Nice list. I immediately got excited and went to work on a quality piece of “link bait”….I failed.

http://www.jiba-jaba.com/hello/why.aspx
Alexis
said on May 1, 2009 at 14:05

Great article – we are getting a few videos make and publishing them to a number of diffferent sites to try and push browsers to our site – just trying to market our site virally… hope it works
M Khan
said on May 21, 2009 at 19:03

Hey Guys you can also start this, start posting blogs or articles for your e-zine and if your content is really good, you will realize the power of link baiting and then you forget the link building.
Used Audi
said on May 27, 2009 at 11:25

Interesting post, this will help me a lot.

Thanks man…
Ask Questions
said on June 22, 2009 at 18:26

Great thanks for the list.
I have tried link baiting by creating lists a number of times and failed. I think i want to try my hands creating a useful website software.
eheuristic
said on July 4, 2009 at 06:18

HI
I would like to thank you so much because this really great.
and this info this beat for my work thank you again.
Nayan
said on July 4, 2009 at 14:21

Hi
Great post
I was looking for information on link bite on internet and i found it.
Jayesh
said on July 4, 2009 at 14:25

Very very useful tips.
This post will help many people looking for the help in link bite.
Hitesh
said on July 4, 2009 at 14:30

Hi
As an SEO Expert myself i know how important link bite is.
Your post will be like gold for SEO new comers.
Jimmy Thomas
said on July 16, 2009 at 17:45

I’m really new to SEO and link building, also first time I’m hearing the term link baiting.
Lot of good information about link building and trying to learn as much as possible to impart knowledge to my web site

Thanks
Bolo
said on July 23, 2009 at 12:04

Excellent tips, I’m going to put them into practice.
sectorirfan
said on July 24, 2009 at 18:34

hi i like your blog.very nice to read your blog! i always visit your blog. visit me at here
thanks so much…..
Praveen
said on August 24, 2009 at 06:27

Thanks for sharing this great article about link bait. We specialise in SEO / Web design and this will help us a lot.:)
Mubashar
said on September 3, 2009 at 12:10

Hi, linkbait is a new word in SEO which is replacing word link building. It can easily catch the attention of genearal public which is a target in SEO. like I use this word for http://www.design2express.co.uk and found it great .
Thanks
linkbait
said on September 5, 2009 at 05:03

look at this german website. It is all about linkbaits and marketing 2.0. Very good articels
linkbait
said on September 5, 2009 at 05:05

sorry, forgott the link http://www.linkbait.de.
and have a look at the “linkbabe”
Joaquin Oliete
said on September 28, 2009 at 11:54

I am going to incorporate to a team of journalists who are able to create quality articles. The selection of the same is not easy.
Karsten Holmquist
said on September 30, 2009 at 04:07

I’m so glad that you brought this topic up as it is so important especially when people are just beginning blogs or websites for profit. You can definitely tell that it’s the BUZZ in the SEO world because everybody’s comin’ up with content on it. I even wrote an article here http://designdevmag.com/2009/09/29/links-site/ Anyway, great article and keep up the good linking work!
Johnny
said on October 18, 2009 at 23:14

Very nice post

Link baiting is very powerful. I found writing lists to be the best way to get backlinks. Of course, there are other techniques such as the ones you mentioned which are pretty good

All in all, I love link baiting. And I believe that every serious IMer should use this powerful technique!

Cheers
Johnny
YorTz
said on October 19, 2009 at 05:33

Very interesting info. But people should see your site before linking it. How to suggest a site for auditory?
(sorry for poor english)
rubbish removal
said on October 31, 2009 at 22:19

Does it still work like it used to though?
Oyunlar
said on November 18, 2009 at 04:06

some great inspiration thanks, gona put this into my SEO videos.
elie palima
said on November 20, 2009 at 21:54

wow! great post about link baiting I’ve found so far thank you for this info, I’m new to this blogging thing so this article really helped. tnx alot.
Scott Bateman
said on November 21, 2009 at 15:01

If link baiting is about attracting visitors, it seems that simply writing a good title and meta description for search engines is a form of link baiting.
Almanya Çet
said on December 8, 2009 at 20:36

Very interesting info. But people should see your site before linking it. How to suggest a site for auditory?
(sorry for poor english)
Gaurav Kasera
said on December 14, 2009 at 09:56

Hey

very thanks for sharing good inforamtion about link bait.it nice one.
Anime Downloads
said on December 15, 2009 at 18:51

Useful information
oyun
said on December 16, 2009 at 21:23

very thanks for sharing good inforamtion about link bait.it nice one.
Alfred Benz
said on December 18, 2009 at 13:50

Wonderful ideas.

http://arthur-internetmarketing-guide.blogspot.com/2009/12/link-baiting-effective-way-to-gain.html#more
sports car hire
said on December 19, 2009 at 04:42

great will give this a go… i take it the more link bases artciles you produce the better your rating will be?
shanthi
said on December 29, 2009 at 11:12

Really useful information. Then how could you get so many comments and visitors.
Almanya Sohbet
said on January 4, 2010 at 11:01

great will give this a go… i take it the more link bases artciles you produce the better your rating will be?
Almanya Sohbet
said on January 5, 2010 at 15:17

Hey

very thanks for sharing good inforamtion about link bait.it nice one.
Joachim Weber
said on January 6, 2010 at 12:49

Hello everyone,

afert indruducing my website linkbait.de I want to put an light of the new project http://www.deeplink.de. deeplink is all about linkbuilding with deeplinks and linkbaits.

I am ready for comments
Almanya Sohbet
said on January 6, 2010 at 16:21

very thanks for sharing good inforamtion about link bait.it nice one.
Almanya Sohbet
said on January 14, 2010 at 01:27

Really useful information. Then how could you get so many comments and visitors.
Almanya Sohbet
said on January 21, 2010 at 15:11

some great inspiration thanks, gona put this into my SEO videos.
sameer
said on January 22, 2010 at 19:45

thanks to share useful information. it really helps me.

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Almanya Sohbet
said on January 23, 2010 at 19:59

thanks to share useful information. it really helps me
Piyush
said on January 30, 2010 at 10:44

Hello sir,
I want to start doing SEO.
So, How i have to basically start. I already manything but from where i can get practically knowledge?

Please help me in this.

Thank you
Piyush Lakhatariya
shawn
said on February 1, 2010 at 13:00

all this i dont understand can some one please send me an email on how to di this
shawn@moverscommunity.com
rahasia affiliate amazon
said on February 3, 2010 at 18:38

great articles, inspiring. .
Inkanet
said on February 4, 2010 at 21:31

I was curious what the linkbaiting is about. I was surprised because I found out that I am using this SEO buzzword on my website =).
computers for less
said on February 6, 2010 at 05:02

some great ideas here for link baiting. I still think the best is staying with solid content on a normal basis, but that is the hard part. Off to content building I go.
Korthals Griffons
said on February 19, 2010 at 22:50

Nice article. Still learning this part of SEO.
Korthals Griffons
said on February 19, 2010 at 22:52

Nice article. Still learning this part of SEO.

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Wirehaired Pointing Griffons
saumil555
said on February 24, 2010 at 12:02

Good strategy , but i think this what we already do as a part of our social networking , only the term has been specified.
Jerry
said on February 24, 2010 at 14:41

Very smart work. all points are awesome i bookmarked it and try to teach something different.
Micheal
said on February 24, 2010 at 14:48

I read your full article and i can say you have deep knowledge about Link bait. Thanks for this gr8 help.
http://www.usedtrucksforsalebyowner.net
Bella Divine
said on March 1, 2010 at 16:21

Good ideas

Thanx
Paul Holden
said on March 17, 2010 at 02:43

Some great tips and ideas lots of hard work but nothing in this world comes for free except my sample 8″ canvas that come with your image or photo on at http://www.photosoncanvas.biz , who said nothing comes for free
Caros Mendez
said on March 19, 2010 at 17:08

I was searching in google to find out about linkbait and your article has helped me. Thank you for your tips.
sohbet
said on March 20, 2010 at 01:25

Link baiting is very powerful thank you for admin
Engine Light
said on March 20, 2010 at 23:28

Thanks for the term. I never knew link baiting. Now if i only knew a famous person to interview!
Mr. Shoe Man
said on March 22, 2010 at 20:47

It’s funny to see how I’ve used most of these techniques without even realizing it, but I especially like the ‘Write something controversial’ and ‘Make a joke about a known person’.

Thanks for the info and keep up the good work!
Yvonne Smeding
said on April 10, 2010 at 19:37

This is very useful thanks, will start linkbaiting now.
Bucee
said on April 18, 2010 at 17:10

Thanks for the nice and very useful share, I’ve just started my website so these tips are very useful for me! THX
Free Maps
said on April 22, 2010 at 10:47

Very Interesting Info. Nice One. I came to know about new topic about link baiting.:)
STB
said on April 25, 2010 at 17:56

It’s really works. High rankings always starts from valuable content. People don’t come by your website for just any old reason… They are looking for something.
eGrove Systems
said on May 12, 2010 at 08:38

Really this was very nice post, before i reading this post i don’t know about link baiting, But now i have some idea,
Ajit Nayak
said on May 15, 2010 at 13:24

Can you please explain briefly regarding Link Bait, and how it woks….
LawisGreek
said on May 27, 2010 at 20:45

Nice article of link building or backlinking. one question, these strategy works best in all parts of globe? I am looking forward to a natural link exchange programme with industry niche people and not just for the sake of baiting..
srikar
said on June 4, 2010 at 19:01

cool,here u wrote about linkbait for a link bait isnt it ,smart move and good tips
Ranjan
said on July 6, 2010 at 07:04

wow, its grate link building techniques you are explaining here.
I am not using that kind of techniques never before. Right now I am going to utilize that kind of link building techniques to my website.
tell me something more about this.
Thanks guys its grate SEO techniques.
Seoruchi
said on July 6, 2010 at 07:07

Hi all,
its very nice techniques to enhance your page view and also page rank to your website.
thanks guys for sharing your knowledge to us…
Ruchiweb
said on July 6, 2010 at 07:11

Hello,
I read your full article and i can must say you have grate knowledge about Link bait(SEO). I have one request to you, could you tell me more about this. my email id is vikasiru@gmail.com
thanks [..]
Webhost
said on July 6, 2010 at 07:17

Hi
Great post
I was looking for information, which can enhance my web page back links
and also page rank and now i think, I found something interesting.
thanks
Julie Watson
said on July 10, 2010 at 10:59

Nice post,

Very good techniques of link building. It will be very helpful for all the link builders, specially freshers will be very benefited from this post.
Suhaib Allababidi
said on July 15, 2010 at 06:01

The above list of link baiting sound like a good idea, however I would have to say that such a task would require lots of hours and money, I would like to see a comparison chart between pay per click advertisers cost vs. organic seo link building, what is the ROI?
justme
said on July 21, 2010 at 09:24

It’s easy to say, hard to do. ‘The hardest part of success is not knowing but doing’
haber
said on July 27, 2010 at 02:34

good luck
Wonderful advice, I will implement this right away, thanks!
Jaqes
said on August 5, 2010 at 11:17

I’m just confused about this Linkbait. Is that just like backlinks and a techniques of link building? Thanks for the Link, now i want to know more about this linkbaiting.
Ana Watson
said on August 5, 2010 at 16:56

Nice Tips,
This tips are very important for every link builder. Above tips are explained in very simple and clear language. I think this will benefit many link builder. Natural link building is very important.
Ronald Redito
said on August 6, 2010 at 13:40

Linkbaiting is really an effective strategy to boost one’s website ranking. Although it requires creativity on coming up with a teaser that can trigger a buzz from other online enthusiasts.

Upon studying these techniques, I saw my site’s ranking soar in Alexa.
Ken
said on August 9, 2010 at 22:46

I don’t think the article warrant anywhere near these 300+ comments. It aint stupid stuff, but hardly ground breaking…
Joe Smith
said on August 10, 2010 at 17:03

great idea!
Developers in DC
said on August 18, 2010 at 20:40

I like you article buy i ask one qustion about Blog Commenting.When i post comments.Why User not Click on Keywords.My Comments is very attractive then users not click on it.WHY?
Tour Operator
said on September 1, 2010 at 07:34

Useful information. thank you for your listings. I got new ideas to promote my site.
Peter Rudd
said on September 1, 2010 at 11:45

Very helpful advice – Will make website promotion much easier
Cleophon
said on September 3, 2010 at 09:46

excellent article …
I should implement it to my website.
Jeff Hopeck
said on September 4, 2010 at 04:24

Question regarding link baiting. Videos like “Charlie Bit Me” and other huge youtube phenomenons have amassed huge amounts of traffic.

By the literal definition of link baiting, these videos pass the test.

But what I’m not understanding is Where are they ultimately pointing the traffic? And who is ultimately benefitting from these millions and millions of views the videos are getting?

Thanks! Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Jeff Hopeck
said on September 12, 2010 at 04:06

Jim, another great post. Thanks for your insights on link baiting, I can’t agree more with you on the fact of creating a useful resource on your site so people can link to it.

Thought: It would be an awesome service to offer customized link baiting tools that are literally turn-key. You just log onto a website, submit your niche, and then pay for the link bait that you can embed on your own site.

Or, does something like that exist? Thanks again.
vivek
said on September 18, 2010 at 10:22

hey good job man keep continue with this kind or work thnks
Hindi Songs Online
said on September 19, 2010 at 03:30

Nice links and explanation, I was looking for a good explanation for this kind of SEO method of some time as most websites and people discuss it quite vaguely. Nice ideas BTW.
Lauren Monsey Nagel
said on September 19, 2010 at 21:31

Thanks Jim. I am pretty new to all this and I’m so grateful to folks like you.
Russ
said on September 30, 2010 at 02:16

Thanks for your help, enjoyed the read.
Maui Realtor
said on October 2, 2010 at 02:16

Jim, I know this post was written quite a while ago, but it holds as true today as when it was first posted. I didn’t realize I was link baiting, but it sure works. Definitely no need for black hat techniques. Mahalo.
Rob
said on October 5, 2010 at 20:23

nice i like “Test something new that has not been done before” which can not only help you to get good result in you site but in every manner this will help you a lot.
Natasha
said on October 7, 2010 at 12:27

I decided to create my new blog. I am busy searching what topic, what power content and what application Conservatories dorset i apply must have my new blog. In i observed this blog is very useful in many blog i see. Thanks for the information.
Anthony
said on October 7, 2010 at 20:08

Great tips and method
prabhakar dalvi
said on October 21, 2010 at 06:32

hello Jim
i am SEO also working in india , for leading company .

i have part knowledge of seo technique thank to you for issue this point , i joint in my knowledge list .

so i gather new about seo please help me & i get new i send u for publish
Sanjay
said on October 29, 2010 at 06:59

This is very useful information thanks for sharing.
Joe Jeronimo
said on October 29, 2010 at 13:05

Its always good to learn tips like you share for blog posting. Thanks for your high quality work and keep on writing articles in such a high quality manner. – There is always room at the top. Daniel Webster 1782 1852: on being advised against joining the overcrowded legal profession (attributed)
meenu
said on October 30, 2010 at 20:37

Nice effort ..thanks buddy actually i dont know abt link bait..
Jaco
said on November 8, 2010 at 16:02

linkbait works well if you have good content. i find jokes and cartoons work quite well. difficult to implement though if you are running a corporate site for example
Old Classic Cars
said on November 12, 2010 at 06:52

Link Bait is really a good technique of linkbuilding. Link Bait will be very helpful for all websites and seo executive specially for freshers. Thanx for sharing such a important technique in very simple language.
seohada
said on November 14, 2010 at 22:30

Hi,

thanks a lot for this post, liked it a lot =)
Jake Smith
said on November 22, 2010 at 16:28

I think this is a really good way of getting backlinks.
Mike
said on November 22, 2010 at 16:31

I think this site is really going to work well!
sekerleme
said on November 29, 2010 at 19:16

I think this site is really going to work well

?ekerleme
Web Designer Weston
said on November 30, 2010 at 01:12

Hey Jim, a few years ago I read an article on yours called ‘Link Bait’ and I was pleased to see the article still live to say a Big ‘Thank you’ it has worked for my business and still is for the county search terms. Regards Jas
Danny Welsh
said on November 30, 2010 at 11:31

I read this same post some time back, and while looking into more marketing ideas for my apprentices I was creating a system for blog comment marketing to drive traffic to their websites when I found this in my old favoriytes bookmarks. Still a great read and many valuable tips. Thanks Jim!
sekerleme
said on December 2, 2010 at 14:08

Of course google has a search engine share of about 80%. But I still think it depends on us, how we use this tool
Agus
said on December 7, 2010 at 03:23

thanks, nice post
travel centre uk
said on December 8, 2010 at 11:36

Nice post, I do article submissions but I don’t know to do link baiting. Could any one help me in steps?
luminosity
said on December 17, 2010 at 06:12

Thanks for the list.
k?z oyunu
said on December 20, 2010 at 13:52

Jim, your list of activities for linkbaiting is great and exhaustive.
But I’d like to ask what if the site is static and its content is rearly updated for there’s nothing to update in fact?
nitGreen
said on December 28, 2010 at 12:21

Jim Westergren,

Link bait is any content or feature, within a website, designed

specifically to gain attention or encourage others to link to the website.
Bapun
said on January 4, 2011 at 12:11

Very informative. It’s all about getting quality backlinks to your website. And that can be done in any legitimate way.
Rameshwar
said on January 8, 2011 at 14:23

Let me Congratulate you. Your pots was done in 2007 and still people like to give their Feedback. GR8 work.

Plz. post some good contents in future as well.
Alex Theatre
said on January 19, 2011 at 10:50

Plz. post some good contents in future as well.
Cialis
said on January 20, 2011 at 08:53

It’s laborious to find knowledgeable people on this subject, however you sound like you already know what you’re speaking about! Thanks
Rahul Singh
said on January 26, 2011 at 16:36

Thanks for tips Jim…u are such great dude…….very helpful to generate traffic
Contestsinkie
said on February 17, 2011 at 07:22

Nice tips. Thanks for the information as I am still trying to generate more traffic.
Furniture Supplier
said on February 23, 2011 at 08:50

Link baiting also can be achieved from article directory. Some people out there sometime are doing copy-paste from the html format without removing link.
Fiona
said on February 26, 2011 at 06:02

Good post, thanks for the list, I’m linking back to it from one of my other websites.
Derek Jansen - Nitch
said on March 7, 2011 at 12:39

Great advice Jim. I think that link bait requires more than anything, a little creative thinking. The list you’ve given above is a great start and I’m sure many will benefit using even just one of these techniques.
sarah
said on March 7, 2011 at 13:16

Hi, Jim. thank you so much for your tips about linkbaiting. This is my first time to hear about this topic and i would try to make linkbaiting sooner for my site that were on sandbox right now. I really thanks Jim, and i hope it would make better result for site in SE
Mark Neustedt
said on March 10, 2011 at 14:25

I like the idea of making a tool that others can put on their sites and links back to you.

I got this idea a few years ago after looking at the Statcounter Website. Just think about how many people run Statcounter on their sites with each page that it is placed on linking back to the Statcounter website.

Statcounter has a PR 9 with 24 million backlinks to it.

The only problem is that I haven’t figured out what kind of tool to build.
Parker Converse
said on March 18, 2011 at 16:42

I was looking at a YouTube video this morning that had received alot of attention (13,000,000 views), and noted that there were a substantial number of people who had created short, stupid clones or imitations with the same title and I’m wondering whether they do this in the hopes of generating tag along views and receiving YouTube ad revenues or whether there’s a way to get these youtube views to translate into backlinks. I’ve got to look further at it.
carins
said on March 20, 2011 at 18:38

I’m using article directory for backlink. Some people out there sometime are doing copy-paste from the html format without removing link.
Metin2
said on March 31, 2011 at 14:54

Thanks for tips Jim…u are such great dude…….very helpful to generate traffic
Kilvoars
said on April 1, 2011 at 21:37

Thanks for the list of things to do regarding linkbaiting. I will take your advice and save this in my favorites.
Justin
said on April 4, 2011 at 04:53

Jim,

These are all great ideas, but I have a question for you. Do you know of any affordable (and creative) people and/or companies that these type of projects can be outsourced to? I’d love to get some things like this going.

- Justin
Webmaster: Short Sale Assistance
John
said on April 4, 2011 at 19:57

Great list but it would take time to do them all.

Thanks, John
Imtiaz Ahmed Shuvo
said on April 27, 2011 at 06:29

Hey Jim Great article. It made me really clear about Link Baiting. Following you in twitter.
http://www.shuvoimtiaz.com/” rel=”nofollow”> Imtiaz Ahmed Shuvo
Deborah Costello
said on May 2, 2011 at 21:24

CSS is really not that hard once you understand some of the bugs that exist, mostly in IE. I design CSS layouts everyday and time to design is pretty much the same as if I was using tables.
mixb, ?????????????,
said on May 20, 2011 at 07:17

Very good list of ideas! But many of this ideas very hard to make.
Hotell Stockholm
said on May 20, 2011 at 14:01

Som realy nice ides you have, Thanks!
caparts
said on May 20, 2011 at 15:57

linkbait is a creativ idea! A new era internal internet is born…;)
I like it.
Donny
said on May 22, 2011 at 14:43

Nice Post, thanks for tips…
Glen Quinn
said on May 23, 2011 at 10:43

that’s was an easy read now just to put them into practice…
LA Web Studio
said on May 31, 2011 at 20:30

Thank you for the amazing list. We have been doing most of them, but there are some new ones that our company will use soon. thanks again.
Dario
said on June 7, 2011 at 17:57

How long time should you spend on seo daily?
villas in corfu
said on June 14, 2011 at 22:50

This is great tips.thanks lot of
Jedidja
said on June 23, 2011 at 11:49

Thanks for this great list! Many ideas, but one is enough I probably found sg good for me. It rally depends on your niche though, whether it’s going to work or not..
Mike Ciucci
said on July 6, 2011 at 16:43

This information still rings true today. Link baiting is a great way to get a viral following to a blog post or website. The trouble for me is finding ideas, so this helps!
nasir
said on July 9, 2011 at 11:56

good list idea about how to get natural link. I still try to write new ideas. Good luck.
Brian Hunt
said on July 11, 2011 at 04:57

I’ve written a few articles that a non-local wouldn’t know about. I always make sure that I don’t claim it as a fact unless it truly is. Sometimes getting a local perspective is priceless. Great ideas here…Thanks!
Park City Realtor
said on July 16, 2011 at 15:49

Great article thanks!Been working on putting this into practice.
Murray
said on July 24, 2011 at 02:24

Thanks for the great info! Hope I can put it to good use.
Nivaas
said on August 9, 2011 at 07:01

Thanks, its useful information for SEO people
Bonita AC Repair
said on August 9, 2011 at 21:49

Great list, I’m still learning and thanks! I know it takes some graphic design finesse (that I don’t have) but infographics seem to be the latest thing?
Sanjay
said on September 1, 2011 at 06:05

Thanks to Jim Westergren for sharing this nice information about Link Bait. This information is very useful for SEO professional when they will make strategy for any website..Keep it up.
asep komar
said on September 6, 2011 at 09:26

this link bait make a big thing……… great idea,…..
Yonathan Moya
said on October 28, 2011 at 19:00

Does it count as link baiting when a site like http://experiencemission.org links to itself within it’s own page?
Jaco
said on January 14, 2012 at 14:23

Thanks for the great info! i started implementing some of this a year ago and it works great. dont expect the first one to work but if you keep at it some of them will start working and its totally worth the effort
Martijn
said on January 20, 2012 at 09:14

Nice article, contains some useful tips for me:)
aemi
said on January 21, 2012 at 07:59

i found your write up very interesting
and all the things i already done as a experiment with my face book account to reach popularity.
thanking your for sharing your precious experience and thoughts.

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[...] Jim Westergren is the CEO of SEO fustion and also a search engine optimization expert and philosophical Sci-Fi writer. On his blog ( JimWestergren.com ) he writes SEO articles and about link building, online marketing and maybe the most valuable, some tips and tricks on link bait. You have a lot to learn from reading his blog, because we can always learn from the experts in our area of work. [...]

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[...] How to Get Strong Referral Traffic from Social Websites Not all websites are made equal. The value of a website and its ability to attract natural votes from social websites depends a great deal on its overall niche and content. For example, if your corporate website focuses on topics such as real estate, auto insurance or financial products like credit cards, it might be difficult in making an article on it popular in social websites like Digg, Reddit or Netscape. The general lack of popular interest in the content of your website is usually the main problem. You can create an interesting press release and seed it with friendly votes but it remains unlikely that it will be very well-received. Why? Because you are dealing with a crowd that favors attractive non-commercial content that usually revolves around popular or niche sub-cultures. For these websites, the key to effective viral marketing not just lies in creating attractive on-site linkbait, but rather the ability to create linkbaits which grow into powerful sources of referral traffic through social websites. The Viral Solution to Unattractive Websites: Gain Visitor Traffic by Association The exact location of your linkbait article is of great importance. Determining the right placement is especially vital when your website is in an industry that generally does not appeal to social website audiences. There is just one motto to follow: If you can’t get social traffic visitors to your desired website, get them through other websites or webpages. There are generally two ways of doing this: Place your linkbait on a sub-domain or customized webpage that is aesthetically different from your main website. Leave sidebar navigation and a clickable header/logo that points back to your site’s homepage/sell-page and you’ll be likely to get some traffic from visitors attracted by the linkbait. [...]

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[...] There are, however, some more generic tips out there to help you on your way. They aren’t fully fledged ideas, and will require considerable imagination on your part if they are to be applied to your site, but they are tried and tested methods of generating interest. The list below was found at Jim Westergren’s blog, and is about as concise and useful as I’ve found. [...]

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