Straight out of my bookmarks comes another addition of link love Thursday. This is a list of the best articles on what linkbait is, how to gain it, and how to use it.
12. Link Baiting Case Study from Search Engine Journal – Cool run down of a successful linkbait approach from the masters of SEO.
11. Linkbaiting with Attack – Nice information on negative linkbaiting.
10. Brainstorming LinkBait: A Four Step Approach – A cool approach at deciphering stats and creating linkbait with it.
9. The Two Kinds of Linkbait – Explains the differences between two separate types of linkbaiting.
8. Trading Words For Traffic – Writing a response to someone to gain links.
7. Link Bait – Basic tips on how to create linkbait.
6. The Art of Title Bait – Gives examples of great title link bait and discusses the importance of the title in gaining links.
5. How to Think Outside of the Box and Develop Attention Grabbing Content – Ideas on creating great content, which is great for linkbait.
4. The Ultimate Guide to Linkbaiting Resources – Some great links to other linkbaiting resources.
3. 10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work – Some of these are starting to be a bit overdone, but most are still great for creating a linkbait title.
2. Leveraging Linkbait – YPN finally came through! Too bad it wasn’t their publisher program though. This is a good article on how to create linkbait and use it.
1. 101 Link Building Tips to Market Your Website – A great list of 101 things to do/not to do when it comes to gaining links.
I hope everyone can get something out of these great articles. If you want to learn more about the dark side of linkbaiting, check out my article Creating non-Ethical Linkbait.
Written: Oct 18, 2007
















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