The Twelve Best Articles on Linkbait

Category: Web Development Author: User Image

Gary R. Hess

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.