What is linkbait (with examples)?
Posted by reviews on Mar 16, 2008
First, what is linkbait?
Linkbait is simply creating something that sparks peoples’ interest enough that they would create a link to you or use something that you offer, such as an image or a tool. They may knowingly or unknowingly create a backlink to your site.
With Google’s Matt Cutts doing a writeup of linkbait recently and an older one, it made me think more about it. The real thing always serves as the best example, rather than just explaining it. This seems to be an acceptable way of getting links, according to Google.
Here’s his definition: “On a meta-level, I think of “linkbait” as something interesting enough to catch people’s attention, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. There are a lot of ways to do that, including putting in sweat-of-the-brow work to generate data or insights, or it can be as simple as being creative. You can also say something controversial to generate discussion (this last one gets tired if you overuse it, though). Sometimes even a little bit of work can generate a reason for people to link to you.”
Examples of Linkbait
www.stclaire.com - PR4 - Links 2,630
Matt Cutts used this “Technical Communications” site that had a clever sign making section.
StumbleUpon: Improving Your Fan Network and Increasing Traffic
Posted by reviews on Nov 15, 2007
StumbleUpon is a wonderful thing. You can find all sorts of sites, pages, photos, videos, and games that would otherwise go unnoticed or not found when using your typical search engines. Use the Search in StumbleUpon and you can find gems of sites that you would very likely not find, as they could be buried deep into the pages of Google or Yahoo!.
Another benefit of StumbleUpon is the amount of traffic that can find your pages and sites. If you have something that you would like shared, you can add it to StumbleUpon when you or another stumbler discovers it and reviews it. From that point on that page, image, or video is on the StumbleUpon network.
This leads us to the next point.
Ways to improve your network of Fans:
- Create a StumbleUpon blog and have thoughtful, entertaining, funny, or simply fun content.
- Use the StumbleUpon PhotoBlog It! option to blog about a great photo that you have found. Do this by Right-clicking on the photo and choose StumbleUpon PhotoBlog It! Then comment on the photo you have found.
- Join various groups, such as Stumblers, StumbleUpon, or StumbleUpon Tweaks and Tricks (to improve your StumbleUpon layout and add features!)
- Read the StumbleUpon tweaks on The Prawn website.
- Also, you can improve you chances of meeting other like minded people by adding various interests to your profile. There are tons of interests to choose!
Interesting Blogs to read about StumbleUpon: