What is Link baiting?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Lloydblogger, Dec 1, 2008.

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    What is link baiting process? and how it works to the site that have been optimize? I want to learn about that. . I am a SEO Teen and a newbie about SEO. Thanks. .
     
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    Linkbaiting (just like bait for fish) is a method of enticing people to give you a back link. It works great (assuming you have a good and controversial article) on Digg Furl, etc.

    Or if you code something cool (the latest, greatest widget), and get people talking about it, that's great bait.

    In essence it's viral marketing and can explode your backlinks if you have the right bait. T
     
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    Right, it is litterally as it says link - bait. Putting free stuff somewhere on your site and marketing it to be free and everyone to come get it is a normal form of link baiting. People will then link your site everywehere to all of their friends and tell them about your free site which in turn is actually creating you tons of free, natural, and great links. Its mostly for links as you will get traffic but little of that traffic will convert.
     
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    Link Baiting is just like fishing. You publish a new page on a topic (I’ll cover those later) and set it free on the web. Hopefully others pick up on the content as fresh and interesting and link to it. The article is the bait, and the link is the catch.........
     
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    Link Baiting is just like fishing. You publish a new page on a topic (I’ll cover those later) and set it free on the web. Hopefully others pick up on the content as fresh and interesting and link to it. The article is the bait, and the link is the catch.
     
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    Link + Bait = Linkbaiting, like fishing a fish, but this time you are fishing a visitor with "sexy" bait :D
     
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    When you have something that everyone find interesting and want to blog about, then you have a link bait.
     
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    It's convincing people to give you a backlink.
     
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    quality articles that are well researched and well written are also link baits. People love the information you're sharing and they will link to it naturally.
     
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    getting links from other blogs. Some of the techniques are contest, plug ins, template and a lot more. Seriously you can just focus on few and still get lots of back links.
     
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    Here is how link baiting works: you create a new page on a topic and set it free on the web. Hopefully others pick up on the content as fresh and interesting and link to it. The article is the bait, and the link is the catch.
     
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    Agreed with sarah and nosfer... Anything great and valuable worth linking back and people would love to share a backlink with you...
     
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    "Elvis Presley Lives In Small Ohio Town - Excusive Interview and Pictures"
     
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    thank you for advice and some important hints about link baiting .. I treasure it so much . . .
     
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    I could assume that might be adsense links maybe
     
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    Thanks a lot my fellas.
     
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    Link bait in search engine optimization
    The quantity and quality of inbound links are two of the many metrics used by a search engine ranking algorithm to rank a website. Link bait creation falls under the task of link building, and aims to increase the quantity of high-quality, relevant links to a website. Part of successful linkbaiting is devising a mini-PR campaign around the release of a link bait article so that bloggers and social media users are made aware and can help promote the piece in tandem. Social media traffic can generate a substantial amount of links to a single web page. Sustainable link bait is rooted in quality content.
    From:en.wikipedia.org
     
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