Difference between Link Bait and Link farming

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by petervanlier, Mar 27, 2012.

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    Link bait can be anything on your web page like it can be article,Images or a simple content to which the other sites are connected. Link bait is an extremely effective form of marketing strategy.

    A link farm is any group of sites that all hyperlink to every other website in the group to increase search engine optimization. Llink farming is to increase the number of sites that link or point to specific site. When search engines ranking web sites or web pages they were consider so many signals.
     
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    Link baiting is any content or topic, placed in a website, designed purposely to increase the gathering of other links from various website.And on the other hand link farming is to increase the number of sites that link or point to specific site. When search engines ranking web pages they were consider so many signals.
     
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    these both techniques are considered as spam by google.
     
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    ...disagree...link farms might be considered as spam...link baiting is certainly not, because it is a very individual approach...you create content (interesting content), e.g. a video, graphic, text, etc. and what happens is it just picks up like a virus...people will share it on their blog, site, on facebook, etc. - it is rather an art form than a spammy technique :cool: ...try to come up with something that MAKES people want to link out to you for free... it is very hard...use a link farm...piece of cake!
     
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    ok..as i know these two techniques are considered as spam, but nice information shared by you on link baiting can you provide me any source from which i get more information about link baiting?
     
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    Link Bait cant be said as spam as it is about creating interesting content, pictures, videos etc that can grab people attention. On the other hand, link farm can be a spamming as it is used to make many links. It can be treated as bad practice by Google if you have farmed too many links.
     
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    Link baiting is any content or topic, placed in a website, designed purposely to increase the gathering of other links from various sources to the website. Link bait is an extremely effective form of marketing strategy.

    link farming is to increase the number of sites that link or point to specific site. When search engines ranking web sites or web pages they were consider so many signals. When we talking about google they consider more than 200 signals when they ranking web site or web page.
     
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    Link baits make a website attractive it could be anything like a online video, tutorial, blog or some tools. Link farming is quite venomous as it is the excessive building of links for a website having hyperlinks to each and every websites. Link baits are useful whereas link farming is not that effective.
     
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    Link baiting is any content or topic, placed in a website, designed purposely to increase the gathering of other links from various website.And on the other hand link farming is to increase the number of sites that link or point to specific site. When search engines ranking web pages they were consider so many signals.that is good.
     
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    Link bait is of course not a spam for google. Link bait should have wonderful content to attract the visitor and let them share or spread the specific content on the Internet to get back links naturally.
     
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    really posted a great one thing in this marvelous forum thread i really appreciate and have get a great one information about seo, really awesome.
     
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    According to me Link Farming is a method of Spaming and Link Bait is not.AS Link Farming is the method in which there is a group of websites and every website in that group links to every other website in that group, and this according to Google is Spamming.
     
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    Link baiting is defined as the feature in a website which is designed especially for encouraging people to link to that website. Link farming is a group of websites which hyperlink to each other in that group but it is generally avoided because this practice is considered as a form of spamming.
     
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    Very nice thread on this topic discussed here.
     
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    Link bait is any content or characteristic, within a site, designed particularly to increase awareness or give confidence others to link to the site. It also formations go down under the task of link building, and goals to boost the amount of high quality, relevant links to a site.

    Link farm is some collection of website that all links to any other website in the collection. Even though some link farms can be maked by hand, lot of are make via programmed programs and services. It is a form of spamming the index of search engine.
     
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    Link Farming is now seems very bad technique after coming Google Panda Algorithm.

    Google does not like such technique and Panda especially hit Link Farms.

    Link Farming means to spread out low quality content on the web. It includes low grade content rewriting.

    And example of Link Baiting is to writing a good research report, including your keyword inside the report.

    If you market it effectively, it will gain attention of authenticated websites and republish it. And you will get back link.
     
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    Link bait is something on your website you hope the visitor will find irresistible, and then go back to their website and put a link to your irresistible content. Link bait does not violate Google Webmaster Guidelines.

    Link Farms, which are entirely different, do violate Google Webmaster Guidelines and can cause your site to be penalized or dropped entirely from Google search results. Link farms consist of thousands of low-quality sites that have basically nothing on them except thousands of unrelated links per page. When you pay for links, these farms are where your links are posted.
     
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    According my information link baiting is any content or topic, placed in a website, designed purposely to increase the gathering of other links from various sources to the website
    link farming is to increase the number of sites that link or point to specific site. When search engines ranking web sites or web pages they were consider so many signals.
     
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    Link Baiting - Writing good content that people will naturally want to link to.

    Link Farm - Any group of web pages that all hyperlink to every other page in the group. A link farm is any group of sites that all hyperlink to every other website in the group to increase search engine optimization.
     
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