What is linkbait?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by ellenwillss, Oct 2, 2010.

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    I hared somewhere about linkbait and I tried to collect some information about it but I didn’t get any information about it. So if someone knows about linkbait then please let me know.
     
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  2. Mishelle Smith

    Mishelle Smith Active Member

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    Linkbaiting is somthing within a website, designed specifically to gain attention to link to the website. It could be any link or some content, or any specific feature of that website. It should be interesting enough to catch people's attention.....
     
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  3. HostMID

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    Link bait is any content, tool, resource or feature within a web site that interests and benefits people and encourage them to link back to your web site or to talk about about your web site.
     
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    sydzapp Well-Known Member

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    It's one of the best ways of going Viral.
    HostMid has provided a valid explanation, apart from that there are loads of resources you can read upon regarding this topic.
    Here's some info on LinkBait by Matt Cutts, Wikipedia & SeoMoz.
     
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    seocracker Active Member

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    It means to write something interested that naturally gets people to talk about it, discussing it on forums, blogging about it or posting it on their social blogs. It is simply a bait to get more backlinks naturally :)
     
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  6. ellenwillss

    ellenwillss Peon

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    I agree with you tarunyadseo. i want to know about more it.
     
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    is there any other information about linkbait? i want to know more about it..
     
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  8. ellenwillss

    ellenwillss Peon

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    HI every body
    thanks for reply but i still some confuse. Can you explain me more about this...
     
    ellenwillss, Oct 26, 2010 IP
  9. HostMID

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    Lets say for example that you have visited a web site that has a tool that provides complete and accurate SEO analysis for domain names and you like the results after using the tool and then you start recommending the web site for the tool it provides in forums, blogs, etc whenever there is a subject about domain tools or/and you link to that website from your website. This process is an example of link baiting.

    So, it's anything within a web site whether it's a features, tools, contents, resources, etc. that interests people and encourage them to talk about that web site or link to it.
     
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    Hello,

    Link bait is the quantity and quality of inbound links are two of the many metrics used by a search engine ranking algorithm to rank a website.
     
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    What do you mean by saying that link bait is the quantity and quality of inbound links?
     
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    #12
    This is the closest explanation that someone might understand ...

    This link bait is something so imaginary to me ...

    The only place where you can come to a tangible link with link bait these metrics are expressed in the number and quality of inbound links ...
    By some algorithm, Google has a link bait expressed as 600k whatever that means (and that is top of top) ...
     
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    Okay here it is plain and simple... If you had a picture of Lady Gaga Nude on a page of your site, that would be link bait. Why? because a ton of people would link to it.
     
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    simply, linkbait is attractive things in Ur page, it can be music, video, picture, article, etc
     
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    This is something on your site that people will notice and link to. By linking to your site, other sites are saying they value the content of your site and that they think other people will be interested in it, too.
     
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    Simple explanation about linkbait.

    Linkbait = Fishing

    We use bait to catch a fish.

    Similarly, we use good content/excellent tools/images/nice article/video/etc as a bait on our website or blog to catch back links.
    The more back links a site have, the higher it gets in ranking (both SERP and Page rank)

    It can't be simpler than this for linkbait explanation.
     
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    Linkbait is essentially a piece of content placed on a web page whether it's an article, blog post, picture, or any other section of cyberspace that is designed for the specific intention of gathering links from as many different sources as possible.
     
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    #18
    as everyone has pretty much already said what linkbait is, i might as well thrown in a few examples to help explain the concept of linkbait better

    Willitblend - this is one of my favourites. When a new gadget comes out, they stick it in a blender to see if it blends. A unique and interesting concept that people want to tell each other about, so they add a link to blog and forum posts.

    Infographics are good linkbait as they are an interesting an informative way of displaying content
     
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    Also known as link bait, this is something on your site that people will notice and link to. By linking to your site, other sites are saying they value the content of your site and that they think other people will be interested in it, too.
     
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