Comments on: Why Not Call “Linkbaiting” By Its Real Name?

By: Pool Service Folsom

Pool Service Folsom — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:31:42 +0000

Im a prime example of such a link bait. In fact i would argue that wordpress created its buisness model around such an idea. Why else would they make it so inherently possible for people like my self who cleans swimming pools in the folsom, ca area to simple put this keyword term as my name and blammmooo! i have myself another link.

By: s_jenkins

s_jenkins — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:54:40 +0000

great article! do you think that ‘baiting’ is a gives the term ‘linkbaiting’ a bad precedence? it seems that some people think that ‘linkbaiting’ automatically means a trap of sorts. in the same breath, does google penalize for the term ‘linkbait’?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:09:54 +0000

I agree with most of the people above. People are so busy developing and selling rewriting software and PLR articles that people dont take the time to write new stuff.

If they write new stuff themselves the search engines will love it along with the people that actually read it. write it for your audience and your audience will love it and get more traffic to your site

By: Maria Langer, the Official Web Site* » Link Bait?

Maria Langer, the Official Web Site* » Link Bait? — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:28:54 +0000

[...] Does that make the article “linkbait“? I suppose it does. But I’m willing to accept that label if it’s used in the context of “simply compelling content.” After all, I didn’t write it with the goal of getting lots of links and readers. I wrote it because it was on my mind, is a topic my readers claim they’re interested in (33% of those who took the poll said they’re interested in blogging), and is related to a topic I co-authored a book about. The article was forming in my brain — why would I keep it there if others might find it useful? [...]

By: Linkbaiting: Vote Yes or No This Week Only | Copyblogger

Linkbaiting: Vote Yes or No This Week Only | Copyblogger — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:58:34 +0000

[...] Coming into the New Year, I resolved not to use the term “linkbait” any longer. Linkbait is simply compelling content that’s remarkable, and in social media the remark is mostly made via the link. Compelling content is simply compelling content, right? [...]

By: Gideon Morkly

Gideon Morkly — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:17:01 +0000

Wow that was pretty fast, tony, forgive me i’m getting into this habit of going round great blogs and right, deepjiveinterests and problogger still rank high for me..big ups.
How do I get to have people bookmark my site on delicious and what do you think about digg.com

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:04:28 +0000

What do I think?

I think i don’t know much, if anything about SEO, and a great deal of my traffic actually comes through google, thanks to “good content”, and nothing else.

I write “interesting” things, people link to me, google finds me, and traffic comes through google and other sites.

So, do I think SEO stuff “matters”? Sure — but it hasn’t mattered to me … and my traffic is more than nil.

Cheers
t