link bait

[dawn.visp]

What is link bait? How can I do it?

[philip54]

Useful or entertaining web content which compels users to link to it.

[laserlight]

link baiting doesnt have to be a bad thing

[madness222]

Link Bait is a content on your site to which other sites link...

[geyser]

you can do this by creating a useful content, an article or maybe a blog post which will build links for itself through referrals and word of a mouth.

[sandy2089]

I have a question to others: how does Google treat link baiting? I guess it should be considered as white hat seo tools.

[KrazyG]

Consider some tips on this thread as well: http://www.bzimage.org/showthread.php?p=76750#post76750

[seob0y]

Link bait is any content or feature within a website that somehow baits viewers to place links to it from other websites. Matt Cutts defines link bait as anything "interesting enough to catch people's attention."[8]marketing as it is viral in nature. Link bait can be an extremely powerful form of
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.
Types of link bait

Although there are no clear-cut subdivisions within link bait, many[who?] attempt to divide them into types of hooks. This is a short list of some of the most common approaches with brief descriptions:

• Informational hooks - Provide information that a reader may find very useful. Some rare tips and tricks or any personal experience through which readers can benefit.
• News hooks - Provide fresh information and obtain citations and links as the news spreads.
• Humor hooks - Tell a funny story or a joke. A bizarre picture of your subject or mocking cartoons can also prove to be link bait.
• Evil hooks - Saying something unpopular or mean may also yield a lot of attention. Writing about something that is not appealing about a product or a popular blogger. Provide strong reasons for it.
• Tool hooks - Create some sort of tool that is useful enough that people link to it.
• Widgets hooks - A badge or tool, that can be placed or embedded on other websites, with a link included.

[mike40]

Link Baiting is only possible with unique contents which make the visitors to automatic link to your blog post or contents

[airforce1]

I think its name says all. Link bait is attractive contents on your site to which other sites would like to link.

[HenryJo]

an example of link bait would be you having a page with useful information etc, that people would want to actually link to!

[dmf32835]

Link bait is when you produce content or media that people who view it will likely share with others.

[mike40]

Its not easy to do because you have no idea which content are post will be liked by users...so people adopt different ways of doing that

[tina123456]

Consider some tips on this thread as well: http://www.bzimage.org/showthread.php?p=76750#post76750

many thanks for this.

[jeccicamarco]

is the technique that used to create links by creating content that appeals to social bookmarking and blog create.

[cecille20]

For a better and additional information you can check this http://www.searchenginejournal.com/l...building/2797/