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Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Website Designers USA — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 06:04:03 -0000

I think instant link baiting ideas can work really well but you have to be fast and quick witted, a good example of this was the day Google instant came out someone created an image depicting Google as an instant coffee (caffine and instant)

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Kenny Silva — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:19:58 -0000

Chris, I was doing a little research on what linkbait is and how it could be useful. I totally agree with what you said about being the loud kid, but understand that you do have to 'speak up' from time to time in order to be heard. Thanks for the post!

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

seolions — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:06:00 -0000

you need to get natural links from visitors, great articles gets automatic recogination, without forcing them to a corner to do,

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Training An Older Dog — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:38:14 -0000

Sometimes, I can't think of anything to write about, so I go and read. Then, after reading, I find myself inspired. When I link back it's to give credit where credit is due.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Andrew — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:59:06 -0000

Love that the 'humor hook' guy then linked back to your post on why people SHOULD follow you. Funny stuff.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

annie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:42:47 -0000

Link bait? That's an actual thing that people do? Shit, where have I been? Not here, but nice to have found you.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Piotr Jakubowski — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:44:41 -0000

Chris,

I'd have to say this linkbaiting strategy has reached new heights with the emergence of the 140-character limit of Twitter. The good thing out of this is that we've been developing better copywriters.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Darren Daz Cox — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:19:53 -0000

no need to be mean Chris! I have a couple of 'Chris Brogan is an under-rated artist' posts but not to generate links.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Keith Burtis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:06 -0000

Chris, it goes beyond linkbait. it makes the person seem desperate. When they are high profile bloggers it's even worse. What I love is the link bait headline that they port over to twitter and post it there. The headline never fits into 140 characters so the tweet look s like this at the end "if you have an opinion find out more about......."
Chris, you know that people will link to your content but you put the value in your posts. We have come to expect that.

Keith

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Craig — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:03:30 -0000

You always need some type of hook to grab the readers attention and to hopefully get it linked out.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

AngelaConnor — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:01:35 -0000

The posts that take off for me usually are the lists or the "this or that" post. it seems that when I don't over-think people really latch on.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Ben — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:59:03 -0000

Good post. I think that your point about people trying to hard is a good one.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Keith Pape — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:30:59 -0000

I like number 5, because the next email I read after my RSS of this, was an invite in march to 'Meet Chris Brogan in Irvine!!!"

i thought it was funny at least.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

ryancmiller — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:40:45 -0000

Very useful post today Chris.. One add though, I think the link baiting techniques will only work if the content behind the titles are useful or spark discussion.

The downside is that I think you only get a couple of opportunities per user with the baiting. If they check out a post because of the hook and gets burned with the content, the likelyhood they'll take the bait again or recommend your site is slim to none.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Joe Mescher — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:09:01 -0000

Imagine my surprise to learn Chris Brogan Demands Free Chocolate from his readers...

And that 7 out of 10 American cannot spell 'YouTube' correctly.

These are just two of the many reasons Chris Brogan will always be followed by Joe Mescher on Twitter.

What a fun post! Thanks for the inspiration.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Ron Amundson — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:41:05 -0000

A high value list with valuable commentary will keep folks coming back for more... it is the sizzle. Sadly, too many link bait list authors seem to have never even evaluated whats on their list, and it ends up a huge waste of time and bandwidth. To me, such link baiting works in reverse, they get put on my blacklist to not follow.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Ivan L — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:23:14 -0000

Why am I not following Chris Brogan anymore?
because as soon as I hit follow on twitter, my entire history was filled with conversation spam with people I don't know with no context and I suddenly could not see any of my friends, and all those posts were only seconds apart! 5 seconds later I un-followed so I could re-enable visible friend updates :p

I still read his blog through!

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Scott Hepburn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:17:34 -0000

I absolutely LOVE that you don't take yourself too seriously and that you can have fun with a post like this, Chris. Thanks for always being a good sport ;)

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

val osowski — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:02:09 -0000

Thanks for the tips! I enjoyed the read. So much "stuff," so little time . . .

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Marc — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:54:29 -0000

mmmm, Fajitas :>

I'm a sucker for this stuff, I'll admit.

Not enough hours in the day.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Francis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:52:09 -0000

I agree with @The Lovable Rogue, linkbaits to attract traffic to poor content is eventually meant to fail. I can see why these lists/top something site do bring visitors and triggers curiosity, but a lot of the time these posts seem a bit "empty" in the end.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Tim — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:12:07 -0000

Thanks for the tips Chris. I use link bait to help people move from my blog to my articles. Works great. These tips are great for blog titles too. You know when you get it right when your articles gets tons of traffic.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Doug Firebaugh — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:04:49 -0000

ah! Great post- and another linkbait piece is giving away anything free that is of extreme value- like "20 free social media ebooks" which is such a HUGE value to folks. great post and LOTS of ideas to ponder! fajitas? being from Texas- HOT analogy!

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Rufus Dogg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:50:46 -0000

Ooo and don't forget using incendiary titles like "Seth Godin is a Big fat Idiot" http://gerardmclean.com/set... I could have titled it something more banal, but then Mr. Godin himself would not have commented on the article. Pretty sure that was it.

@sean808080 right there with you. I hate fajitas too.

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

sean808080 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:48:19 -0000

I hate fajitas.