Linkbaiting, is something you as a webmaster should be doing every time you write a post, article, or just about anything online for that matter. Back links, especially natural unsolicited back links are a good thing, a really good thing! You should always put out the highest quality content you're capable of, always.
Producing content that prompts other webmasters to want to tell the world they need to visit your site, is the very best form of flattery to my way of thinking!
Linkbaiting has gotten a bad rap of late (because of a few that will stop at nothing to try to gain back links to their site.) Just stay out of the grey areas when linkbaiting, and get your back links for all the right reasons.
The "ethics" of linkbaiting aside, I would like to offer what I feel are the five best techniques for getting other webmasters to link to your content.
My five all time favorite, best, tried and proven linkbaiting techniques:
Create compelling content-Create content that begs to be linked to. Cover your topic completely, become the ultimate online resource for your chosen topic, include video, audio, and images in your content. Provide real value for your readers, try to produce content that is attention grabbing, unique, provocative, and just plain useful to your visitors.
Be the first-Break the "big" story in your niche. This can be very effective in getting some of those back links. Always stay up-to-date on the happenings in your niche, be on the "cutting edge" of anything that's new or ground breaking in your niche.
Offer a free tool or piece of software-Give them a good reason to come back to your site, bookmark it, and share your link with others. even if you are unable to produce this tool or software yourself, you can always find someone to do it for you.
Include "lists" of useful links in your content-Links to useful websites or useful resources tend to get linked to a lot. Make your list the most complete, or the most useful, make it stand out from the rest.
Everyone likes free stuff-Give it away-and they will come. Not only that they will tell their friends about it!
Put these techniques to work for you in most every thing you write, posts, articles, etc. and you will begin to find back links showing up with regularity. Remember these kind of unsolicited, natural back links are some of the most valuable links there are! - 33376
Producing content that prompts other webmasters to want to tell the world they need to visit your site, is the very best form of flattery to my way of thinking!
Linkbaiting has gotten a bad rap of late (because of a few that will stop at nothing to try to gain back links to their site.) Just stay out of the grey areas when linkbaiting, and get your back links for all the right reasons.
The "ethics" of linkbaiting aside, I would like to offer what I feel are the five best techniques for getting other webmasters to link to your content.
My five all time favorite, best, tried and proven linkbaiting techniques:
Create compelling content-Create content that begs to be linked to. Cover your topic completely, become the ultimate online resource for your chosen topic, include video, audio, and images in your content. Provide real value for your readers, try to produce content that is attention grabbing, unique, provocative, and just plain useful to your visitors.
Be the first-Break the "big" story in your niche. This can be very effective in getting some of those back links. Always stay up-to-date on the happenings in your niche, be on the "cutting edge" of anything that's new or ground breaking in your niche.
Offer a free tool or piece of software-Give them a good reason to come back to your site, bookmark it, and share your link with others. even if you are unable to produce this tool or software yourself, you can always find someone to do it for you.
Include "lists" of useful links in your content-Links to useful websites or useful resources tend to get linked to a lot. Make your list the most complete, or the most useful, make it stand out from the rest.
Everyone likes free stuff-Give it away-and they will come. Not only that they will tell their friends about it!
Put these techniques to work for you in most every thing you write, posts, articles, etc. and you will begin to find back links showing up with regularity. Remember these kind of unsolicited, natural back links are some of the most valuable links there are! - 33376
