Linkbait - A Time Consuming But Efficient Strategy
As you probably know too well by now, getting good content is a very important part of the linkbuilding process.
Good, interesting and well-written and formatted content however can be hard to get hold of, since few people are capable of producing it.
That aside, it's not only important to actually have your good content, but to know where to use it and how to submit it, where to place the links and what anchor text to use.
In most cases, mediocre content is used in article directories, but if you happen to acquire some good, original, top quality content you should use it for linkbait.
What is linkbait? Linkbait is basically a linkbuilding strategy which utilizes good content, submitted in the proper high PR sites and bookmarked well, to drive traffic and acquire a high quality backlinks.
What's very specific about linkbait is that it should contain content that is written, formatted and designed in such a way that would make visitors bookmark it and spread it themselves, and thus make it popular without so much of a hassle.
Although various topics are susceptible to linkbait, there are some that hardly allow linkbait content to be written about them.
"Dry" matters such as legal and financial services are pretty much most of these topics.
But anything else can be explored from various other aspects which allow interesting articles to be written about them.
Anything from a "top 10" list to a list of "strangest", "funniest", "most incredible" things can become linkbait, if researched in depth and accompanied with many pictures relevant to the subject and theme.
The trump card here is to write something which introduces mere facts, with no repetition, made to attract and keep the attention of visitors, and most importantly - something that would make them share it with their friends and peers with similar interests.
Sometimes, even info graphics are used for that purpose.
If you've seen an info graphic than you know the basic directions and guidelines linkbait should have, although not the same per se.
It should be informative, it should consists of fact, it should include more statistics and it should be accompanied by the right amount of pictures or video material.
Sometimes, quotes by famous or renowned people of a certain field can be used to magnify the effect of a linkbait article or any type of such content.
The one major disadvantage of linkbait is that you can never be sure if it will do the trick for you, since you rely on a certain user base which will find it interesting.
However, that aside, linkbait has proven itself as a very efficient strategy that you can maintain almost as regularly as your articles.
Yes, it is hard to write and it requires a lot of research, but it's not something that can't be done.
Given enough time to do the research yourself, or enough money to hire someone who can do it better for you, you can avail from linkbait in any possible way.
Good, interesting and well-written and formatted content however can be hard to get hold of, since few people are capable of producing it.
That aside, it's not only important to actually have your good content, but to know where to use it and how to submit it, where to place the links and what anchor text to use.
In most cases, mediocre content is used in article directories, but if you happen to acquire some good, original, top quality content you should use it for linkbait.
What is linkbait? Linkbait is basically a linkbuilding strategy which utilizes good content, submitted in the proper high PR sites and bookmarked well, to drive traffic and acquire a high quality backlinks.
What's very specific about linkbait is that it should contain content that is written, formatted and designed in such a way that would make visitors bookmark it and spread it themselves, and thus make it popular without so much of a hassle.
Although various topics are susceptible to linkbait, there are some that hardly allow linkbait content to be written about them.
"Dry" matters such as legal and financial services are pretty much most of these topics.
But anything else can be explored from various other aspects which allow interesting articles to be written about them.
Anything from a "top 10" list to a list of "strangest", "funniest", "most incredible" things can become linkbait, if researched in depth and accompanied with many pictures relevant to the subject and theme.
The trump card here is to write something which introduces mere facts, with no repetition, made to attract and keep the attention of visitors, and most importantly - something that would make them share it with their friends and peers with similar interests.
Sometimes, even info graphics are used for that purpose.
If you've seen an info graphic than you know the basic directions and guidelines linkbait should have, although not the same per se.
It should be informative, it should consists of fact, it should include more statistics and it should be accompanied by the right amount of pictures or video material.
Sometimes, quotes by famous or renowned people of a certain field can be used to magnify the effect of a linkbait article or any type of such content.
The one major disadvantage of linkbait is that you can never be sure if it will do the trick for you, since you rely on a certain user base which will find it interesting.
However, that aside, linkbait has proven itself as a very efficient strategy that you can maintain almost as regularly as your articles.
Yes, it is hard to write and it requires a lot of research, but it's not something that can't be done.
Given enough time to do the research yourself, or enough money to hire someone who can do it better for you, you can avail from linkbait in any possible way.
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