Comments on: 3 Examples of Timely Link Bait To Spur Your Creativity

By: Graham Bares

Graham Bares — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:45:19 +0000

What a wonderful post. I spend days on the internet reading blogs, about tons of different subjects. I have to first of all give kudos to whoever created your website and second of all to you for writing what i can only describe as an post. I honestly believe there is a skill to writing articles that only a few posses and frankly you have it. The combination of informative and quality content is definitely extremely rare with the large amount of blogs on the internet.

By: PattyAZ23

PattyAZ23 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:36:20 +0000

This continues to support that good link bait or link worthy content is worth investing the time and effort in. The payoff continues well after the content is created. Create engaging content with your target audience in mind, and you’ll see results. And don’t forget to promote the content as well! For us, our audience is fellow SEOs, and from there we created this piece: http://www.verticalmeasures.com/search-optimization/seo-celebrity-look-alikes

By: Article

Article — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:29:04 +0000

Hi Smarty,
This was a great and logical post.

I have always heard of people using competitions for linkbait. If there was a particular way of generating around 200 good links with an investment of say $1k, even I’d definitely jump on to that. Link baits require expertise that i think you have.

I checked Bring back links and it seems quite interesting.

By: Nile

Nile — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:25:52 +0000

I like the Bring backlinks idea. Although I have not joined, I think it is important to use relevant information from other resources. Sometimes they can say it better, but you have your own idea.

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:14:12 +0000

@Brian, the most important thing you are missing is that link bait should be relevant or at least tackle the same niche/industry. Can you think of any link bait related to “magic shows in Toledo”?

@Justice, thanks so much for joining!

By: Justice | Get Rich

Justice | Get Rich — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:44:37 +0000

I would like you to expatiate on this subject a little bit when you have time in the future! Why? Because I really enjoyed reading this post here today.

And I have just also signed up in your guess blog site about a few minutes ago. I like your style and the way you talk about personal branding online. Keep it up…

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:18:18 +0000

Hey I totally agree, we should bring back linking to other sites… isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be anyways?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:51:30 +0000

Hi Ann,

Thank you so much for your SEO advice. Your posts are always current and original. Thanks Ann, you are a smarty.

But, I’m a dummy. I can’t seem to figure out how a content page that attracts links will help my landing page, which creates sales.

If I create an entertaining, informative and viral article – that article may rank well when people search for its topic, but how does that help me in a local market?

For example, let’s say I create a great bit of content on magicians and bunny rabbits. Great pictures, great content. Bunny bloggers link to it, and I rank #1 on G for “magic rabbits.”

But, I only want to rank # 1 for “Toledo Magician” and “magic shows in Toledo.”

I don’t care if bunny lovers in Boston visit my site, they can’t hire me. So, let’s say I corrupt my article and add “Toledo” in the content. A mom planning a birthday party in Toledo looks at the SERP and skips my article based on the irrelevant title.

So, how do I make the “great content” strategy work? Do I build up PR on my content and channel it to my sales page to help it rank?

To thank you for your help, I will gladly name my next bunny rabbit after you. Thanks Ann!

By: Danny Cooper

Danny Cooper — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:59:37 +0000

You hit the nail on the head, this kind of promotion is definitely “simple but fun”.

Thanks for the mention Ann, when I first created the post I didn’t have linkbait in mind, in fact the banners were made so people could wear them like a “badge of honour” to say you were a part of the tribe.

Since then I have learnt just how powerful a simple banner can be in link building, a testament to this is how you’ve used it on your profile

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