Link Baiting: Top 10 Ways To Attract Links
Inspired by Mashable’s new troll contest, I came up with 10 ways to encourage link baiting. If you really want people to link to you, try one of these time-tested methods of encouraging people to link to your blog or website:
- Run a stupid contest like Mashable’s troll contest
- Make a top 10 list
- Create a list of top 100 websites in some category and encourage people to nominate candidates
- Start an argument with someone else like Aaron Wall did
- Take a poll
- Bash Bush
- Bash Google
- Make a funny video and post it to your website or blog
- Ask a serious question on your blog and ask people to respond
- Make an outlandish claim that you can’t back up with supporting data and trackback it to 100 blogs within your niche
You know what? There are really more than 10 ways you can encourage people to link to you. Here’s one to grow on:
- Offer a valuable service on your website that requires people to use it on your website
Can you come up with your own ways to encourage links to your website? Leave your ideas in the comments below. If you can’t think of anything, troll Mashable. They seem to like it.
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Great list. Some of them helpful, some of them not so much.
The ones I like are running a contest. Not a stupid contest. But actually running a contest. And lists. Top 10/100/1000 lists are all great and you usually get a lot of links to your site if you publish some really good ones.
Thanks Brian. Yes, you’re right. Some of these are ridiculous. My sarcasm sometimes knows no bounds, particularly when it’s mixed up with real stuff. But I do hope there is some benefit to this list and others will find value in it as well.
Try out a friend of mine’s website for lists. It’s http://www.listbums.com
You can get a lot of ideas for creating lists and create your own lists there. The owner of the site will even work with you to help you use the site.
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