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Link Baiting: Top 10 Ways To Attract Links

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Saturday, 24 of November , 2007 at 3:26 pm

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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4 Comments

Comment by Brian

Made Saturday, 24 of November , 2007 at 5:33 pm

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.

Comment by Nick Stamoulis

Made Sunday, 25 of November , 2007 at 1:51 am

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.

Comment by namecritic

Made Sunday, 25 of November , 2007 at 6:47 am

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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Made Sunday, 25 of November , 2007 at 6:21 pm

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