230 Link Bait Ideas
230 Link Bait Ideas
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Instruction
Teach people how to do something
Information
Reference type material ‐ definitions,
descriptions & explanations
Exhibits
Images, videos, podcasts, etc.
Reviews & Critiques
Fair and insightful opinion
Lists
Top 10…, 5 Reasons…,11 Favorite…
Interviews
Ask someone else about a topic
Case Studies
Provide an example then explain why
it does or does not work
Profiles
A combination of facts and insight
about a person, product, company,
etc.
Link Posts
Link to another web page, tell why,
then add your own take
Problem Posts
Similar to reviews, with a focus on
ARTICLE FORMATS
problems
Compare & Contrast
Compare products or service, etc.
Rant
Passionate negative discourse
Inspirational
Passionate positive discourse Dress for Success
Research
1. Self‐Explanatory Title
Collect & Collate Posts
Gather & group data from multiple 2. Compelling Images with Captions
sites
Prediction posts (and reviews of past
3. Plenty of Whitespace
predictions) 4. Generous Character Spacing
Attack posts
Going negative with the goal to 5. Short Paragraphs
discredit
Debate 6. Concise Story Telling
Arguments for and against
something
7. Frequent Subheadings
Hypothetical Posts
What if…?
Satire & Parody
Author's Note:
Questions
These ideas represent
Ask readers to answer one or more
years of thinking &
questions or take a poll
reading. Special
Projects acknowledgement
Get people to participate on your site must be given to
(nominate, write, brainstorm, etc) problogger.net,
stuntdbl.com,
Memes
copyblogger.com &
Get people to participate off your site
seomoz.org for their
(Write a specific type of blog post,
influence.
retweet something, modify their
avatars, etc.)