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230 Link Bait Ideas

This document provides 230 ideas for creating link bait content to attract visitors to a website. Some of the main link bait formats mentioned include teaching people how to do something, providing reference information, exhibiting images or videos, writing reviews and critiques, creating lists, conducting interviews, profiling cases studies, and linking to other pages with additional commentary. The goal is to generate engaging, shareable content that will drive traffic.

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230 Link Bait Ideas

This document provides 230 ideas for creating link bait content to attract visitors to a website. Some of the main link bait formats mentioned include teaching people how to do something, providing reference information, exhibiting images or videos, writing reviews and critiques, creating lists, conducting interviews, profiling cases studies, and linking to other pages with additional commentary. The goal is to generate engaging, shareable content that will drive traffic.

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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, 
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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.)

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