I rarely beg for social media votes on this blog. The reason is not because begging for social media votes is beneath me, far from it. But I want what I publish here to live and die on its merits. That way I can then see what the market loves and what it hates. By [...]
Lloyds Bank is Pants
August 28, 2008 By 2 Comments
Great piece of linkbait from the BBC. Why? It’s great because it got me to link, it got me to link because it both amused and made me angry. At first I thought such silly thinking by a bank should be publicised and I should post about it. But then I realised I had been [...]
Getting Links is like Getting Your Flatmates to go Down the Shops for a Packet of Hobnobs
August 28, 2008 By 7 Comments
Have you ever shared a house or a flat with someone? You are all sitting around the telly watching repeats of Coast and you ask one of your flat mates to nip down the shops and buy a packet of Hobnobs. There is as much chance of your slovenly flat mate putting on his shoes [...]
What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it
August 24, 2008 By 4 Comments
An interesting nugget from the forums of Linkbaitcoaching.com “What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it.” Too often I see visitor bait being created. So you got on the front page of digg, give yourself a gold medal and stick it on your ass. Who are you targeting your linkbait to? [...]
Even the Guardian Gets Linkbait
August 7, 2008 By 1 Comment
The Guardian has run a piece talking about linkbait as if it were an everyday thing. Has linkbait gone mainstream? Jack Schofield knows his linkbait, the piece he has referenced is a cracking piece, although as I speak it has not been submitted to digg or reddit or Stumble, what’s with that? Are they awake [...]
Linkbuilding for Dummies
August 6, 2008 By 4 Comments
Linkbait is the honey. Linkers are the bees. The honey does not solicit the bees, it just is what it is. “Long term, promotion of content that attracts relevant links from those empowered to publish will win. The act of linking is performed, unsolicited, by individual publishers.” bold added Great post by Lee Odden Further [...]
Link Bait Ideas
August 3, 2008 By 15 Comments
How do you come up with a link bait idea? Ideas sometimes seem to come from nowhere, making the creative process seem like a magical, mystical thing. Creativity does not exist in a vacuum and ideas do not come out of nothing. Good ideas are preceded by hard toil, time spent studying, thinking, testing, mulling [...]
Creativity
August 2, 2008 By 9 Comments
Have you ever had a blog post idea knocking around your head for weeks and you just can’t get the chance or motivation to write about it? I have mentioned creativity in seo before, unfortunately it’s something I rarely see talked about as an important part of seo. Consider this: “The birth of an idea [...]
