How to get links by gently farting into a leather sofa
In a recent post I mentioned that “some bloggers only have to fart softly into a leather sofa to get links”. This wasn’t an attempt to get links to a leather sofa site, although now I think about it….. It was to highlight that some people got it and some people aint got it. So [...]
Categories: link building
What is Content Based Link building all about?
What an awful label, “content based link building”. Doesn’t exactly fire you up to run to your keyboard and bash out ass achingly good linkbait does it? Labels are interesting, within them you can find out lots of stuff. What I specialise in has many labels, linkbait, content, magnetic content, etc. None of which really [...]
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Should I Buy Links to Improve my Rankings
Mark Cook, over at Further.co.uk has written a thought provoking article on why buying links is a dumb idea As someone who offers clients a linkbuilding service using web content it would be a “of course he would say that”, kinda thing if I said don’t buy links. I’m not an expert on buying and [...]
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Getting Links for a Poker site is easier than you think
How do you linkbait for poker or similar uber competitive terms? In fact how do you go about getting success for mortgage linkbait or hotel linkbait. All apparently difficult topics to get links for, not because few people link to such subjects, but because so many want links for those niches. It is important to [...]
Categories: Link Building Theory
Smash a Brick into the face Link building
One of the problems of link building that I rarely see addressed in depth, is the issue of attracting the initial attention of the linker. I am talking about someone we have no prior relationship with, someone who we need to reach out to. But my points also apply to our closest link pals. Who [...]
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Link Building Humour
How many linkbaiters does it take to change a light bulb? 2, one to climb the step ladder to put the bulb in, the other to kick the ladder away, take a photograph and submit to digg reddit and stumbleupon.
Categories: Social media marketing
Even the Guardian Gets Linkbait
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 [...]
Categories: Linkbait
Linkbuilding for Dummies
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 [...]
Categories: Link Building Theory
Those Who Never do Anything, Never Make Mistakes
Hands up, I made a mistake in publishing “mental linkbait” here, I think I got swept away on the success of it. The only way to ever avoid mistakes is to never do anything, balls to that. Did I make a mistake with writing the original article, abso-friggin-lutely not, I would not have changed one [...]
Categories: Linkbait