July 8, 2010
An Introduction To Linkbaiting
If you want to get top rankings in the various search engine, you absolutely have to get backlinks in order to do so. If you are able to have your customers search for your targeted keywords in Bing, Google, or Yahoo, and have your website show up on the first page, you will have a potential goldmine on your hands. So, how will you get these links from other websites?
If you want other websites to link to yours then you need to give them a reason to do so and, other than paying them (which is frowned upon by the search engines), your only option is to have something on your site that is of real interest to others. This could be a video, a game or a picture, but a well written article will often be enough.
If you produce something that is both high quality and different then people will definitely link to it. This process is called linkbaiting and requires you to produce something that is above and beyond what is available on other websites. The more unique you are with your idea, the better. Remember, if you are churning out the same content as other people then why should anyone link to your site rather than the other similar ones?
Linkbaiting has been proven to work and it is, if done properly, the most efficient and cost effective way of getting links. A few hours spent coming up with a great piece of linkbait could easily result in you getting hundreds of links over the following months. Those will not just be any old links either, they will be coming from relevant sites (i.e. those in the same niche as you) and from a diverse range of IP addresses.
Some people do not take the linkbaiting approach because they can not be bothered to spend the time coming up with content that is new and different. Instead they spend their time manually building links to their sites. There can really be no comparison between the effectiveness of the two techniques though. Linkbaiting is the hands down winner every time, so long as it is done correctly.
In the event you just don’t know how to make your own linkbait, you can hire people who do. Companies exist on the market that can help you provide the linkbait that you have been waiting for, creating exclusive content just for you that will draw people in droves to your website. Considering the big picture and just how much these services can help you, they are not that expensive, so be sure to check them out the next time you want to expand your business.
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Filed under SEO by Mark Walters