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Linkbaiting in 2007

posted on January 19, 2007


I don’t know who’s smarter, Nick Wilson for writing this excellent post on linkbaiting tactics for 2007, or Danny Sullivan for persuading him to publish this post (which is blatant linkbait itself) on Search Engine Land. Regardless, it’s a great read.

Linkbait, as we know it, can be summed up using just one of Nick’s paragraphs…

Good linkbait is remarkable. There are many components to good linkbait, and infinite strategies and hooks, but at the end of the day, it boils down to this one thing. Your content needs to be amazing. If you can hit that sweet spot for your audience then the links will roll in, and in, and in, and in.

And what’s the future of linkbaiting? Nick suggests the NYT may have it right, with their article on widgets.

P.S. Here’s a bonus link for Nick’s forthcoming ClickInfluence.


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  • http://www.alibiproductions.com Drew Stauffer

    I first read this article on Danny’s site. Moments later I came across your post and didn’t even think about the fact that Danny having Nick’s article on Search Engine Land as linkbait. Great outlook!

  • http://blog.searchanyway.com/ Chris Moore

    It’s funny how much buzz there is around Linkbaiting. The old school bloggers (re politicallly/socially minded one) have been in on this for years. Jim Boykin also offers his take on Linkbait vs Link Ninjas which is worth a gander. He makes some good points, but I think as far as blogs are concerned, Linkbait is often enough.

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