Comments on: A Potential Pitfall For Linkbait?

By: » 34 Ways to Understand The Importance Of Linkbait - Pachecus

» 34 Ways to Understand The Importance Of Linkbait - Pachecus — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:05:08 +0000

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By: Matt Sawyer

Matt Sawyer — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:47:17 +0000

What’s unnatural about people creating good content on their sites? When is good content linkbait and when is it just good content?

I saw the Whiteboard Friday with Dave and I’m not sure I agree with the idea that Google normalises link profile spikes. There’s just too many completely natural reasons for this happening for it to be that simple.

By: Loke Hansen

Loke Hansen — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:47:07 +0000

If google and other major search engines end up penelizing websites for something like this, i don’t think it will happen before the site has had a chance to grow and evolve.

All in all, sites like this give the spiders a boost and once they have enjoyed it they may consider penalties…

By: trademark registration

trademark registration — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:40:23 +0000

Is linkbaiting considered white-hat seo?

By: Selbourne Designing

Selbourne Designing — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:16:17 +0000

Why can we see traffic from link bait as an additional source of traffic. Do we have to think so much of an association with Google’s algorithm? Matt Cutts defined link bait as “interesting enough to catch people’s attention.”
So if its interesting for a user he/she would like to know more. Why would it be short term?

By: Utah Search Engine Optimization

Utah Search Engine Optimization — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:38:56 +0000

Rand Fishkin and Dave Naylor actually talk about traffic patterns of social media in one of these videos:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-dave-naylor-in-three-acts

In short, sites that frequently put out link bait have a much different traffic pattern than sites that gradually just build links the traditional way. The question is whether or not Google recognizes sites that produce linkbait as “natural” traffic patterns.

By: WaterSubject

WaterSubject — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:56:42 +0000

its all fake unless its not natural, you have a worth it thing people will link to you, but if you get those links using technical or social techniques its dead

By: Thomas Sinfield

Thomas Sinfield — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:02:46 +0000

Yea link baiting might be a way to get visitors in the short term, but what is it doing for the long term? You have to give your visitors a reason to stay.

By: LinkBait

LinkBait — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:45:38 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with the statements toward the end. I value the potential traffic a new link will generate far more than the possibility that it’ll help Google smile my way. In the end, you can bet that an actual link will still work on 2017, but will search engines still value links in their algorithms?

By: » Linkbait Vs. Branding: Which Is A Better Strategy? Search Engine Optimization Journal

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:13:10 +0000

[...] you get any of the right kind of traffic from your links. Roderick Ioerger said it better on Marketing Pilgrim: I don’t believe that just because Google or another search engine might devalue a set of links [...]