What on earth is Link Bait? Well, according to Wikipedia, Link bait is any content or feature, within a website, designed specifically to gain attention or encourage others to link to the website. Matt Cutts defines link bait as anything “interesting enough to catch people’s attention.”
Some of these link bait pieces started as TV marketing campaigns and then grew into effective link bait, which is not really important. What they all have in common is a fresh, original, outstanding idea ingrained into each of these pieces that we would like to share with you. May they be your inspiration and help you create something stunning on your website as well!
Here’s the best top 10 lists of Out-the-box Reasons Why These Link Bait Ideas.
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1 – Compare the Meerkat (comparethemarket.com), Humor
Why it worked: The association between “market” and “meerkat” is so obvious, that you can’t but remember the site’s name automatically. Plus, the idea itself is fresh and unusual – by the time you figure out what this meerkat is talking about, you are hooked. Oh, BTW, did I tell you he speaks with a foreign accent?
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2 – Zombie Harmony (mingle2.com), Humor
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3 – ElfYourself (OfficeMax), Humor
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4 – Old Spice Man (Old Spice), Humor and Sex Appeal
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5 – One Red Paperclip (Kyle MacDonald), Free stuff and a know-how
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6 – Will it Blend? (Blendtec), discovery/experiments
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7 – How sexy is your town? (LoveHoney), top-things list and curious facts
Why it worked: The UK Sex Map is a good opportunity to get some unique statistics. Just think about it, what other ways are there to find out how many people buy sex toys in your town?
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8 – My Starbucks Idea (Starbucks Cafe), education/ego play
Why it worked: “My Starbucks Idea” creates a perfect opportunity for people to express themselves. Each idea is given a status, like “launched” or “under review”, which shows that it’s not merely sitting on the site.
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9 – Entrepreneurs Can Change the World (Grasshopper), inspirational
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10 – Man in Jeggings (Asylum.com), humor and experiment
Now, folks, I’m sure you’ve come across even more jaw-dropping, astounding links bait pieces online and must be wondering why they’re not our list. If that’s the case, hit me with rotten tomatoes, if you wish, but then take a minute to post a link to your favorite one on this blog. It well deserves a link, I think, – it’s link bait after all!
hahahahaha. You’ve got me there. Those tricks on linkbait are classics. I even try the elfyourself by jibjab, oh man – it’s very hilarious and can’t stop myself from laughing. You did a great job in compiling this. Kudos.
They are all new to me…but as I observe most of them are somewhat related to “HUMOR”