What is Linkbait?

[Peter Wales]

Most people think linkbaiting as a Black Hat SEO practice, while others find it as a good practice. Which is true? And will it be good to use in the eyes of Google?

[zenita]

Hi,

Link bait is content on your website (Widgets and gadgets , Quizzes and games, Images and infographics, Videos, etc)that other sites link to because they want to, not because you ask them to. Linkbait is a general term that refers to generating content to attract traffic to your website as web site owners link you for offering appraisable content. Link bait is important, because most search engines rank it as a major factor in for backlinks.

[david smith]

Hello,

Here is what you must know about building a successful Linkbait

Get influencers involved.
Make it easy to understand.
Give away free stuff.
People love lists.
Choose a highly desired topic.
People like personalized content.
Establish it as the go-to resource.
Make it visually appealing.
Segment large lists to make them readable.
Use social share buttons.

[chinmay.sahoo]

it is content that's specifically formulated to attract links

[chinmay.sahoo]

it is content that's specifically formulated to attract links

[chinmay.sahoo]

Link bait has been an SEO word that many search engine experts pass around a lot in the SEO world

[jaysh4922]

Link bait is something different content and refers to a placement on a website for the strict purpose of tempting other web pages to link to that website. Link baiting is a viral marketing form...actually its designed specifically to gain attention or encourage others to link..

[sadesh]

Link bait is content on your website that other sites link to because they want to, not because you ask them to. e.g guest post. whitehat is good one for linkbait because you can promote your content through different social media.

[Rogerdavid]

Link bait is the website content that another website link to your website because this website want to redirect not because of you want. so getting link by link bait is not so easy and creating linkworthy content is the only way for link bait.

[fayeseom]

link baiting is essentially one method of link building that involves creating something that persuades your users to link to it and share that link with friends and social networking contacts.

[Michellealese]

Similar to what others have said, link bait is basically when others willingly link to your content simply because they want to. This doesn't involve guest posting, email outreach, etc. The best way to do this is to create relevant, high-quality and link worthy content that users will be inclined to link to simply because they like your post.