Linkbaiting - An Effective Way To Gain Popularity In Cyberspace	Visited: 614 Not rated Rate: Select 1 - Terrible 2 - Poor 3 - Average 4 - Good 5 - Outstanding
by Kabir Bedi November 23, 2009

Linkbaiting is the process of placing content on the internet with the intention of gathering links from several sources. In fact, it involves a variety of other procedures that aim to generate incoming links to a website from other sites.

Here are some principles of effective link baiting:-

Create Unique-Original-Creative Content

Needless to say, if you want to attract attention on the world wide web through your content, your content should be unique, totally original and creative. Whatever it is, an article or a blog post or anything else, make sure it offers rich information and do immense value addition for the users. One of the major mistakes people make is to write promotional content. However, internet users are smart enough to figure it out and ignore it altogether. Instead focus on writing something useful that your audiences would be interested in. also, make sure you support the claims that you make in your content with substantiated data. 9If your content appeals to users, there is no stopping that links that would follow.

Place the Content well

Writing great content is the first part. The following part involves placing the content on the internet. You should place you content in such a place that guarantees maximum exposure and is read by people. With great content, you can initiate a viral spread.

Understand your Audiences

It is very important to define your target audience and write content accordingly. Only then can you write content that suits their needs and preferences. And when you have content that appeals to your audiences, viral is the word to go. Also, it is important to be connected with our audiences and regularly ask them for feedback.

Be Focused

Your content should primarily focus on one topic. In fact, if it is a specialized topic then its all the more better. Choose a topic that not many people have talked about. This will bring you in the niche select few and guarantee better visibility. And also, this would establish your credibility in the industry. However, make sure you list accurate facts and figures. Nothing robs off your credibility if you list wrong information and visitors find out about it. If at all anything like that happens, apologize to your audiences about the error.

Relevancy

It is important to write about the current events and happenings of your industry. It will inform your visitors that you are serious about your business and have good knowledge about the same. However it is as important to write content that is 'timeless'. This means writing about basic facts and principles of the industry. Writing timeless content ensures that it doesn't lose its relevance over time and only becomes more valuable.

Here are some tips to write great content:

Be honest while writing. Be transparent with your audiences and have an open-minded conversation.

Research about the big players of the industry and look at how they present content, their format and features. Use the same techniques in your writings.

Don't expect immediate results. Rather, wait for sometime after you publish the content for the results to come in.