Comments on: Letting Other People Write The LinkBait http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html Internet Marketing, Lead Acquisition, Online Business Strategy and Social Media with Original Opinion and Loads of Attitude Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hunter Jackson http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-310370 Hunter Jackson Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:18:38 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-310370 obviously with google etc rewarding for links, linkbait will always be around. is it worth paying someone, if it works! obviously with google etc rewarding for links, linkbait will always be around. is it worth paying someone, if it works!

]]> By: Matt Keegan http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-216283 Matt Keegan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:35:52 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-216283 Speed linking has its place, but I am not sure that I am willing to devote as much time to this practice as I have in the past. I know some bloggers do this on a weekly basis, but I prefer to write original content and link out from there. Speed linking has its place, but I am not sure that I am willing to devote as much time to this practice as I have in the past.

I know some bloggers do this on a weekly basis, but I prefer to write original content and link out from there.

]]> By: Franck Silvestre http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-33207 Franck Silvestre Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:43:32 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-33207 Yeah, sometimes, I'm overwhelmed by your tutorials! I'm definitively not the techhie guy (and I don't want to). I like to read your blog because it is different, and you actually express your opinion without fear of what people will say. This is blogging. Too many people try to please to everyone nowadays. Yeah, sometimes, I’m overwhelmed by your tutorials! I’m definitively not the techhie guy (and I don’t want to).

I like to read your blog because it is different, and you actually express your opinion without fear of what people will say.

This is blogging. Too many people try to please to everyone nowadays.

]]> By: barry http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29657 barry Tue, 29 May 2007 01:49:08 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29657 You know, although I see your point, as long as Google and the rest reward for links, links, links, and more links, you won't see a movement to abandon the variety of trends and methods to get ... you guess it... links. You know, although I see your point, as long as Google and the rest reward for links, links, links, and more links, you won’t see a movement to abandon the variety of trends and methods to get … you guess it… links.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29531 Andy Beard Mon, 28 May 2007 12:44:49 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29531 Bob that is niche marketing, you target a specific audience. I could write an article today about dog training, even on this blog, and some people would be interested in it, but that isn't my defined niche. In my case I target people who <ol> <li>Want in depth coverage of topics</li> <li>Want to read someone who might have different opinions</li> <li>Possibly a more advance user</li> </ol> I know I have a lot of people in my readership who totally disagree with many of the topics I write about, and yet I am still among their favorite blogs. I even link through to them quite often to share with my audience their differing views. In some ways that is something that makes Robert Scoble in my mind a better blogger than Michael Arrington on a lot of subjects. I know what I write is often more technical than many of my readers will currently understand, but they are free to ask questions, or do the smart thing and spend some time browsing related links, as there is often an explanation. Note I linked through to 2 people who actually know what they are talking about. If someone writes a newbies introduction to SEO and I don't think they have the experience to back it up, it is not going to get a link from me. If they are a regular reader I might drop a comment, especially if they inked through to one of my articles, agreeing or disagreeing and giving reasons. Bob that is niche marketing, you target a specific audience.

I could write an article today about dog training, even on this blog, and some people would be interested in it, but that isn’t my defined niche.

In my case I target people who

  1. Want in depth coverage of topics
  2. Want to read someone who might have different opinions
  3. Possibly a more advance user

I know I have a lot of people in my readership who totally disagree with many of the topics I write about, and yet I am still among their favorite blogs.
I even link through to them quite often to share with my audience their differing views. In some ways that is something that makes Robert Scoble in my mind a better blogger than Michael Arrington on a lot of subjects.

I know what I write is often more technical than many of my readers will currently understand, but they are free to ask questions, or do the smart thing and spend some time browsing related links, as there is often an explanation.

Note I linked through to 2 people who actually know what they are talking about.

If someone writes a newbies introduction to SEO and I don’t think they have the experience to back it up, it is not going to get a link from me.

If they are a regular reader I might drop a comment, especially if they inked through to one of my articles, agreeing or disagreeing and giving reasons.

]]> By: Bob http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29514 Bob Mon, 28 May 2007 12:19:51 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29514 "A lot of the things I write go completely over the head of many of my readers, and in some ways that is actually a concious decision which certainly costs me a much higher readership." Somehow this makes me feel stupid. “A lot of the things I write go completely over the head of many of my readers, and in some ways that is actually a concious decision which certainly costs me a much higher readership.”

Somehow this makes me feel stupid.

]]> By: Stephen Welton http://andybeard.eu/787/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29205 Stephen Welton Sun, 27 May 2007 05:58:26 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/letting-other-people-write-the-linkbait.html#comment-29205 Man would I love to be listening into a live conversation like that all the time. Thanks for sharing. Man would I love to be listening into a live conversation like that all the time. Thanks for sharing.

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