Linkbait - Why Regular Readers May Stop Reading Yours | Marketing Ninja | Small business news; tips; networking

Posted by Aaronontheweb under Online Marketing
From http://www.marketing-ninja.com 1544 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 4, 2008 12:30 pm

Linkbait works well at drawing in new readers, because linkbait posts have efficient headlines and readily digestible content, like lists. However, they get old, and some readers like myself, find that linkbait posts have little to offer after a while. Here's why

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Written by Aaronontheweb
1536 days ago

Fenessy,

Yeah it's weird but for some reason most linkbait posts don't tend be to substantive; odd isn't it?

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Written by Fenessy
1542 days ago

It all depends on if the article are any good. Most of the time they're not, which is a little weird since they're supposed to be linkbait.

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Written by JohnH
1544 days ago

The first contrarian view I've seen on linkbaiting, and I agree with it. If you do it too often, you might get a jump in hits, but lose what you really want -- loyal vistors.

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