Comments on: How Personality Plays a Role in Link Baiting http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/ Arizona SEO company keeping you on the up and up Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:44:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Melinda Roberts http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-83 Melinda Roberts Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:48:50 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-83 Mike Levin of HitTail ~ I do agree that personality can be taken away from a resource driven website and still be successful, but that's not quite what I was talking about in my article. What I was referring to is link bait that is created by individual users to stir up talk on the internet. The personality of the writer determines the kinds of link bait that is more easily written by him or her. Any article writer can create press on the "resource" hook quite easily, as I feel it is the easiest bait to create. For the others, such as the controversial hook, it takes a specific type of personality to create the right nack to hook readers. Good point given though. I appreciate your feedback. Mike Levin of HitTail ~ I do agree that personality can be taken away from a resource driven website and still be successful, but that’s not quite what I was talking about in my article.

What I was referring to is link bait that is created by individual users to stir up talk on the internet. The personality of the writer determines the kinds of link bait that is more easily written by him or her. Any article writer can create press on the “resource” hook quite easily, as I feel it is the easiest bait to create.

For the others, such as the controversial hook, it takes a specific type of personality to create the right nack to hook readers.

Good point given though. I appreciate your feedback.

]]> By: Mike Levin of HitTail http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-82 Mike Levin of HitTail Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:56:58 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-82 In a way, the free HitTail service was created by Connors Communications specifically to gather attention for its other services (link bait?). The incredibly conservative Google link check reports 1,820 links, which is a pretty smashing success. Perhaps this falls into the "Resource" hook. But I think there may be an entirely different category for folks who can slam out fully functional valuable sites which are themselves resources. So, it's not a personality-driven resource site in the conservative sense you discuss, but rather, it's a ballsy "let's-make-a-resource that no one else has thought of yet" strategy. HitTail's not the first example. Another biggie that comes to mind is how SEOChat incorporated the first Google PageRank checker into their site. There's tons of others. In a way, the free HitTail service was created by Connors Communications specifically to gather attention for its other services (link bait?). The incredibly conservative Google link check reports 1,820 links, which is a pretty smashing success. Perhaps this falls into the “Resource” hook. But I think there may be an entirely different category for folks who can slam out fully functional valuable sites which are themselves resources. So, it’s not a personality-driven resource site in the conservative sense you discuss, but rather, it’s a ballsy “let’s-make-a-resource that no one else has thought of yet” strategy.

HitTail’s not the first example. Another biggie that comes to mind is how SEOChat incorporated the first Google PageRank checker into their site. There’s tons of others.

]]> By: Melinda Roberts http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-72 Melinda Roberts Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:49:11 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-72 Great feedback guys. With the way the internet is, we are more free to express our personalities through our writing styles. With a screen in between us and our readers, for a personal connection, we must reach beyond the days of content like newspaper writers, and speak our readers language. Great feedback guys. With the way the internet is, we are more free to express our personalities through our writing styles. With a screen in between us and our readers, for a personal connection, we must reach beyond the days of content like newspaper writers, and speak our readers language.

]]> By: Kun Dang http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-71 Kun Dang Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:23:42 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-71 Yes, personality does count, and strong personalities can produce good content, however only with good content can you really showcase your excellent personality... - Yep, its a vicious cycle. Yes, personality does count, and strong personalities can produce good content, however only with good content can you really showcase your excellent personality… - Yep, its a vicious cycle.

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]]> By: Darren McLaughlin http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-69 Darren McLaughlin Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:00:04 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-69 I agree with your points. I'm becoming convinced that's it tougher to link bait with written content than it used to be. I agree with your points. I’m becoming convinced that’s it tougher to link bait with written content than it used to be.

]]> By: pat http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-67 pat Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:39:36 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-67 You are spot on. People who fart alot are much more apt to link to my stuff. You are spot on.
People who fart alot are much more apt to link to my stuff.

]]> By: SEO Agency http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-62 SEO Agency Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:57:55 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-62 I would say you are partially right. Link baiting is a nasty word, kinda like speal or pitch, but i do agree that links will come faster from overt efforts and the p[erson with the best personality will usually have more friends. Any effort to reach out to users or the community will benefit you with links. We are new but rank for competitive keywords with barely any links. Mostly because few sites really understand Google SEO criteria. Check out my international pages and see the style compared to link building... Scottsdale SEO Agency I would say you are partially right. Link baiting is a nasty word, kinda like speal or pitch, but i do agree that links will come faster from overt efforts and the p[erson with the best personality will usually have more friends. Any effort to reach out to users or the community will benefit you with links.
We are new but rank for competitive keywords with barely any links. Mostly because few sites really understand Google SEO criteria.

Check out my international pages and see the style compared to link building… Scottsdale SEO Agency

]]> By: john andrews http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-55 john andrews Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:33:59 +0000 http://obusearch.com/2007/08/10/how-personality-plays-a-role-in-link-baiting/#comment-55 There's one more hook: the "reach out and tap the reader on the shoulder and say hey look! Tthis is just like you" hook. Touch them personally.. it helps them pay better attention :-) There’s one more hook: the “reach out and tap the reader on the shoulder and say hey look! Tthis is just like you” hook. Touch them personally.. it helps them pay better attention :-)

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