Link Bait Hall of Fame

7 Seinfeld Spinoffs That Would Have Been Successful

OK, now here’s a blog that I never would have come across had it not been for this popular piece of link bait it just recently published. Uncoached: Because Some Things Can’t Be Taught sports a banner that’s part athleticism, part eroticism. What this has to do with Seinfeld is a crossover of audiences. By [...]

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Who Are the Nicest Celebs? (To Me, Anyway!)

Beyond the mere fact of their celebrity, what else do Donald Trump. Alec Baldwin, and Julianne Moore have in common? According to one ingratiating star reporter, they are the most cordial, courteous, and accommodating celebrities in the public eye. As evidence of this piece’s link bait worthiness, its comments are as compelling link bait as [...]

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20 Bloggers on Whom We’re Mancrushin’

Part 2 of a steamy 2-part pairing, this co-nominee for linkbait immortalization is Urlesque’s equal-opportunity companion to 20 Bloggers We’d Like to See in a Bikini (because, after all, women read blogs too). Blogo-studs gone wild include Todd Levin, Patrice Evans, and 18 more 18-plus ladykillers-with-a-laptop.

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20 Bloggers We Want to See in Bikinis

This is part 1 of a 2 part nomination, the companion nominee being, predictably, of male bloggers the female blogosphere would like to fill-in-the-blank. Urlesque has crafted a unique piece of link bait here, blending sex, celebrity, and cyberspace. Stimulating the senses (read: libido) as well as the mind are: Frangry, Anna Goldfarb, and 18 [...]

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Five Things You Don’t Know About Sarah Palin

How does a topline magazine like People stay on top? By making breaking headline news stories work for them. Just look at this wily link bait: making People the first to really bring McCain’s running-mate to the people. A few hints: it includes the unique ethnicity of her spouse, and one of her little-known victories [...]

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The Top Showboaters in Sports

What do Sean Avery, Manny Ramirez, Serena Williams, and Terrel Owens have in common (besides their athleticism)? In a word: showboating. Grandstanding; making a big to-do and hullabaloo about their every triumph and defeat. For better or worse, however, turning every little stride forward or back into a production number rivaling Halftime Shows in their [...]

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Barack Roll

Yesterday I posted the first Link Bait Hall of Fame nomination related to this year’s presidential election, a video about John McCain’s disconnect with the “common man”. In the interest of fairness, this second nomination regards his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama (although this video is a lampoon, not an indictment). It’s a hilarious reimagining of [...]

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McCain’s Million Dollar Parking Lot

OK, I can’t avoid the presidential election any longer. Not with such a preponderance of stellar link bait circulating the web that’s either praising, lambasting, or merely lampooning one of the other of the candidates. This one, about the $10-per-spot Phoenix lot McCain rents to the Arizona Diamondbacks, is link bait for anti-McCain site, TheRealMcCain.com.

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11 Reasons Why Bill O’Reilly is Completely Insane

Whether you’re a Bill O’Reilly fan or not (I’m not) you’ll appreciate this collection of 11 video clips and write-ups lambasting the controversial Fox News political pundit and his “No Spin” m.o., if for no other reason than because of the controversy it stirs. Reasons include: “His tendency to flip out”, Because he has the [...]

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Angelina Jolie Most Popular Spam Email Bait

Email bait as quality link bait? Apparently. Just ask the folks at the Telegraph (recipients of another Link Bait Hall of Fame nomination just earlier this week). Better yet, ask Angelina Jolie, Barack Obama, and Paris Hilton - the top 3 names on a list of the most used names in recent Spam-dom. Of course [...]

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