Tag Archive | "How To"

Ergonomic Laptop Stand Made From a Coat Hanger

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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Ergonomic Laptop Stand Made From a Coat Hanger

Here is an example of How-To link bait done to the hilt. Notice the subject matter – making something useful out of something cheap and readily available. Those are some of the best How-To’s. Notice too the excellent use of images and pop-ups to enhance the lesson. The trick to successful How-To link bait is finding [...]

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How to Create a Mashup by Combining 3 Different APIs

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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How to Create a Mashup by Combining 3 Different APIs

Thiis piece is WAY over my head, but since mashups are a powerful form of link bait, it only makes sense that a tutorial on creating them would make great link bait too Especially when you consider the proportion of internet users that are building links! (Why do you think we created this site?) This brings [...]

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How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube

Friday, September 5, 2008

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How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube

Do folks still play with Rubik’s Cubes? Track this layman’s brainiac of link bait How-To’s and find out. If, like me, you’ve ever lost hours of your life consumed by this Godforsaken Pandora’s Box disguised as an innocent toy than you too may find this overdue revelation maddeningly linkable. Sometimes coming up with brilliant link [...]

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How to Set Up a Laptop Security System

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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How to Set Up a Laptop Security System

LifeHacker’s got a lock on producing quality content that delivers practical, relevant, and useful information in an easy-to-digest package. And that’s why their latest piece on how to lock down your laptop is the next tight link bait from them that works its way into the Link Bait Hall of Fame list of nominees.

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