Link Bait Hall of Fame

10 Gadgets with Mind-Blowing Moving Parts

The thing I most want to point out about this link baity list of technology turned on its ear is the comments in engendered. Notice how this pictorial inspired some readers to do more than merely jot down their thoughts on the subject but to submit their own picturesque contributions, in essence expanding the list [...]

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Creative Photo Manipulations by LSD s.r.l

Inspiration. It’s what this website – the Link Bait Hall of Fame, that is – is founded upon. Whether it’s web designers or interior designers, creative types of every flavor are always trolling the web for inspiration. This piece provides imagistic inspiration, specifically on photographic manipulation. If you can come up with similarly eye-catching inspiration for [...]

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40 Beautiful Free Icon Sets

Everyone is looking for ways to make their websites more attractive. And nobody wants to pay for it. That’s why a piece like this one – a collection of free icon sets that capture the eye and the imagination (from the Japanese-inspired Yoritsuki icons to the cute and adorable Sweetie set to the minimalist black [...]

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Cyclist Takes Bed Along in Homemade Trailer

Another example of found-item link bait proving once again that you do not have to create the piece for it to serve as link bait for your site. So long as it’s either in the public domain or you give appropriate credit where it is due (possibly even linking directly to the item’s original source), [...]

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Russian Bear Tactical

This website, much like the Link Bait Hall of Fame, is an aggregate site (this of excellence in advertising) that serves as one great big piece of constantly evolving link bait. One of its most popular and frequently linked posts is this one, a sneaky drunk driving PSA worked into a vodka ad. The lesson to draw [...]

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New York City Signs - 14th to 42nd Street

Here is a website that aims to contribute to the internet’s unassailable role as a social hi story archive. Humbly noting from the outset that it’s stated objective is impossible – to survey all of the signs  in the 300 or so blocks between (and including) NYC’s 14th St. and 42nd St. What is this [...]

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Patrick Moberg - November 4, 2008

Love this! It takes wit and a bit of illustrative skill to pull of such relevant Humor and Image oriented link bait, but when you get a winner, the rewards keep coming. I wish this political cartoon, a rough sketch of the presidential wall, inbound links for more than 1 year, more than 1 term, more [...]

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Halloween Link Bait Link Dump

Happy Halloween link baiters! In the spirit of this ghoulishly delightful holiday, I decided I’d treat you to some successful Halloween-themed link bait. Only problem is, there are way too many to choose just 3. So rather than leave any good fright night link builders out, I thought I’d give ‘em all to you in one [...]

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Garamond Powerline

I didn’t even realize this was a font until I Googled it. I thought it was a series of photos from some artist’s installation. Imagine my surprise! I suspect most of the hundreds of inlinks this page is getting are not from typesetters either. It just goes to show that if you can frame something as [...]

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Recession Watch: McDonald’s Cracks Down on Sauce Scofflaws

You know the economy is bad when… …when McDonald’s gets stingy with their sauces. What makes this work as link bait is not just that it portrays a shocking reality (shock value) or that it’s about McDonald’s (pop culture) but that it’s a sign of the times. Signs of the times are great. Why? Because they reach us. [...]

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