Link Bait Hall of Fame

The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace

What have we to learn from an opinion piece in defense of George W. Bush? That it sometimes pays to go against the tide. Forget that this piece came from the Wall Street Journal. The point is that of all the opinion pieces the Wall Street Journal publishes every day, week, and month of the year, [...]

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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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How green will Obama Be?

Proving that you can turn one idea or event into all different kinds of link bait, here’s the tech entry in this  week’s Obama-mania. Two entries from the same source, actually - New Scientist: How Green Will Obama Be - an examination of how an Obama Presidency will shape the progress and implementation of green science and [...]

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Marketing lessons from the US election

President-elect Obama’s use of the internet in his election campaign has received widespread attention as a leading factor contributing to his win. It was only a matter of time then before internet marketers started analyzing the genius that turned $5 donations into a $600 million campaign budget. And it’s only fitting that it would be [...]

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2008 Election Map Mashup Link Bait Link Dump Post

Mashups, we all know, can be an incredibly useful form of enduring link bait, as long as they address a group’s want or need. The 2008 presidential election showed us just such use in action with the preponderance of GoogleMap (and like) mashups of last night’s political landscape. Some were interactive, allowing you to add, adjust, [...]

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Nation Finally Sh*tty Enough to Make Social Progress

What would an election cycle be without The Onion’s 2-cents? Ah, fake news. It’s made Jon Stewart a household name. And one thing that’s so great about it (besides that everyone loves a good laugh at our own expense) is that anyone can do it. Sure, The Onion has mastered the art form. But that [...]

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The World’s View of Obama’s Win

When ABC News announced on its website that Barack Obama had won the 2008 Presidential Election to become the 44th US  President-Elect, that item received 4,294,967,295 comments (I had to insert the commas just to see what the number really was - 4+ billion). Not that you or I could ever expect to garner 4 [...]

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McCain’s Arizona Senate Seat Could Go Democrat in 2010

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future. Steve Miller had it right, as evidenced by this piece of link bait here, a prediction about the future of McCain’s senate seat two years from now before the future of his presidential candidacy still has a day yet to be decided. Predicting the future. That’s the [...]

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Lies, Half Truths and Contradictions: Chronicle ”Hidden” Audio on Lies, Half Truths and Contradictions: Chronicle ”Hidden” Audio on Obama

Attack hook link bait can be effective, if risky. But one way to use the attack hook against itself is in a vindication or, in the absence thereof, a defense. This is one way that those who wish to avoid the negative underpinings of using attack hook link bait can still reap some of its [...]

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McCain Did Not Disclose Keating Business Deal To Investigators

The Huffington Post is one of the more accomplished craftspeople at the attack hook (as any top-rated political blog has to be). And here’s a perfect example. Policy debate is one thing. But attacking someone’s character (even if well-founded) is another (remember - we’re just analyzing this from a purely impartial copywriting standpoint here). So, what [...]

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