Link Bait Hall of Fame

Beer That’s Good for You

“Did you know that science has now proven that -BLANK- is actually good for you?” or “…that science has now produced a –BLANK- that’s actually healthy?” These are sure-fire attention-grabbers (especially when it’s true). So are pieces on drugs and alcohol. Here we find an artful comingling of both devices. And it’s actual news no [...]

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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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40 devastatingly simple ways the web can save you big money

Saving money is a popular subject these days. About as popular as making money used to be. Here a tech site presents 40 ways the internet can save people money – from cutting credit card rates (at MoneyExtra) to getting cheaper utility rates (at Uswitch) to purchasing groceries online (at Tesco). It shouldn’t be too difficult [...]

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The new superfruits

WebMD in partnership with Prevention Magazine has done it again, publishing (or repurposing, really) another piece that captures the zeitgeist, in this case: our unquenchable yearning for “magic bullet” solutions. Add the word “super” in front of anything and you instantly catch the public’s attention. What is a super-car or a super-building or a super-cinema? Elevating [...]

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