Link Bait Hall of Fame

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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20 websites that changed the world

Every day a new revolution is happening in the world. Not in the political landscape, necessarily, but in some niche or industry in some corner of the world, revolutionary changes are taking place. Here TechRadar presents a retrospective of websites that revolutionized our way of life. Sites like GeoCities, Blogger, and Slashdot. What kind of a [...]

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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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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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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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20 Websites You Never Realised You Needed

Answer: Value, value, value! Question: What makes an ordinary Resource article into link bait? No, it’s not Lists. This just happens to be one, but it can be a How-To or other type of resource just the same. What’s important is that it’s about something that has obvious value to its target reader. In this case we have [...]

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Awesome F-35B Video Shows US Marines Already Have Transformers

This short video blows the mind, revealing that technology like that of the favorite boy’s action figures turned blockbuster Hollywood SciFi/Action flick “The Transformers” already exists today. And who else to be working on it but the U.S. Military. Oooh. The video is well worth the watch, and while I won’t give anything away, I’ll [...]

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20 Mac apps you can’t live without

Just another top list? Almost, but not quite. Because this top list is of things you can’t live without. The subhead’s Must-Have only magnified the punch of this headline. I haven’t downloaded a new application to my Mac in ages and even I was compelled to read down the list that includes OpenOffice.org and VisualHub [...]

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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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