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Link Baiting - an introduction

Here at Alloyfish we've mixed feelings about bait, but there's one kind of bait which we unanimously support: link bait. Far from being a tasty treat containing a barbed ticket to the deep frier, link baiting is a positive way of engaging with the wider internet community whilst raising the profile of your site. See this extract;   "As much as you find your flea-ridden begging and wildlife chasing cat adorable, I cannot stand seeing it climbing into my garden.  You have never asked permission to use my garden for exercising your cat, and if you cannot control your cat then you need to keep it locked.  His next visit will be his last.  I have a large

Ethical and Effective Link Building

Links are the 800lb gorilla in every search engine optimisation (SEO) proposal.  As professional optimisers we would much prefer if links were entirely unnecessary; in theory a good site, presented well, should rank well. Links matter and anyone who suggests otherwise is wrong.  It doesn't matter if you're starting a small hobby site or a large corporate site, your search engine rankings will suffer enormously if you solider on without garnering any links. I put the word ethical in the title of this article for good reason; building links can be achieved through a vast array of