link bait (English, noun)
expansion: link bait (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Articles, infographics, videos, and other content on websites created as part of a strategy to attract links and go viral.
tags: Internet
uncountable
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Provocative headlines designed specifically to persuade people to click or share by using loaded terminology (e.g. incredible, secret, shocking, unbelievable), posing provocative questions, or tying themselves in to hot topics.
tags: Internet
nonstandard
uncountable
Forms:
form: linkbait
tags: alternative
form: link-bait
tags: alternative
uncommon