Talk:Link bait

message: Currently, Linkbaiting redirects to Link building but Link bait redirects to Clickbait. However, these two terms are the same just in different grammatical tenses. I've already changed Linkbait to redirect to Link building for consistency, and I am going to change Link bait as well, because Linkbait is a method for building links, not a way of getting end users to click. Maxlaumeister (talk) 16:06, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed all these pages to point to Clickbait. Link building hasn't contained any content about link bait anymore since 2010, and the content that existed was unsourced anyway, so there was (and still is) no support for a distinction between link bait and clickbait on Wikipedia. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Clickbait does not contain any content about link bait either. Looking at Oxford's definition of linkbait, "(on a website) content designed to attract attention and encourage those viewing it to create hyperlinks to the site, with the aim of improving the site's position on the list of results returned by a search engine." By Wiktionary's primary definition, "Articles, infographics, videos, and other content on websites created as part of a strategy to attract links and go viral." This suggests to me that linkbait is not interchangeable with clickbait, but is generally used to refer to the distinct process of link building. However if we're looking solely at usage on Wikipedia, it seems that due to the term's lack of usage, there is neither evidence to support its classification as link building nor as clickbait. So it may be best to delete the redirects altogether. Maxlaumeister (talk) 16:38, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to Link Building 

message: Hi, 
My name is Nick Wilson, and Im generally credited with coining the term linkbait. I've also written a bunch of well cited articles on the subject.
This page is woefully lacking in detail, and I'd really like to spend a little time putting it right, but don't want to appear to be self promotional or unmoderated.
If anyone would like to help me in any way, even if it's only to monitor my edits and help ensure objectivity, i'd be most grateful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.48.90.98 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 19 January 2007  (UTC)
:Hi Nick,
:I'm going to leave a message on your talk page with some helpful links to get you started. I'll also keep an eye on the page and offer any suggestions as needed. Most importantly, the article needs cited content from reliable sources <-- those are links. --AbsolutDan (talk) 00:07, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nick Wilson 

message: Someone should really re-write this article, it is not very adequate (not enough for deletion, though). In the meantime, I have removed some incomprehensivle sentences from the second section. If anyone still knows what that was supposed to mean, please redo it in correct (at least comprehensible) English. Rsling 19:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  incomprehensible passage removed 

message: I've removed the following statement from the article (diff):
It is considered to be a white hat optimization method almost universally.
Anyone with a source can go ahead and add that back. (However, it is a generalization and weasel wording, and a rephrase might be more sourceable.) GracenotesT § 02:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed unsourced: white hat 

message: This article was almost entirely deleted without comment, so I'm going to undo that revision... 69.181.140.191 (talk) 23:40, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert article blanking by 190.163.253.147 on Jan 20, 2014 

message: If you combine the following phrases together, it will generate most Link Bait news headlines:
... The Reason Why Will Shock You!
... That You Won't Believe!
... It May Surprise You!
... And You'll Never Guess What Happened Next!
... That Should Terrify ... Everywhere!
... And You Won't Believe Why!
... The The Reason Will Horrify You!
... And You Won't Believe What Happens Next!
... That Will Raise Your Paycheck.
... Hilarious!
... Forever!
... Something Amazing!
... Guess Who Looks Stupid Now!
... If You Are Too Afraid To Watch This!
... Watch This!
... Watch What Happens Next!
... This Speech Makes It Really Obvious!
... Whether We Know It Or Not!
... The Reason Will Amaze You!
... And Then This Happened!
... Not As Sexy As It Sounds!
... This Is Worse! And It's Read!
... Might Just Have An Answer!
... Your Dreams Are About To Come True!
... What Would You Say?
The Secrets That ... Don't Want Us To Know!
You Need To See What ... Is Afraid Of!
The Super Obvious Way To ...
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About ...
This Is What Happens When ...
Is This The Most ... Ever?
What Is This ... Doing With ...
The Simple Reason That ...
The Internet Knows ...
Why Every Woman Should ...
They Said That ... Was Wrong!
Can You Guess How Long ...
How To Tell If ...
Two Words That Will ...
You Won't Believe The Effect That ...
What Do Hidden Cameras Reveal About ...
See How ... Used To ...
Would You Have A Problem With ...
More Than 100,000 People Have ...
What Do ... ? Here's A Hint ...
A List Of Who ...
Meet The Real Life Scarier Cousins Of ...
Board With ... ? ...
If Everyone Heard This Advice Then ...
Who Knew That ...
The Shocking Answer To A Question About ...
The Disturbing Truth About ...
What Our Armed Forces DON'T Deal With In ...
Heard About The Recent ... Scandal?
I'll ... 
MUST WATCH: If This Is Gone Before You See It Then ...
... Are Setting A Serious Simple Example For All ...
Did These Words Really Come Out Of ... Mouth?
If We Were All A Little More Like ... The World Would Be A Better Place.
How Could Anyone Do This?
Three Things That ... Was Afraid About
Why Are People So Pissed About ...
The Top Ten Reasons That ...
Ten Terrible Secrets Behind ...
... Tells Us What It Means To ...
... Has Been Waiting Hundreds Of Years For ...
... Going To Change The Way You See ...
... Grandmother ...
... Cancer Survivor ...
... Billionaire ...
... Suave 10-Year-Old ...
... Terrorist Victim ...
... Veteran ...
... Truly Great Woman ...
... Amazing Human Being ...
... Public School Teacher ...
... Disabled Gay Athlete ...
... Obama ...
... HIV ...
... Five Guys ...
... This Mother Of Three ...
... Your Doctor ...
... Adorable Little Girl ...
... Russians ...
... This Family ...
etc. etc. etc.
There is a similar pattern used in many advertisements: Solve <problem> With One Simple Weird Trick That <authority> Doesn't Want You Do Know. (Or "hates", or similar expression of disapproval by government or industry, who are trying to hide the truth from you.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.140.191 (talk) 00:31, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further Examples of Link Bait