A comment appeared today from CuriousSEO for a post that I wrote Tuesday, June 10th, 2008. The post was about getting traffic the easy way; what I call: “trafficbait”.
Here is a snippet of his comment:
So the question I’m getting at…if I am not a techgeek (note not LAZY, but just not wired to be a computer programmer), am I out of my league here?
His entire comment and original post:
@CuriousSEO
Not at all. Most guys that I know do not program at all.
Programming can be an advantage, but it’s just a waste of time if the webmaster is not creative. That is the SECRET SAUCE to success online; creativity. Do a search for “link bait”…
Matt Cutts, Google engineer, says:
“On a meta-level, I think of ‘linkbait’ as something interesting enough to catch people’s attention, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing”
So, link bait, is coming up with an idea that people can not resist, it’s just TOO GOOD to not check out. Then you implement that idea with a blog title and a few good back links. No programming required.
Look at Mark Zuckerberg, the youngest billioniare in the world! True, he was a student at MIT when he started Facebook, but it was his IDEA that spread around the web like wildfire, not his programming skills.
There are hundreds of examples everyday. Look at the Titles on Reddit.com, digg.com and such.
Anyways, yes, you can outsource programming. There are several sites that specialize in that stuff. Also, join forums and you can usually find a good programmer that is broke and needs some cash. LOL. Programmers, by their very nature are NOT creative, (they are methodical and systematic), but they are usually not creative in the sense of link bait and salesmanship. (of course, there are exceptions to that)
Syndk8.net is probably the oldest and biggest blackhat search engine spammers forum; it’s founder, EarlGrey, who was written about in NewsWeek magazine does not write a line of code. He knows how time consuming programming can be. Instead, he puts his energy into coming up with new, interesting, and sometimes, crazy-sounding ideas. He does well.
Here are a few ideas from cornwallseo.com
Here’s a guy that charges $400/hour to give you link bait advice. LMFAO
Think out of the box.
Think of the craziest wildest things that you can imagine.
Go crazy with this.
Make it a game you play!
Bompa
(banned from digitalpoint forums and proud of it.)
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