7 Of Our Best Link Baits So Far According To StumbleUpon Hits
Here are 7 of the best link baits our team have done so far ranked by the amount of traffic they have received from Stumbleupon, IMO the best social bookmarking site for getting traffic.
According to Google Analytics roughly 65% of the Stumbleupon hits convert into unique page views.
1/ 30 of the World’s Greatest Wedding Cakes
This link bait was published on the FreeDating.co.uk site on the 24th of May this year and is by far the most popular bait we have done so far. It’s basically just a collection of amazing wedding cakes that our linkbait guy was able to find around the web. It did incredible on a bunch of social sites and got linked to by loads of blogs.
Stumbleupon hits: 1.2 million
2/ 5 Creepy Beach Sculptures To Scare Off Sunbathers
This one was published on the Premier Holidays website back in December 2008 and everybody loved it. The post features 5 super creepy beach sculptures from round the World: the pictures are awesome. As soon as Neatorama linked to it the post went viral and attracted lots of links.
Stumbleupon hits: 506K
We put this one on the Master Cleaners blog on March the 1st this year and as soon as it got published the post set on fire. The linkbait is a selection of photographs of very brave or stupid people very dangerously cleaning windows. It hit the homepage of Meneame and Yahoo buzz and got plenty of links.
Stumbleupon hits: 477k
4/ 10 Beautifully Intricate Locks
We put this brilliant linkbait on the Locksmiths R Us blog on June the 16th this year and almost all of the people who commented on it really liked it. The blog post shows pictures of 10 old fashioned and beautiful locks and at the bottom there is a video. It got featured on some very popular blogs such as Dark Roasted Blend and Mental Floss.
Stumbleupon hits: 394k
I put this bait on a web directory I run called Killer Directory on the 6th of August 2009. It is simply 10 photographs of tree tunnels: streets or paths lined with trees where the branches have arched over to form natural tunnels. The post did really well on reddit and got linked to by quite a few blogs.
Stumbleupon hits: 89k
6/ Infuriating Wheelchair Ramps
This funny linkbait was put online on August the 9th 2010 on the RollaRamp wheelchair ramps blog and people on the social networks adored it. The article shows pictures of poorly designed wheelchair ramps that are difficult for people who are in wheelchairs to use. The bait did well and got lots of links from wheelchair bloggers.
Stumbleupon hits: 48k
7/ The World’s Most Unique Headphones (no longer available, sorry)
We did this one for online electronics store Crescent Electronics and it went online on the 6th of June earlier this year. The post shows photographs of the World’s most unique headphones including antler headphones, Star Wars headphones and more. The bait was quite successful and got linked to by some decent gadget blogs.
Stumbleupon hits: 38k
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Indeed, some very good specimins here. I lioke the How Not to Clean a Window, and even more amazing that it hit the front page of Meneame. It is pretty rare for any English item to hit their front page.
Great works indeed David. Especially the ones for the “boring” businesses where people always claim that link baiting doesn’t work.
Cheers Tad
Great article on link baits.
Learned many things from the examples.
Great post. It was not only informative but also an eye opener for me in link baiting strategy.
I especially like the how not to clean windows as well as the wheel chair ramps. Do you think they are all for real or photoshopped?
Surely real people wouldn’t hang out of 100 floor buildings to clean a window?
I am not sure to be honest with you, but the Dubai one was found on the Daily Mail website so I would imagine it is real. Either way it did the trick.
Interesting stuff on link baits here.
Interesting to see what is popular and what people like sharing.
Awesome links, thanks for sharing that!
Thanks for posting. I will use this technique myself next week to try and create some link baiting opportunities.
Great Article on link baiting. many others People like it.
Great stuff – gotta love some quality linkbait
Thank you for citing me as your image source 😉 Cheers!
Your welcome Marck, found it on Google image search. I hope you get a few hits.