linkbaiting

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noun

The practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz.

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Meanings

nounlinkbaiting (countable and uncountable, plural linkbaitings)

plural linkbaitings · alternative link-baiting

  1. countableuncountableThe practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz.

    In its simplest form, linkbaiting is the practice of creating content with the intent of generating incoming links from outside sources. Linkbaiting is sometimes perceived as being unethical because inbound links are one of the primary ways a search engine gauges how hey they will rank a website

    2009, Mitch Joel, Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone., Hachette, →ISBN

Origin

From link bait (verb).

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APA

linkbaiting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkbaiting

MLA

“linkbaiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkbaiting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linkbaiting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkbaiting.

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