To identify the most linked to pages on some of the world's most popular sites, we used SEOmoz's Linkscape powered Top Pages Tool and compiled a list of the most linked to pages on the web.The results, broken out by website and by category, are not all what you might expect. From Google to GaGa the internet's most linked to pages offer a look at your favorite domains that will leave you both scratching your head and laughing.
en.wikipedia.org
5 Things You Didn't Know About Wikipedia: - Twitter is more linked to than global warming.
- Search Engine Optimization is almost 2x more linked to than Barack Obama.
- Series of tubes is more linked to than computer.
- Google is more linked to than world wide web
- Sarah Palin is more linked to than Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, or North America.
www.youtube.com
Most Linked to Videos: - Susan Boyle Performs on Britain's Got Talent
- Rick Astley - Rick Roll
- Judson Laipply - Evolution of Dance
- Work at Home Infomercial (in Polish)
- Web 2.0 The Machine is Us/ing Us
- Free Hugs Campaign
- OK Go on Treadmills
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- Rick Astley - Rick Roll (Sadly, this is not a typo. It really is on the list twice...)
- Battle at Kruger Between Lions, Buffaloes, & Crocodiles
www.dictionary.com
Most Linked to Words:Interesting:
- Pedophile is more linked to than friend.
- Anime is more linked to than America.
- Football (American) more linked to than love.
www.craigslist.org
Most Linked to Items for Sale:Most Linked to Editorials:
- Hey Crackhead
- Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It
- Star Wars Guide to US Presidential Candidates
- Vasectomy
- Advice to Young Men From an Old Man
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Most Linked to Groups:- The Great Nationwide Kiss-in
- Fair Copyright for Canada
- A G-A-Y Foamparty
- "Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding is Not Obscene! (Official petition to Facebook)"
- Nouveau Riche Nationwide Community
www.myspace.com
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Most Linked to Companies: Most Linked to Celebrities:
www.imdb.com
Most Linked to Actors: Most Linked to Movies:
www.hulu.com
Most Linked to TV Shows: www.perezhilton.com
Most Linked to Celebrity Categories (tags): - Heidi Montag
- Michael Jackson
- Britney Spears
- Lady Gaga
- Lindsay Lohan (Warning: You cannot unsee this page.)
www.icanhascheezburger.com
Most Linked to Cat Pictures: - I Can Has cheezburger 3
- I Has a Bucket
- In Depth Analysis by David Mcraney
- Oldest Lolcat Ever Found
- Lol Kitteh as a Second Language
www.cracked.com
Most Linked to Articles: www.collegehumor.com
Most Linked to Videos: - We Didn't Start the Flamewar
- Font Conference
- The Matrix Runs on Windows
- 24 Unaired 1995 Pilot
- Minesweeper the Movie
www.allrecipes.com
Most Linked to Recipes: - Sausage, Apple, & Cranberry Stuffing
- Creole Cornbread Stuffing
- Brownie Mix in a Jar
- Ham & Cheese Picnic Bread
- Candy Coated Chocolates
www.webmd.com
Most Linked to Health Ailments: www.foxnews.com
Most Linked to Stories: - Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq
- Cost of Freedom Recap (Dec 2004)
- America's Debt Rises
- Transcript / Video of Bush and Kerry Debate
- US Consumer Credit Card Debt May Crash the Economy
www.whitehouse.gov
Most Linked to U.S. Presidents: Most Linked to U.S. First Ladies
Source: All data for this post has been pulled from Linkscape, which is SEOmoz's index of the world wide web.
Contributors: This post was a collaborative effort with help from both Scott Willoughby and Danny Dover.
How is it I am both entertained and ashamed?
Oh man, that vagina couch on craigslist is FUNNNEEE!
That would have been some creative and successful link bait if it was done for a furniture manufacturing company. Wait, that gives me an idea...
If you have that conversation with a client, I will gladly pay you $50 to videotape it and post it on YOUmoz.
Haha, yeah, I can just see it now:
Me: So I have an excellent new link bait idea for you guys
Client: Ok, but what's with the guy with the camera?
Me: Oh, don't mind him... now, about my idea...
Client - So, what's this amazing new idea you called us about?
Darren - Two words: "Vagina couch"
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We should probably stop before this post starts ranking for some unfortunate terms.
Man you totally just "made me look" haha I did a google search for "vagina couch" but we're not there... probably luckily. :)
When talking about most linked to videos:
"4. Work at Home Infomercial (in Polish)"
It's quite important to emphasize that it's ONLY due to link exchange systems used to promote video (Yahoo! link: query reports almost 50k inbound links from Polish websites mainly). That's a pity the ranking does not take into account the quality of backlinks - the results may be misleading...
This was discovered by one of Polish users on our Twitter-like service: https://blip.pl/s/17815341
If you look at the video, it only has around 13,000 views, which is weak on YouTube. You can tell there was some shady things going on here.
your right, that is a very low view count, could it be the work of "black hat" seo'rs?! dun..dun..dah! :)
As I said... It's all about link farms and automated link exchanges...
Great post Sam. I'll be sharing this one with my non-seo friends too!
I love that Icanhascheeseburger.com is linked to more often than whitehouse.gov. Glad to see we all have our priorities straight! :)
I thought the exact same thing....but I was also saddened that Perez Hilton made the list and ducked under the desk for a few minutes
thanks to this post i spent a lot of time looking through Icanhascheeseburger.com! (oh dear!)
Thanks a lot Sam, your post is always interesting.
What I found out hilarious were (plz don't take it seriously)
1.Anime is more linked to than America
- lol, victory of japanese.
2.Twitter is more linked to than global warming
- apparently people talk more about twitter everyday than global warming
3.Google is more linked to than World Wide Web
- People may not know the full name of "www", but they do indeed know Google :D
Not to serious this comment but, I dissagree in nr 2.
People really talk about Global warming, but that is not a hype on the net. And when they talk about it they may not be on a computer.
Twitter is a typical net- thing-may-be-not-a-hype, but when you talk about twitter you are ore likely to be on a computer.
UN and G8 and all those conferences still have not talked about Twitter but they have debated and also made some political progress on the subject global warming.
Its all about channels.
But funny post... yours and his...
Nice analysis, Sam. I'm curious, though - who sits around looking up the definition of "nothing" in the dictionary? Football-watching, anime-loving pedophiles, according to the data, but I can't believe that's a big group.
Most linked to videos "Susan Boyle Performs on Britains Got Talent" what is the world coming to!
Hah! Love this Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq: How'd that one work out?
I've actually been to Kruger National Park in South Africa and we had a pack of lions walking around our car. This is seriously cool: Battle at Kruger Between Lions, Buffaloes, & Crocodiles
Awesome post! "Advice to Young Men From an Old Man" ? really? :) lol
Very surprising to see Justice to be the top linked page on MySpace! Btw all the Wikipedia links are broken ;)
What was up with the polish infomercial? It has like 13K views and is sandwiched between a video with 128 mil views and one with 10 mil views...
LOL this was a great post, and I will definatly be trying out the Sausage, Apple, & Cranberry Stuffing!
The biggest forgotten detail of Wikipedia: the page for Jenna Jameson is the most edited page. Nothing else comes close, be it Barack Obama or Socrates.
thats a pretty cool fun fact! :)
There are definately some surprises here, especially pedophile being more linked than friend, that's scary ...
It's amazing how much great content/linkbait there is on Craigslist...if you can build your community and get your users to interact it shows how much potential UGC has with links.
Very interesting stuff. Its pretty scary that pedophile is more liked to then friend.Â
It's funny.Thanks for your sharing.
I love things like this - always interesting and funny
I ran the Top Pages Tool on Wikipedia a couple of weeks ago...the most linked to page was Aardvark !??
Haha, what's the world coming to? :)
While this posting is funny it could also be some what useful to know if your writing a blog or webpage what types of content the highest page ranked sites most frequently link to.
Also shows another useful way to get a link on a site that is a high 'value link target' for your optimization plan. Writing Content (this idea could loosely be labeled as link bait) on what the target website most regularly links to is a good way to entice them to give you that coveted link you have been looking for.
Maybe I read to much into this post.
oh!This content will create many many many ...links again!
Very interesting stuff.
I'd really like to see/hear some thoughts on what you guys think might be some actionable take-aways from this data (if any). Lists and information like this are great, but having examples of what could be done with it always makes it more valuable (IMO).
Here's one:
1) make a vagina couch
2) put it up for sale in a nonchalant kind of way on your website
3) get lots of links
LOL - yes I guess that would work!
Great list. I wonder how long it will take for this post to become one of the most linked to pages on the net.
You can count on one from me very soon.
Hi Sam, Great post...plenty of interesting stuff...few of them made me laugh...but overall I would say great research work
I would love to see a break-down like this for various domain names, like .com.au, .no and so on.. :)
Had a great LOL. Made my day. Thanks Sam.
interesting stuff. i like how rick roll is the 2ed most linked to youtube
Love posts like this.
Keep on Sam