Eric Ward has assembled one of the more ingenius parodies, and certainly the only SEO-related, biblical one I've ever seen:
Read the full list of ten at Eric's site. My personal favorite is number 10:
The link schemer eats from a bountiful table today, but the link farmer eats for a lifetime
Holy link bait!
LinkMoses should feel shameth that he hath created the very thing he describeth. And yet I dont.
Eric aka LM
ps - It's not the tactic I dislike, it's the term linkbait itself, becasue it ends up encouraging the wrong approach by those already looking for a shortcut to link riches...
Exactly!
lol... Link Moses made me giggle ;-)
This is pure linkbait... funny stuff. I like it.
I'm surprised you didn't take the bait on number 5, Rand. It was meant for you. As the admirable Admiral Ackbar so reduntantly says: "It's a Trap!"
Damn funny stuff!
I'm sure Eric's feedBurning Bush will be radiating with the light of 1000 suns very shortly.
Lo! And the carp shall amass to the bait in schools and droves! So let it be written, so let it be done!
You've gotta love number 5. (Well, I've gotta love it.)
Honestly, does "social stigma" = "bad seo practice" ???
So you ask your kid to link from their myspace and .edu - why is that bad SEO practice?
I like his explanation of "whore" vs. "marginally slutty."
Call me a carp, but that's some funny link bait.