Writing a blog post about a
linkbait topic can drive traffic to your blog and encourage other bloggers and websites to link to your post. More traffic and
more incoming links usually leads to higher blogging revenue. Check out the sites below to find linkbait blog post ideas.
Google Trends provides a quick snapshot of what people are searching on through Google at any given time. The top 100 search phrases are displayed with links to news articles and blogs that mention those phrases.
Stories that appear on Yahoo! buzz are compiled through search results, emails and user votes. It's a combination of a site like Google Trends and a social bookmarking site like Digg.
Digg is one of the most popular social media sites where users submit content they like and want to share and other users digg that content if they like it, too. Hot topics typically receive a lot of diggs driving them to the front page of Digg.
Technorati is the most popular blog search engine tracking nearly 113 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged media. Hot topics are typically shown on the front pag. When you click through to view more about a topic of interest, you'll find blogs that link to the original post listed as well to help you clearly see the online conversation about that topic.
Twitter is a microblogging tool that allows people to write short blurbs (called tweets) and publish them real-time. Register for Twitter and sign on to follow popular bloggers in your niche. Doing so will almost certainly help you keep up with the hot topics related to your blog.
