How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic – The Ultimate Guide

Links and traffic… who wants some?

The number of excellent resources that have come out since the beginning of the year on attracting links and building traffic has really mushroomed. Plus there are some timeless classics that are still very relevant today.

I think it makes sense to compile the very best in one handy location and share it, so here's my entire collection. If I missed your link and traffic resource let me know and I'll take a look.

Now, it doesn't matter if you like the term "link baiting" or not. It's the process that one goes through to attract links that matters, not whether you prefer to think of your content as bait for links. I like to think that creating content that increases web traffic and builds links simply falls under the general social media optimization marketing buzz phrase that is gaining in popularity.

So, here's your ultimate "how to" guide to creating content that attracts links and drives traffic in the social media environment:

101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006 | SEO Book

25 Tips for Marketing Your Blog | Online Marketing Blog

10 Remarkably Effective Strategies for Driving Traffic | SEOMoz

8 Reasons Why Lists Are Good for Getting Traffic to Your Blog | Problogger

5 Rules of Social Media Optimization | Influential Interactive Marketing

3 Ways to Immediately Increase Search Engine Traffic | Performancing

How to Get Traffic For Your Blog | Seth Godin

The Art of Linkbaiting | Performancing

The Art of Blog | SEO Black Hat

What is Linkbaiting? | Modern Life is Rubbish

SEO Advice: Linkbait and Linkbaiting | Matt Cutts of Google

Problogger Link Baiting Series (in progress) | Problogger

Using Digg to Attract Hits | Slate

Using Digg and Netscape to Get Traffic | Pronet Advertising

Social Bookmarking for Traffic | SiteProNews

The Sandbox and Delicious | Graywolf's SEO Blog

Unleashing the IdeaVirus | Seth Godin

Viral Copy | Copyblogger

Publicity Stunt Case Studies | About

Publicity Stunts Still Earn Attention | All About Public Relations

The 10 Greatest Publicity Stunts | Guardian Unlimited

The Six Simple Principles of Viral Marketing | Wilson Web

How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog) | Steve Pavlina

How to Build Traffic to Your Blog | Web Pro News

Building Traffic to Build Your Fan Club | Copyblogger

Trust Rank and Your Domain | Link Building Blog

Generating Buzz With Link Baiting and Viral Campaigns | Search Engine Watch

Linkbaiting for Fun & Profit | Search Engine Journal

Linkbaiting, How Hard is It? | ISEDB

Link Building Guide | Jim Westergren

Real Search Engine Optimization Linkbaiting | Search Engine Guide

Linkbaiting With Attack | Problogger

Link Baiting & Effective Link Building | Search Engine Journal

Link Baiting and Viral Search Success | Search Engine Roundtable

How Much is Link Bait Worth? | Cartoon Barry

Link Baiting (How Nick Wilson Created SEO Even Seth Godin Could Love) | Stuntdubl

Link Baiting Case Study from Search Engine Journal | Search Engine Journal

Link Bait | SEO Book

The Low Down on Article Marketing | Associated Content

Search Engine Success Through Article Marketing | flyte

Building Traffic With Article Marketing | Copyblogger

Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box | EzineArticles

Traffic-Building Ideas From Your Log Files | Web Developer's Journal

Advanced Link Building Tactics | SEOMoz

Let me know in the comments if I missed something that isn't covered by one of these resources. Happy reading!

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