Comments on: MFA (Made for AdSense) is the past. Say hullo to MFL (Made for Linkbait) http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/ Soapboxing every damn day Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: What is Linkbaiting, What is Not? » Jack Of All Blogs http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-174 What is Linkbaiting, What is Not? » Jack Of All Blogs Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:31:04 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-174 [...] The Sheriff wrote about a new annoyance we’ve been seeing around the blogosphere today. Made-for-Linkbait blogs and sites—or MFL as AhmedF of techsoapbox calls it. Well, linkbaiting is not actually new, but it seems people are already noticing how increasingly easy it is to take advantage of how bloggers love to link to stuff they find interesting or useful. [...] [...] The Sheriff wrote about a new annoyance we’ve been seeing around the blogosphere today. Made-for-Linkbait blogs and sites—or MFL as AhmedF of techsoapbox calls it. Well, linkbaiting is not actually new, but it seems people are already noticing how increasingly easy it is to take advantage of how bloggers love to link to stuff they find interesting or useful. [...]

]]> By: “Made For Linkbait” Is The New “Made For AdSense” » Jack Of All Blogs http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-25 “Made For Linkbait” Is The New “Made For AdSense” » Jack Of All Blogs Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:38:15 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-25 [...] There’s nothing wrong with publishing something really useful and having people link to your work. You’re doing a service to the community, after all. But if all you’re doing is some sensationalizing, with having a lot of people linking to you as the primary intention and motivation, then hold up, dude. There’s something wrong with your reasoning. And this is one of the pitfalls of social media, and a drawback of social bookmarking and social news sites. Techsoapbox has this to say. [...] [...] There’s nothing wrong with publishing something really useful and having people link to your work. You’re doing a service to the community, after all. But if all you’re doing is some sensationalizing, with having a lot of people linking to you as the primary intention and motivation, then hold up, dude. There’s something wrong with your reasoning. And this is one of the pitfalls of social media, and a drawback of social bookmarking and social news sites. Techsoapbox has this to say. [...]

]]> By: Social Bookmarking Tool http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Social Bookmarking Tool Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:20:54 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-24 everyone is rushing towards MFL sites...I prefer going the opposite way..where it is not crowded. everyone is rushing towards MFL sites…I prefer going the opposite way..where it is not crowded.

]]> By:   MFA Declining, MFL the New “It” Thing? by Blogging Pro http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-9   MFA Declining, MFL the New “It” Thing? by Blogging Pro Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:34:43 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-9 [...] Our sister blog, TechSoapBox has put up a post regarding made for adsense sites, also known as just MFA sites, have started to be replaced by MFL sites, or made for linkbait. A Google search for Made for Adsense incidentally has a Wikipedia entry on scraper sites as the #1 result. Definitely not a popular concept. [...] [...] Our sister blog, TechSoapBox has put up a post regarding made for adsense sites, also known as just MFA sites, have started to be replaced by MFL sites, or made for linkbait. A Google search for Made for Adsense incidentally has a Wikipedia entry on scraper sites as the #1 result. Definitely not a popular concept. [...]

]]> By: Avoiding Information Overload - Tech Soapbox http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Avoiding Information Overload - Tech Soapbox Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:07:58 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-8 [...] The amount of information whirring around is manic. Furthermore, information is agnostic in value - it can be useful, not useful, it can be true, it can be false, and it can be a combination of all four. [...] [...] The amount of information whirring around is manic. Furthermore, information is agnostic in value – it can be useful, not useful, it can be true, it can be false, and it can be a combination of all four. [...]

]]> By: Ahmed http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Ahmed Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:12:31 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-7 Frank - I don't know. Call me jaded, but after the entire Apple/Muslim bandwagon effect, I'm not very hopeful. At the same time, a lot of Diggers are becoming more and more jaded - so we will see :) Chris - that is the entire point - no ads for now (as most Diggers/Redditers/etc don't click on ads anyway). After a few months, the MFL creator either 1) Redirects the site to another page for search engine juice or 2) Plasters ads and reaps the benefits then. Having ads at the time of the baiting can set off alarms. By adding them on later, it is easier to get through people's 'bullshit' detector. Frank – I don’t know. Call me jaded, but after the entire Apple/Muslim bandwagon effect, I’m not very hopeful. At the same time, a lot of Diggers are becoming more and more jaded – so we will see :)

Chris – that is the entire point – no ads for now (as most Diggers/Redditers/etc don’t click on ads anyway). After a few months, the MFL creator either 1) Redirects the site to another page for search engine juice or 2) Plasters ads and reaps the benefits then.

Having ads at the time of the baiting can set off alarms. By adding them on later, it is easier to get through people’s ‘bullshit’ detector.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Chris Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:18:36 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-5 Not sure those are the best examples, at least for the bestbuyscam site. There are no ads, so what benefit would there be for the webmastrer to attempt link baiting? Seems silly. Not sure those are the best examples, at least for the bestbuyscam site. There are no ads, so what benefit would there be for the webmastrer to attempt link baiting?

Seems silly.

]]> By: Frank http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Frank Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:15:40 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/mfa-made-for-adsense-is-the-past-say-hullo-to-mfl-made-for-linkbait/#comment-4 Hi mate, nice article. I have to admit that I use digg very little now in favour of reddit, and, like you, enjoy using del.icio.us. I have also noticed some change in copy on forums etc. with more and more attention grabbing headlines etc. etc. But if something is shite and lacking substance then I am just not going to link to it, or digg it or whatever. I hope that this problem sorts itself out. Do you think it will? Hi mate, nice article.

I have to admit that I use digg very little now in favour of reddit, and, like you, enjoy using del.icio.us. I have also noticed some change in copy on forums etc. with more and more attention grabbing headlines etc. etc. But if something is shite and lacking substance then I am just not going to link to it, or digg it or whatever. I hope that this problem sorts itself out.

Do you think it will?

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