"linkbaiting" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From link bait (verb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linkbaitings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "linkbaiting (countable and uncountable, plural linkbaitings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Marketing",
          "orig": "en:Marketing",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Mitch Joel, Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone., Hachette, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In its simplest form, linkbaiting is the practice of creating content with the intent of generating incoming links from outside sources. Linkbaiting is sometimes perceived as being unethical because inbound links are one of the primary ways a search engine gauges how hey they will rank a website",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz."
      ],
      "id": "en-linkbaiting-en-noun-M6NoGaQD",
      "links": [
        [
          "SEO",
          "search engine optimization"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "buzz",
          "buzz"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(SEO) The practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "link-baiting"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "linkbaiting"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From link bait (verb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linkbaitings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "linkbaiting (countable and uncountable, plural linkbaitings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Internet",
        "en:Marketing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Mitch Joel, Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone., Hachette, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In its simplest form, linkbaiting is the practice of creating content with the intent of generating incoming links from outside sources. Linkbaiting is sometimes perceived as being unethical because inbound links are one of the primary ways a search engine gauges how hey they will rank a website",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "SEO",
          "search engine optimization"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "buzz",
          "buzz"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(SEO) The practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "link-baiting"
    }
  ],
  "word": "linkbaiting"
}

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