People really enjoy a good list post. For some reason a list post can contain the same information as a regular post, but will get linked to a lot more. List posts are very much like authority posts in that they get linked to all the time.
List posts can be on any topic that’s relevant to your site’s content. Here are a few ideas for posts that you can use:
- 10 Ways To Stop Being A Lazy Pile Of Garbage
- 7 Ways To Drop 5 Pounds Fast
- 99 Ways To Start A Business At Home
- 15 Reasons I’m Smarter Than Your Mom
- 10 Methods To Get Ripped Without Doing Cardio
You should have the idea now. People eat this stuff up!
People link to authority posts like crazy. Defining authority posts is somewhat difficult, but they are basically the best type of posts around. Let me give you an example of an extremely helpful authority post that can help almost any blogger. 5263 Words On Starting A Profitable Blog is a monstrous post that shows people how to set up blogs.
As you can tell by the name of the post, it’s anything but too short. The author claims to have taken over 10 hours to write it. If you read the article, you will quickly find that it is an extremely useful post that helps people that know nothing about blogging to set up a blog. It also gives general information that shows people how they can eventually profit from blogging.
Since the article is well respected, and the site it’s on gets a significant amount of traffic, it gets linked to quite often, as most exposed authority posts do. When you create a great authority post, you will want to notify the leaders in your field. They will likely link to it if it’s good enough. This will increase exposure to the article which will get it linked to even more.
