link baiting

The web publishing practice, usually on news or blogging sites, where something controversial is written (or a controversial headling is written) that the publisher knows will get a lot of interest from site visitors.

The ultimate goal is that the link will then appear on link aggregating sites (Digg, Fark, StumbleUpon, College Humor, Drudge, etc.), which will bring even more traffic to the site.

"Hey, look at this! 'Gay Preacher Caught Having Sex With Porpoise!'"

"Hah, looks like link baiting to me."

by Felio July 27, 2009

link farms

link farms are web pages that either have many links to crap or links to other links to other links. Link farms are a passive form of spam, and usually contain a search phrase that you've entered into a search engine but have no actual content.

I did a search for "free games" and generated a ton of page hits to link farms.

by Sly_Foot March 24, 2006

LINK'D

When someone copies an extremely large link into Facebook Chat or any IM and it spams the other person. Can be good if it is a graphic image or a site that will give them a virus. Put a space in between the link and paste it over and over.

Say "UJUSTGOT LINK'D" when you finish.

Funneh shet

UJUSTGOT LINK'D

aww damn

by LINK'D-ee DOOP November 20, 2010

Link Mad

The state of mind while Link Surfing or Link Diving. This usually lasts a few hours and often happens while procrastinating or bored.

I was supposed to be writing a paper about slavery, but I went link mad and realized that, after 3 hours of surfing, I had learned more about sharks, sub-atomic particles, and the history of porn than I had about slavery.

by Lucas P. December 16, 2008

link lazy

The state of being too lazy to click a link and read its associated content. The most common cause of link laziness is for one to be overwhelmed by the amount of information available on an online forum or news site. Someone who is link lazy would prefer to hover their arrow over a link title to view a brief snapshot of the content, in order to decide if the text or story is worth reading, rather than to click the link and read the whole post or article on its own page.

While skimming the news on Google, I ran across a link titled, "Mel Gibson Tells Jay Leno About His Eighth Child: 'I Guess I'm ...", and I just wasn't interested enough to read the rest of what he said. I'm so link lazy.

by Johnny on the Spot81 May 25, 2009

Link race

A link race is an event held when a topic is mentionned by at least two parties without exact knowledge of the topic.
When the link race is declared, both participants must race the Internet to find the single most relevant link in the shortest time possible.

-You know that book about superheroes?
-Marvel Encyclopedia?
-I'm not sure....
-Link Race!

by carignan.boy October 7, 2009

link cascade

A link cascade is when one is surfing the web and reads something/looks at something then, noticing a link, clicks it, reads/looks at it, notices another link, clicks it...

And the cycle continues.

*Sign into MSN*

*MSN today pops up*:
"Britney Spears admits to killing Micheal Jackson!"

*Clicks link & reads*
*Sees another link*:
"Paris Hilton to become president?"

*Clicks link & reads*
*Sees another link*:
"Celebs at their worst! Horrible pictures of all your favourite stars!"

*Clicks link*

2 hours later...

"Shit, it's already time for bed? That was a really bad link cascade!"

by SarahMerlin March 2, 2010