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For the past 4 days the site has been offline. I don’t really know the reason for this: it could be the fact that that some hackers did something (and i really don’t know what or why) or it could be the fact that my database crashed due to the huge number if visitors. Thank God i had a backup (which was corrupted - my host said something about a SLEEP command - if you know something about this please let me know, i don’t want it to happen again). So to get the site back on i had to manually copy/paste every single post.

In the 4 days that the site was offline i think i lost at least 40.000 visitors (they still keep coming for the same thing).

Previously i wrote the 5 Ingredients For A Perfect Viral Linkbait article. And immediately after that i wrote the actual linkbait: 13 Wordpress Plugins That Can Make Your Life Simple, using the 5 ingredients. After that i asked someone to submit the post to Digg and StumbleUpon. After a few hours the flood came. Digg traffic is like a 1 time bomb - exploding for a few hours and then it stops. But StumbleUpon is so constant - even today i got 1200+ visitors from SU in only 4hrs.

So the thing is, before going online with a potential viral post, first you must prepare your server.

I am a Wordpress Noob, so I ask you guys if any of you knows something about the MySQL sleep command or how to make your WP based site load faster(any mysql setting on anything that can help)? I await your answers.

Oh and regarding the contest, you may have noticed that all the comments were deleted. But don’t worry i have all the entrants and the points they have on a spreadsheet, so there is nothing to worry about.

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For people who don’t know what that is… Linkbait is content created with the purpose of getting people to link to it. This will result in increase in traffic and better SEO. Viral linkbait is the kind of content that allows quick dissemination by it’s readers and just like a virus, it’s self replicating.

Now that you know what a viral linkbait is you can read about the things that can create a perfect linkbait:

1. It should look natural. Just like fishing, they use artificial lures that look and act like live bait. That is what you want to. You don’t want your linkbait to look like linkbait. The article should look very natural, like it’s not designed to attract links.
2. It should be topical. If your linkbait content is topical and it relates to popular issues, you have greater chances for success. Having more potential readers is probably the most important thing when trying to spread something.
3. Make it easy. Easy to read. If you produce extensive resources about something your reader may wanna bookmark it but not share it. But if you produce something easy to follow (just like a funny youtube clip) it will spread more easily.
4. Provide linking options. Consider this: someone viewed you likbait, liked it, and now wants to share it with his friends or community. A “share this” like button will facilitate better dissemination, without making it hard for the user to share the linkbait.
5. Be the first to disseminate the linkbait. As i always say, don’t be shy. If you want something done your way, do it yourself. Don’t wait for others to start doing it.

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