What is Linkjacking?
Linkjacking occurs when an individual submits content to an aggregation service like Digg.com that contains only links to other sites and no actual content. These sites, which are often called aggregators, collect content from around the Internet. For example, Google News aggregates news headlines from different magazines and newspapers to present news information in one convenient place. Another example of an aggregator is Digg.com. Digg accepts user submissions to aggregate stories found on the Internet. When submitting a story to Digg, the reader simply clicks a link on the page to vote for the content on Digg. Those with the most votes will be closer to the front page. So what does all of this have to do with linkjacking or even links in general?Aggregation sites pull content in from other sites. When someone interested in linkjacking a site posts content, the items they submit are nothing more than a list of hyperlinks to sites they own or to sites they wish to promote. This conte
