Some fantastic ideas for you here from the SES London 2008 as quoted from www.toprankblog.com. It’s Alan Webb from ABAKUS who made a top ten list of link bait content ideas.  Here they are from 1 to 10.

• Online tool useful and unique to your field
• Contests with unusual prize - must be unique/interesting
• Online games - unique and addictive flash game can work wonders
• Breaking news - Be the first to post news on a certain topic
• Lists - Top 10 this or that. Do’s or Don’ts
• Contoversey - Something that goes against norms supported by facts or a study. Be careful if it’s negative because it can backfire.
• Competitions - Fun competition with unique prizes
• Give aways and freebies. Downloads, tools, gadgets, ebook, etc as an incentive to sign up for a newsletter, RSS. Must be quality.
• Industry studies, white papers and tutorials. Quality is king as well as uniqueness. Can work with controversey.
• Cool designs

All of these are very interesting and great ideas. I highlighted 3 that most interested me at this time. More websites for business owners here in Utah could really take advantage of this advice. Instead of always concentrating on the regular SEO tactics, try working on the overall unique content of the site with ideas like these. If done right, you will see huge increases in SERP’s. You will start to see content that is interesting to others and that people want to bookmark. Just a thought for the day.