{"id":5118,"date":"2016-02-23T18:48:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2025-11-13T04:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:08:09","slug":"7-reasons-why-clicking-this-title-will-prove-why-you-clicked-this-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/7-reasons-why-clicking-this-title-will-prove-why-you-clicked-this-title\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons Why Clicking This Title Will Prove Why You Clicked This Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/3f9oYVRnnaxyxD\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, I\u2019ve been thinking&#8211;the time I spend online is perhaps only 50% productive. The remaining hours I\u2019m either on Facebook, watching videos of cute animals on YouTube or doing a Buzzfeed quiz to try and figure out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/joannaborns\/quiz-what-food-matches-your-personality#.yqnnvQzEm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what food best matches my personality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s sushi, by the way.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, I\u2019ve come to realize just how monotonous my life has become. When I was younger I used to read all the time, or go outside! Now my weekends roll around and I have to force myself <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spend half an hour reading about how an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/2016\/01\/101447\/instagrammer-perfectly-matches-makeup-to-snacks\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagrammer Matches Makeup To Snacks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which is actually pretty cool, I encourage you to read it).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My conclusion is that the many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/12\/psychology-of-clickbait\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clickbait articles that exist now function as a drug<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can\u2019t just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reading them, or you might die. Rather than attempt to avoid the power of clickbait articles, however, I decided it might be best to understand them. That way, the next time I find myself trying to figure out what kind of grilled cheese I am, at least I can figure out exactly what elements about the quiz or article I find compelling, and use it against other people!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"email-form-container\"><center>Do you want to boost shares on your content? Download the study to learn how to create titles that nobody can resist!<\/center>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-octopus-form-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"email-octopus-success-message\"><center>Smart choice \ud83d\ude09<\/center>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<form class=\"email-octopus-form\" action=\"https:\/\/emailoctopus.com\/lists\/59293c24-da6c-11e5-ad39-0a4287b2e8c5\/members\/external-add\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"email-octopus-form-row\"><input class=\"email-octopus-first-name\" name=\"firstName\" type=\"text\" placeholder=\"First name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-octopus-form-row\"><input class=\"email-octopus-last-name\" name=\"lastName\" type=\"text\" placeholder=\"Last name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-octopus-form-row\"><input class=\"email-octopus-email-address\" name=\"emailAddress\" type=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-octopus-form-row-hp\"><label>Protecting against bot signups &#8211; leave this field blank<\/label><br><input autocomplete=\"off\" name=\"hp59293c24-da6c-11e5-ad39-0a4287b2e8c5\" type=\"text\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-octopus-form-row-subscribe\"><button type=\"submit\">SUBMIT<\/button><\/div>\n<\/form><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysing the clickbait title <\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>So how exactly does one understand a clickbait title? What do you use to measure its clickbaitiness**? Well there are some tools that exist which aim to tell you just how clickbait a title is, but I found that they can be somewhat inaccurate and a bit too simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started my research by using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coschedule.com\/headline-analyzer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CoSchedule\u2019s headline analyzer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to assess the top performing articles from the past three months that were featured on 24 high-traffic sites known for producing particularly clickbait titles, such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy and Cracked.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these sites had as high as a million shares for a specific article in under 3 months! Surely the title should score 100% on the title analyzer, right?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, no. In fact it only scored a 23\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly this title analyzer did not accurately reflect what kinds of titles result in social shares. The means of measuring how shareable a title can be is just too subjective, and has a lot to do with current affairs or what is being covered in the news. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the correlation between number of shares per article and the CoSchedule ranking was very random:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I used <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buzzsumo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to collect the data for analyzing the various titles and to see the number of shares the most popular article from each site received. My goal in doing so was to discover exactly what it would take to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.contentmarketer.io\/headline-writing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boost blog traffic with a single headline<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To analyze the titles of these articles, these are the questions I asked myself:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) Was the title a list?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As might be assumed, a list-based article is something along the lines of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/erinchack\/18-pictures-only-people-with-sisters-will-recognize\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 Photos That Won&#8217;t Make Sense To Sisterless Families<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is a common style for Buzzfeed articles and considered one of the most popular types of content on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/okdork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Shares-by-Content-Type.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Was there a mention of \u201cYou\u201d or \u201cI\u201d or a personal story aspect to the title?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contagious,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jonah Berger expresses the importance of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">using stories to engage people<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with your content. Why do you think case studies are so popular? Because if something can affect another person, it means there\u2019s a chance it can affect you too! Titles that mention or hint at a personal story get clicks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3)&nbsp;Was there an animal mention?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong>I don\u2019t know about you, but anytime I see or hear mention of a story about a dog or a cute panda sneezing or a hippo farting, I get excited and immediately need to read or see more. Chances are if the title mentions an animal, there will likely be a picture in the post. Cute animals get people excited. Look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;4)&nbsp;Did the topic receive recent media attention, or was it a news piece?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you probably could have guessed, trending topics in the media gain a lot of attention, so if your title mentions a recent event, you will likely see it receiving a lot of attention. This exact thing happened with a few of our blog posts at Venngage. When <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was coming out, we did an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/what-is-an-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">infographic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the movie. When there was a lot of media coverage about the Syrian refugee crisis, we created some data visualizations to comment on the subject. Both were very popular!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;5)&nbsp;Was there a pop-culture or food culture reference?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever watched any of Buzzfeed\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tasty<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> videos? They\u2019re addictive, right? Sometimes I watch my roommate spend hours on Tumblr just looking at pictures of food.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food is simply irresistible and so is pop-culture. As of late I can\u2019t seem to get enough of 90s throwback references! The fact that Netflix decided to remake the show <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full House <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fuller House<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should come as no surprise. Anything older than 10 or 15 years suddenly becomes iconic and novel, and thus evokes from people a strong desire to click.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;6)&nbsp;Was there an unknown or new concept mentioned in the title?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Introducing a new idea or suggesting an element of mystery makes it very difficult to resist clicking on a title as<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can\u2019t help but wonder what the answer\/surprise is.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7)&nbsp;Was there an element of shock or excitement?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shocking and exciting your reader is another powerful method to convince them to click. Let\u2019s go back to the example with the duck crossing the pond. The first title example might actually work in this case if we rephrased the end result. So instead of the title being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This duck just swam across this pond to get to the other side<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it might be more shocking if the title was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This duck just swam across this pond to save a man from a burning building!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s shocking because it\u2019s highly unlikely that a duck would be able to save a human from a burning building. If your title contains an element of shock to this extent, you will peak the reader\u2019s curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results of my labor&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong>So after many grueling hours of calculating the data (it only took this long because I suck at math), here is what I learned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the top performing clickbait articles:<\/p>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2017%25%20were%20listicles.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 17% were listicles. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2017%25%20were%20listicles.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2029%25%20of%20the%20most%20shared%20titles%20mentioned%20%E2%80%9Cyou%E2%80%9D%2C%20%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%9D%20or%20hinted%20at%20a%20personal%20story.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 29% of the most shared titles mentioned \u201cyou\u201d, \u201cI\u201d or hinted at a personal story. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2029%25%20of%20the%20most%20shared%20titles%20mentioned%20%E2%80%9Cyou%E2%80%9D%2C%20%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%9D%20or%20hinted%20at%20a%20personal%20story.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%20Only%208%25%20mentioned%20an%20animal.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Only 8% mentioned an animal. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%20Only%208%25%20mentioned%20an%20animal.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2063%25%20made%20a%20pop-culture%20reference%20or%20mentioned%20food.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 63% made a pop-culture reference or mentioned food. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2063%25%20made%20a%20pop-culture%20reference%20or%20mentioned%20food.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2063%25%20also%20mentioned%20recent%20events%20in%20the%20news%20and%20media.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 63% also mentioned recent events in the news and media. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2063%25%20also%20mentioned%20recent%20events%20in%20the%20news%20and%20media.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2067%25%20contained%20an%20unknown%20or%20new%20concept.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 67% contained an unknown or new concept. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2067%25%20contained%20an%20unknown%20or%20new%20concept.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%20An%20overwhelming%2079%25%20of%20the%20articles%20contained%20an%20element%20of%20shock.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> An overwhelming 79% of the articles contained an element of shock. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%20An%20overwhelming%2079%25%20of%20the%20articles%20contained%20an%20element%20of%20shock.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the articles analyzed, this is how many contained more than one of the clickbait factors listed above:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%204%25%20of%20the%20titles%20assessed%20contained%20only%20one%20of%20the%207%20factors.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 4% of the titles assessed contained only one of the 7 factors. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%204%25%20of%20the%20titles%20assessed%20contained%20only%20one%20of%20the%207%20factors.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%208%25%20of%20the%20titles%20contained%20two%20clickbait%20factors.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 8% of the titles contained two clickbait factors. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%208%25%20of%20the%20titles%20contained%20two%20clickbait%20factors.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2046%25%20of%20titles%20contained%203%20of%20the%20factors.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 46% of titles contained 3 of the factors. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=%2046%25%20of%20titles%20contained%203%20of%20the%20factors.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=42%25%20contained%204%20of%20the%20clickbait%20factors%20mentioned%20in%20this%20article.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">42% contained 4 of the clickbait factors mentioned in this article. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvenngage.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D5118&#038;text=42%25%20contained%204%20of%20the%20clickbait%20factors%20mentioned%20in%20this%20article.&#038;via=venngage&#038;related=venngage' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of the articles assessed contained 5 or more of the factors. Of all the titles, the majority with more than 200,000 shares contained exactly 3 of the 7 factors. Shock value was the highest performing factor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now what?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you ever find that after you study a subject in school for very long time you can\u2019t help but analyze everything about it for the rest of your life? I\u2019ll give you an example&#8211;I did my undergraduate degree in theatre and now every time I go to see a show I can\u2019t help but speculate on the production choices, the blocking choices, the design choices and the transitions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason this happens is because once someone brings a fact to your attention, it\u2019s almost impossible to unsee or unhear it. Like if someone points out to you that your girlfriend has a lazy eye, you may have never noticed it before, but once it\u2019s pointed out to you, that\u2019s all you see. What I\u2019m getting at is by reading this recipe about the factors that make for a perfect clickbait title, you will become better at spotting them on a more frequent basis. As a result, when it comes down to forming attractive headlines for your own content, you will face zero struggles.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a conclusion, I leave you with a challenge. Everytime you come across a new article, whether it\u2019s one on your own blog or one that someone shares with you, analyze it and track whether it contains any of the factors listed above. As you continue to produce new content, aim to reach that target of hitting three of the seven factors. Hopefully you\u2019ll notice a massive jump in social shares and become a millionaire overnight (well, the first part, at least)!<\/span><strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If not, keep hustling. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">**Clickbaitiness: Defines to what degree an article is considered clickbait on a scale of 1 to 10. This does not include articles which are not deemed clickbait at all. Lastly, this is a word I made up, but feel free to reference it.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I\u2019ve been thinking&#8211;the time I spend online is perhaps only 50% productive. The remaining hours I\u2019m either on Facebook, watching videos of cute animals on YouTube or doing a Buzzfeed quiz to try and figure out what food best matches my personality. It\u2019s sushi, by the way. 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