We know a lot about how to construct clickbait URLs now, so much so that various headlines can be deterministically analyzed to determine their click-bait potential with a tool like Sharethrough's Headline Analyser.
Crikey, I had no idea - I feel quite naive about this now! Thanks for sharing that analyser. Interestingly, plugging in the DevOps book headlines grants a relatively high Engagement score, but a low Impression score - while "You don't need to do any of that, it's ok!" scores relatively low Engagement, but a high Impression score. Interesting! I'll keep this in mind going forward.
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I love this sentiment - it's truly excellent. I also like how, in your engaging titles, you've managed to completely avoid compelling the reader:
"100 pieces of advice I wish I had been given when starting my career as a software developer 20 years ago" - 75
"How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects" - 72
Those could just have easily been written:
"100 pieces of advice you must know from 20 years as a software developer" or "You must read this if you've ever worked with difficult people on a software project!"
So yeah, thanks for not writing them like that! And for showing how you can write titles that can be engaging, without poking holes in my mental bucket.
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This is an amazing comment, thank you!
Crikey, I had no idea - I feel quite naive about this now! Thanks for sharing that analyser. Interestingly, plugging in the DevOps book headlines grants a relatively high Engagement score, but a low Impression score - while "You don't need to do any of that, it's ok!" scores relatively low Engagement, but a high Impression score. Interesting! I'll keep this in mind going forward.
I love this sentiment - it's truly excellent. I also like how, in your engaging titles, you've managed to completely avoid compelling the reader:
Those could just have easily been written:
"100 pieces of advice you must know from 20 years as a software developer" or "You must read this if you've ever worked with difficult people on a software project!"
So yeah, thanks for not writing them like that! And for showing how you can write titles that can be engaging, without poking holes in my mental bucket.