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AT LAST! Secrets to Winning Headlines Revealed. While Supplies Last!
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Nov 27, 2005, 10:00 PM
 
AT LAST!

Secrets to Winning Headlines Revealed. While Supplies Last!

How many times have your best juicy, important or really funny threads suffered from a poorly composed or written headline?

Remember, once it's submitted you can't change the title/headline/subject!

(Of course you will recognize that using the words: At Last, Winning, Secrets Revealed and While Supplies Last are supposed to grab readers' attention.)

What do you do to make sure people read your headlines?

Anything?

Does it matter? Do you care?

Share your tips here.
     
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Nov 27, 2005, 10:40 PM
 
Originally Posted by marden
What do you do to make sure people read your headlines?
"gorickey comes out of retirement to post in the 'NN Lounge"

That outta work and get people's attention.
     
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Nov 27, 2005, 10:51 PM
 
"Apple to use Intel processors. Confirmed."
     
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Nov 27, 2005, 11:04 PM
 
either of these are always popular:

"I'm Drunk!"

or

"I Farted!"
     
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Nov 28, 2005, 01:04 AM
 
None of those, albeit guaranteed, attention grabbers will work unless you are, "gorickey," coming out of retirement or if Apple once again confirms they'll use Intel (it has already been confirmed, right?) processors or unless your thread is about your being drunk or flatulent.
     
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Nov 28, 2005, 01:32 AM
 
Throw in Superchicken and the word gay in any combo and you'll get tons of hits
     
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Nov 28, 2005, 01:45 AM
 
Originally Posted by Salty
Throw in Superchicken and the word gay in any combo and you'll get tons of hits
Superchicken/Salty Comes Out of the Closet: Gayness Confirmed
     
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Nov 28, 2005, 06:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by E's Lil Theorem
Superchicken/Salty Comes Out of the Closet: Gayness Confirmed
omg, you even got CONFIRMED!!!! in there
What the nerd community most often fail to realize is that all features aren't equal. A well implemented and well integrated feature in a convenient interface is worth way more than the same feature implemented crappy, or accessed through a annoying interface.
     
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Nov 28, 2005, 07:01 PM
 
In Soviet Russia, Netcraft Confirms You!

(oops, wrong tech forum.)

pb 1440x960 | 1.67, 1.5, 128, 80 | leopard
     
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Nov 29, 2005, 08:32 AM
 
Originally Posted by Salty
Throw in Superchicken and the word gay in any combo and you'll get tons of hits
i wonder why

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