Comments on: Why Your Post Titles Are More Important Than Ever http://jungleg.com/2009/03/18/why-your-post-titles-are-more-important-than-ever/ Empowering businesses to leverage the new web economy Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tumblemoose http://jungleg.com/2009/03/18/why-your-post-titles-are-more-important-than-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Tumblemoose Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:55:54 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=535#comment-686 This is timely and true. There is an art to titling, some folks get it and some just don't. I did a post on titling on my blog and it's been one of my most popular, so I know folks want the info. Cheers! George This is timely and true.

There is an art to titling, some folks get it and some just don’t.

I did a post on titling on my blog and it’s been one of my most popular, so I know folks want the info.

Cheers!

George

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]]> By: Louis Gray http://jungleg.com/2009/03/18/why-your-post-titles-are-more-important-than-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Louis Gray Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:00:25 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=535#comment-682 Your comments are spot on. In March of last year, I discussed this, and not just for RSS, but for Twitter, Digg, or any social media outlet. In Blogging and RSS, Headlines Can be Make or Break http://louisgray.com/live/2008/03/in-blogging-and-rss-headlines-can-be.html The issue also came up in a interview I did with the Times Online (UK) at SXSW. http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2009/03/louis-gray-on-h.html "This just goes to show, by the by, how important it is for bloggers and for web writers in general to make headlines work properly. On Google Reader and most aggregation or social recommendation sites like Digg the only bit you get to see is the headline. So if that doesn't grab you then the rest of the article might be gold dust but no one will read it. The sad thing is that this means that puns are now verboten in most online headlines. On the printed page, they make sense. Online they simply obscure." Glad you agree! Your comments are spot on. In March of last year, I discussed this, and not just for RSS, but for Twitter, Digg, or any social media outlet.

In Blogging and RSS, Headlines Can be Make or Break
http://louisgray.com/live/2008/03/in-blogging-and-rss-headlines-can-be.html

The issue also came up in a interview I did with the Times Online (UK) at SXSW.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2009/03/louis-gray-on-h.html

“This just goes to show, by the by, how important it is for bloggers and for web writers in general to make headlines work properly. On Google Reader and most aggregation or social recommendation sites like Digg the only bit you get to see is the headline. So if that doesn’t grab you then the rest of the article might be gold dust but no one will read it. The sad thing is that this means that puns are now verboten in most online headlines. On the printed page, they make sense. Online they simply obscure.”

Glad you agree!

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