Comments on: How to write blog headlines that make people click

By: Katie Freiling

Katie Freiling — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:06:37 +0000

Hey Marko, thanks so much for sharing this great info! Love your blog

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:50:23 +0000

@Kai Lo – Definitely. Even though you are trying to write headlines to attract your readers you cannot forget SEO. Your keywords must be in your title to get the benefits of search engine rankings.

By: Kai Lo

Kai Lo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:54:25 +0000

I tried article post like “Google pagerank 0″ and it grabbed a lot of attention. I use https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal to help me think up title phrases. I pick out phrases that are least competitive since my pagerank is 0. That way I have a lot of chances to be #1 for specific phrases on Google. You want something that is catchy to audience and catchy enough for search engines to rank you high.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:09:39 +0000

@Corey Freeman – Thanks. I kind of had a similar experience some years back but now I just think of the reader before I write it, and everything makes more sense.

@Mokokoma Mokhonoana – Definitely a lot have been misused. Just look at social media sites like Digg and there are lots of headlines that sound great but the content is not even close. About RT’s, no matter why they are sent, it still brings your blog out to new people, and with a good headline they will click on it, maybe subscribe or become a client.

By: Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:56:42 +0000

I feel like words like: ‘must have’, ‘must see’, ‘awesome’, ‘great’, ‘excellent’ and many others have been misused. Yes, it gets me to click but only to be disappointed when I find a post with something mediocre referred to as excellent.

Also, I think most tweets are re-tweeted not because they’re of a valuable content, but rather as a way of just re-tweeting so those you RT will do the same when you tweet!

By: Corey Freeman

Corey Freeman — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:15:37 +0000

Back when I started blogging, I used to enjoy coming up with clever titles for my posts. As time has gone on, I realize that keywords and precise phrases really are the way to go. You have only seconds to grab someone’s attention, and readers are looking for a solution or an answer to a question. Writing proper headlines will increase your readership fantastically.

Awesome tips. Thanks for sharing!