Why Titles Matter a Lot if You’re a Blogger

How is this new, or news? Headlines and titles have <i>always</i> mattered in the media. Even in the world of blogs, haven&#x27;t we seen folks like Buzzfeed and Upworthy demonstrate the value (sometimes dubious, though) of catchy headlines?<p>On a lighter note, here&#x27;s a Twitter parody account of Techmeme Headline writing: <a href="https://twitter.com/nottechmeme" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;nottechmeme</a>

Simply useful article, embodying its own advice: Sort of intelligent SEO advice for ordinary types. It&#x27;s an updated analogue of the kinds of reasonings my (hard-nosed news-editor) journalism professor used in his teaching us hard news.

TL;DR:<p>Because it affects clickthrough rates. There ya go. On with your day.