Comments on: The Most Powerful Way to Get Clickouts http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/2011/03/the-most-powerful-way-to-get-clickouts/ Adventures in Blogging and Article Writing (since 1993) Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Tony Payne http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/2011/03/the-most-powerful-way-to-get-clickouts/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:51:07 +0000 http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/?p=1077#comment-402 Very interesting and I agree, you need something catchy or quirky to make people want to click. I am experimenting with something to see if it makes a difference.

Right now I have a lens that is getting over 1,000 visits a week, and it’s struggling to stay in the top tier! If I can increase the clickouts that ought to make a huge difference.

]]> By: Greekgeek http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/2011/03/the-most-powerful-way-to-get-clickouts/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:07:13 +0000 http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/?p=1077#comment-163 I was being silly. The main thing is that people tend to click on graphics, especially attractive-looking graphics. There is still a child in us that wants to poke the shiny button.

My other point was that YouTube links are unusual: they are random gibberish and numbers that give no hint as to contents, yet people trust them enough to click on them. Whereas if someone has a link that’s supposed to be, say, an educational webpage, and it’s a string of gibberish and numbers, you might be suspicious: what is that link hiding? What’s the destination? The URL gives away nothing at all!

But we’re used to that with YouTube, and we’re used to Youtube videos being fun, so we’re more likely to click on a YouTube link with no idea what it’s about.

At least, that’s my theory.

]]> By: Bev http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/2011/03/the-most-powerful-way-to-get-clickouts/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:05:16 +0000 http://greekgeek.mythphile.com/?p=1077#comment-161 Ha! I have that video on one of my Welsh lenses. It’s a hoot… was a TV ad in the UK. Wish it garnered me lots of clickouts! So are you suggesting some random, irresistible link – even if not related to lens contents?

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