Facebook Moves Against Click-Bait Headlines

Click-Bait Headlines

We’ve all seen click-bait headlines on Facebook. “This Woman Ate her Dog and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next.”
facebook deals with click-bait headlines

Stories like this get a lot of clicks, which get the viewed by more people. Consequently, the click numbers look great to the advertisers of the click-baiter. It’s black hat methodology and, frankly, people actually find it annoying.

Now, Facebook is doing something about it. They’ve announced a news feed algorithm designed to weed out click-bait headlines.

Read more about it on Ignite Social Media.

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