6,393,404
Like most people I am delighted when tricked into somthing like this.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
5,772,575
Fred,
Not my cup of tea...in the early days of social media, some people preached that it would get them more traffic on their site. When I see that, I move on. A
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,104,931
I HATE, HATE, HATE it!
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
536,943
I get these all the time through email. A virus is lurking I am sure. I learned a valuable lesson when my daughter had to restore my computer and a realtor in our office was intercepted and the fraudulent guy was trying to get the title company to deposit money into his account. Not a pretty picture.
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,049,183
I find it kinda annoying, whether in comments, the Q and A or posts. And with security being what it is I work about the link ad where it really goes. If it's someone I know and trust then that's not an issu
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
564,494
Like most travelers along the road of life, we don't like 'detours' - we want the fastest route from point a to point b...
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,436,099
I don't click those. They're usually new bloggers and I let them know more people will read their material if they include it right in the post.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
679,404
Don't like it ... not one little bit. I don't have time for that. And I do not like frustrating situations like that.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
577,750
I don't like them, its very frustrating.. I don't click on the links... I move on to another blog...
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,197,152
I am not sure how effective they are. I don't click. I don't watch videos.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,712,676
I stay away. I lokk for real content from trusted sources.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,272,548
Hate those!
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,543,727
I think they call that advertising. I typically laugh if someone fools me with a great title...unless it invites a virus in.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,452,819
I refuse to click a link in a blog post but most especially here in the Q & A section to attempt to trick people into reading their blog post - that is quite annoying!
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
1,844,291
Well in a way, G+ posts are just like that & they aren't click bait in the tradional sense. I just go away when I see people do this just like the people who link their own post to 'discuss it'.
It's desperate & says 'please read me'. I'd rather not.
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,416,038
HATE IT and often i will keep moving on. SO they lost a reader, lost a chance for a comment and many consumers will do the same losing potential business
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
911,338
I usually skip over those.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
3,260
Good (click) bait catches.
In general, I'm not particularly in favor of any kind of click-bait, but the reality is that if what's on the other end is worth the click, it changes my feelings about the bait.
Used well (ie. with cleverness and useful content), click-bait can be a very effective tool. On AR or anywhere else.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
815,253
Its a good action for a back link
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
687,136
It takes talent to do it right. I get "baited" here and there and love what I find. But there are some who don't know how to do it. Saw one today, wish I could remember whose it was, but it was done BADLY. I clicked on the blog headline, but those 3 lines that were supposed to entice me to the personal website didn't do it for me. NOT AT ALL. So from now on that AR member, if I stumble on her again, IS DEAD TO ME.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
142,796
I stay away from those links.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
259,005
Absolutely hate it. I believe this is covered in the guidelines.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,319,419
Fred Griffin - I end up leaving a comment that I do not have time to go there!
Hope they get the message. (Though many times, I just do not open many such posts.)
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,868,544
I usually stop clicking if it takes more than one.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,986,258
599,274
I just emailed a blogger directly and told them I would not read any of their posts because I was tired of opening it and seeing two sentences and a link to their web site article. It's a shame because he has good articles.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,224,473
I don't like that. I won't even leave a comment.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,502,998
I've started to become desensititzed to it. I see these articles on EVERY FREAKING BLOG AND NEWS SITE. "New laws for drivers that will shock you!" "You'll never guess what she did!" "New discovery that's putting doctors out of business" "Dating secret that gets this looser hundreds of women"
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,988,007
I do not click and hardly notice the ads. I have too many other things to do.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,525,616
I ususally move on when I open one of these.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,936,677
4,434,127
1,076,551
Annoying practice, I tend to no longer open blogs by the folks who do it regularly
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
900,128
Don't like it; that is not why we are here.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
763,883
3,345,091
I am not a fan ... yet some people I know and like practice that ... and I will click the post and participate.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,157,785
I have the same feeling whether click bait appears on AR or anywhere else.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,583,278
I've not experience that.....YET....
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,800,082
4,572,183
1,725,996
It is slimy and underhanded marketing at its worst.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,466,207
Fred Griffin I usually pass move on.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
989,652
I don't mind click bait within a post - but I do abhor click bait only posts
The least they can do is put some text in the blog even if it is a summary which I prefer and often utilize myself
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,178,603
I figure the blogger has a right to do whatever they want on their blog. Unless there is some compelling copy to make me want to garner further information, I do not click the link. I don't like that bloggers use Q&A to get us to link to their blog posts.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,781,173
Karma pays attention especially when you run people around
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,216,398
Not a fan. Like Ron and Alexandra, next!
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
440,656
1,617,916
3,071,489
Jeff Pearl nailed this one!
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
7,836,134
I do not care what titles are used by others.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,684,009
Praful Thakkar
I like your idea, of letting them know that you don't have time to follow the link!