link bait
noun
Meaning
- Articles, infographics, videos, and other content on websites created as part of a strategy to attract links and go viral.
- Provocative headlines designed specifically to persuade people to click or share by using loaded terminology (e.g. incredible, secret, shocking, unbelievable), posing provocative questions, or tying themselves in to hot topics.
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