Thumbnails play the YouTube equivalent of a movie poster, aiming to draw your attention to click and watch when you have hundreds of videos clogging your recommended ...

Artifact, the news-focused app from Instagram’s co-founders, will be able to swap out headlines for ones generated by artificial intelligence. Artifact, the news-focused app from Instagram’s ...

We’ve all seen it, and probably most of us have fallen for it – those headlines that scream that “You’ll never guess what (insert celebrity name) did” or “This will blow your mind”. In the online ...

There are a couple of different types of people who read the Internet. The majority of them are quiet, go about their business and just ignore irritating stuff (garbage in, garbage out). These are the ...

Have you ever found yourself clicking on irresistible headlines? Maybe even during work hours? The problem with clickbait According to a survey conducted a few years ago, surfing the Internet for ...

YouTube announced that it will start a major crackdown against video titles and thumbnails that are clickbait in nature. The stricter rules will be enforced in India over the coming months. YouTube is ...

Clickbait videos have always been annoying, but there are times when they can be downright harmful. YouTube has vowed to strengthen its enforcement efforts when it comes to dealing with "egregious ...

As the Internet becomes more and more crowded with compelling content, it becomes harder and harder for one’s content to stand out. This is not a new theory, nor is it something that is particularly ...

Your Facebook News Feed is getting a reality check. Facebook is once again improving its filter mechanisms to try to prevent you from being served up "clickbait" stories, which leave out or exaggerate ...