{"id":658,"date":"2008-08-28T11:14:20","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T10:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/?p=658"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:45:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:45:26","slug":"lloyds-bank-is-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/lloyds-bank-is-pants\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyds Bank is Pants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great piece of linkbait from the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/shropshire\/7585098.stm\">BBC<\/a>. Why?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great because it got me to link, it got me to link because it both amused and made me angry. At first I thought such silly thinking by a bank should be publicised and I should post about it. But then I realised I had been motivated to link to the story. It&#8217;s distracting to call it baiting as in linkbaiting, but the story made my link finger itch.<\/p>\n<p>I realise I could chose a better headline than this, but I wonder how many people search for &#8220;Lloyds bank is pants&#8221;? I guess I will find out.<\/p>\n<p>The point is, invoking an emotional response is a powerful way to get a link. The story is helped by being on the BBC rather than a rag like the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Actually I can&#8217;t really call it linkbait, it&#8217;s merely a great story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great piece of linkbait from the BBC. Why? It&#8217;s great because it got me to link, it got me to link because it both amused and made me angry. At first I thought such silly thinking by a bank should be publicised and I should post about it. 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