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New Digital Face Manipulation Means You Can't Trust Video Anymore. 15 Images That Show Why Letter-Spacing Is Important. 6 Examples of Clickbait and How to Learn from Them - Growtraffic Blog. Here’s a question for you: what’s the difference between clickbait and a good call to action?

6 Examples of Clickbait and How to Learn from Them - Growtraffic Blog

After all, the entire point of a clickbait headline is to get you to click the title; the entire point of a CTA is to get you to click the button to convert. The only difference is that a CTA needs to be better researched and backed up with more evidence, because a conversion is worth more – and is consequently harder to get – than a title click. 1. You’ll Never Guess Why. Fox News didn't understand Brexit and thought the UK had left the UN. 15 famous logos that have hidden meanings. The key to a good logo is making it "distinctive, memorable, and recognizable", according to designer Lo Min Ming, who's worked for the likes of Google, DropBox and Microsoft.

15 famous logos that have hidden meanings

But some of the most famous logos in the world, and others a little less well known, have hidden meanings which make them that little bit extra special. 1. FedEx. Half of pupils can’t separate ads from editorial content online, study finds. Half of 12- and 13-year-olds in a new study failed to recognise hidden advertising when browsing online, researchers have said.

Half of pupils can’t separate ads from editorial content online, study finds

Scientists from the Academy of Finland, a government-funded research body, studied the “internet literacy” of a group of sixth-grade pupils, and found wide differences in how well the schoolchildren were able to judge the trustworthiness of online information. Almost half of pupils took an uncritical stance towards information which showed a clear commercial interest, and only one in five was able to recognise when content was advertorial. Writing emails also proved problematic for a number of the pupils. “Many of the students’ emails resembled instant messages,” postdoctoral researcher Carita Kiili, from Jyväskylä University, said.

The Big Bang Theory Sheldon learns Finnish. 42 Honest Brand Slogans That Tell The Truth Better Than The Original. Big companies usually spend millions on branding, carefully crafting their logos and slogans in the hope of building a positive image that will draw in more customers.

42 Honest Brand Slogans That Tell The Truth Better Than The Original

But since 2011, an artist by the name of Clif Dickens has been poking fun at global brands on his website Honest Slogans. As its name suggests, the site showcases well-known logos that have their original slogans replaced by one that sounds a little bit more true. Check out how brands like McDonald’s, Apple and IKEA have their slogans told in a more honest and hilarious way. Origins of Common UI Symbols. Hat do Swedish campgrounds and overuse of the Apple logo have in common?

Origins of Common UI Symbols

A lot, according to Andy Hertzfeld of the original Mac development team. 5 Unhealthy Habits That Are Just as Bad as Smoking. 25 Practical Uses for Coca-cola, Proof It Should Not Be In Human Body. Calvin and Hobbes Fan Art: Tattoos. In the early 1980s, Bill Watterson held a job in an advertising company, a position that he didn’t enjoy.

Calvin and Hobbes Fan Art: Tattoos

Watterson began to explore a talent that he had – cartooning, in the hopes that he could create a new career for himself. His early creations were unsuccessful, with the variety of strips he’d inked being rejected repeatedly by the various syndicates that he sent them to. However, one strip contained two characters that aroused the interest of the United Press Syndicate. These characters were a young boy, the younger brother of the strip’s main character, and the boy’s stuffed tiger.