After I published the “Six Newbie Tips to Succeed on Triond” which was based on my observation in the Triond community I still can’t help observing Triond further. As I clicked on “Explore” to find the names of those who left comments on my writings, I would always be able to drop by in the "Hot Content" section. This made me look and observe what makes a content “hot”. Here are my observations:
Pictures and Superlatives or Extreme Adjectives
No, pictures alone won’t make your work “hot”. It should be pictures with a title that include adjectives such as “Amazing,” “Stunning,” and “Bizarre”. Superlatives like “the most” or “the top” also makes it hot. A combination of both makes it “hotter.”Title
Titles are so deceiving. Even if the content is not as interesting or as "hot" as the title suggests it makes everyone want to read your work.Numbers
List-style as Nelson Doyle calls it give titles (and contents) more focus. It should be more than five. “Five Ways” or “Ten Uses” suggest more content and more worth the reading than four below. Ten is probably the most used.Nature
Anything about nature will interest the majority as long as hints one through three above are applied.Computers and the Internet
Computer gadgets and interesting or helpful websites are also "hot". Again, superlatives or extreme adjectives apply as well as the number.Focus on the Majority
The content and title should interest the majority. A native recipe in a particular country that uses native ingredients will only interest the countrymen. The “Ten Most Beautiful Women around the World” will be more interesting to the majority than “The Most Beautiful or the Sexiest Women in a Particular Country.”
Lastly but more importantly, contents should always be original, unique and fresh just as Triond wants it to be.
