Zachary M. Seward http://www.niemanlab.org writes that The Huffington Post applies A/B testing to some of its headlines. Readers are randomly shown one of two headlines for the same story. After five minutes, which is enough time for such a high-traffic site, the version with the most clicks becomes the wood that everyone sees.
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How The Huffington Post uses Real-time Testing to Write Better Headlines
October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Google, How To
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