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No matter what you think of Buzzfeed, you have to admit that they know viral content. They are masters of the irresistible headline: that link that you just have to click.
Viral content is a hard thing to predict. However, Buzzfeed’s ongoing success points to the fact that they know what works. Of course, they aren’t going to turn around and reveal all their secrets to the public!
Still, with all the data and tools available to us today, we can at least uncover some of their tricks. Last year, Buzzsumo released a study where they crunched the numbers on 100 million headlines. Using data from Facebook and Twitter, they analyzed the most-shared words and phrases in these headlines.
While this data doesn’t exactly give you a foolproof formula for going viral, it does give you some tools to increase your chances of getting people’s attention. So, without further ado, here are seven Buzzfeed headlines and the lessons you can learn from them…

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