Effective thread titling

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Ideally, you want to '''attract''' as many qualified people as possible to your post. The right title will encourage forum readers to click through and read your post. Also, a well-titled post will come up in Google and other search engines for relevant searches. You may find someone responding to your post by saying: "I found this discussion in Google...".
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Ideally, you want to attract as many qualified people as possible to your post. The right title will encourage forum readers to click through and read your post. Also, a well-titled post will come up in Google and other search engines for relevant searches. You may find someone responding to your post by saying: "I found this discussion in Google...".
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Let's say you were an expert on Buick Nailhead engines, and you were browsing a forum, looking at the titles of threads. Do you think you would read a thread titled: "Engine question", or this one, titled: [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/best-manual-transmission-put-behind-1960-buick-401-nailhead-169000.html Best manual transmission to put behind a 1960 Buick 401 Nailhead]?
  
 
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