Ten Social Media Headlines You Won't Read Today

This is a public service announcement for Conversation Agent readers navigating the inevitable gag stories on April Fool's Day.

The ten social media headlines you won't read today are:

1. Google Acquires U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Surprise All-Stock Deal

2. Robert Scoble Settles on a Single Social Media Service

3. Twitter, Chatroulette Merge to Form World's Most Annoying Social Media Service

4. Internet Impresario Darren Rowse: "Blogging Was Just a Fad, After All"

5. Farmville Named Newest Member of U.N. Security Council

6. SxSW Announces Relocation to Baltimore for 2011 Event; Rebrands as NxNE

7. Steve Rubel Launches Revolutionary Voice-Based Networking Service to Be Know as "The Telephone"

8. Mashable Runs Out of Space for Additional Social Media Buttons on Homepage

9. Loren Feldman's 1938 Media Eyes 21st Century Branding

10. Rupert Murdoch Blocks Entire Internet in Monetization Bid

The secret of writing great headlines is to optimize for people, then figure out where search engines and social media fit in and how they rank.

[image of chat plates Ikuko Nakazawa, 2007]

Comments

[Alex]

Very funny & a great thought on April fool!

[Dean Holmes]

Your killin me. Good morning laughs-just reading the headline and who is't about is enough here, but interest makes me click.

[Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR]

Really, are you sure about those headlines? They look plausible? But, seriously, thank you for making me smile!;0)

[Valeria Maltoni]

Thank you all for being game with this light post.

@Ann Marie - they do look plausible, don't they? Except for Scoble picking one network.