# A clickbait picture on this page **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933 "2016-10-08T14:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/1 "2016-10-08T14:29:49Z")
An ad at the bottom of some pages shows a b&w photo of a woman with one raised arm. and a red circle around her armpit. What is it about this picture that is supposed to “leave me speechless”? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/2 "2016-10-10T05:26:07Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > An ad at the bottom of some pages shows a b&w photo of a woman with one raised arm. and a red circle around her armpit. What is it about this picture that is supposed to “leave me speechless”? You have to click on the ad in order to answer the question - that’s why it’s clickbait. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/3 "2016-10-10T10:04:46Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > You have to click on the ad in order to answer the question - that’s why it’s clickbait. Yup. And don’t be surprised if after clicking through 98 pages of “historical pictures” the picture in the ad doesn’t show up. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/4 "2016-10-10T12:52:43Z")
From earlier editions of said clickbait, I gather you are supposed to be speechless with horror that in the past, some women did not shave their armpits. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/5 "2016-10-10T14:14:23Z")
I don’t know what’s going on with that clickbait ad, but when I fall for these things, I’ll open the link to them in an incognito window of Google Chrome, or better yet, open the page containing the clickbait ad in the incognito window. At least that way, I hope to avoid targeting. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/6 "2016-10-10T14:59:08Z")
You’re probably just kidding around, but the actual answer is that they just steal images and test to see which ones get more clicks. There is no rhyme or reason to them. They might use certain search terms to find them, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/7 "2016-10-10T15:05:46Z")
They test on the text of the clickbait ads, as well. Does “You won’t believe what Marcia Brady looks like today!” do better than “You won’t believe what Loni Anderson looks like today!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/8 "2016-10-10T16:28:40Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Yup. And don’t be surprised if after clicking through 98 pages of “historical pictures” the picture in the ad doesn’t show up. I fell for that once. Once. Where I come across these ‘stories’, they are labeled as ‘Sponsored’. If it has that label, it doesn’t get clicked – no matter how attractive the bait is. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/9 "2016-10-10T17:36:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I don’t know what’s going on with that clickbait ad, but when I fall for these things, I’ll open the link to them in an incognito window of Google Chrome, or better yet, open the page containing the clickbait ad in the incognito window. At least that way, I hope to avoid targeting. [uBlock Origin](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en) You don’t need to see any ads at all. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > They test on the text of the clickbait ads, as well. Does “You won’t believe what Marcia Brady looks like today!” do better than “You won’t believe what Loni Anderson looks like today!” Or “You won’t believe what Farrah Fawcett looks like today!”. Yeah, don’t want to know. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/10 "2016-10-10T18:43:17Z")
Clickbait title: “You’ll be surprised at this list of New York’s best colleges!” Clickbait image: Cheerleaders with “Nebraska” clearly emblazoned on their uniforms. “Never trust a clickbait image on the internet” - Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/11 "2016-10-10T22:34:48Z")
“25 Cats That Totally Get Every Girls Beauty Struggles” I spent far too much time trying to parse what this means. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clickbait-picture-on-this-page/767933/12 "2016-10-10T22:49:40Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Clickbait title: “You’ll be surprised at this list of New York’s best colleges!” > Clickbait image: Cheerleaders with “Nebraska” clearly emblazoned on their uniforms. My favorite clickbait title didn’t completely fit in the field, and was presumably meant to end with “…away!” or perhaps “…r mind!” but actually read: **Paul McCartney’s net worth will blow you** Who says money can’t buy me love?