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Disappointed this headline wasn't crafted to perfectly adhere to their own definition of an ideal headline (11 words and 65 characters):

  >>> headline = "100M Posts Analyzed: What You Need to Write the Best Headlines"
  >>> len(headline.split())
  11
  >>> len(headline)
  62
So close!


Well, they don’t really define a word. Is “100m” a word because the characters are contiguous? Or is it two words because we say “100 m” or “100 million” in our minds? Or is it zero words because it’s literally a number followed by a letter, which isn’t a word?




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