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Dr Karen McAulay explores the history of Scottish music collecting, publishing and national identity from the 18th to 20th centuries. Research Fellow at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, author of two Routledge monographs.

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Words

Terminology to Attract Attention

Posted on February 7, 2026February 7, 2026 by Dr Karen E McAulay

Remember last May, I blogged about which of my articles had attracted the most ‘hits’?

The Value of Using a Sensible,  Meaningful Title

I learnt the hard way that words with more than one meaning can attract unwarranted attention.  ‘Se*y’ has a different meaning in marketing, to the more usual connotations. There must have been a lot of disappointed visitors when they realised that I was ‘reveal’-ing nothing more than the importance of a good bibliography!

Well, I blogged about a research project last week. There was another red-flag word, and guess what happened to this blog’s stats?

See the stats have dropped again? I went in and edited out the red-flag!

Maybe tomorrow I’ll try another experiment, but not today. I want to let the stats settle  …

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