Does having click bait titles improve CTR?

Does having click bait titles improve CTR?

For a good number of years now the entire Internet is bombarded with click bait titles!
When I say "click bait" I'm referring to stuff like this: "Here is how you are going to make one million dollars in less than an hour!"



Is this still a thing? Do people still click trash like this? Because I certainly don't, sure I may had clicked and visited pages like this out of curiosity only to find myself very disappointed at how low quality the content really was. I can now "smell" click bait stuff a mile away, even if published started to get a little smarter by not being so "obvious" anymore.

How do you create titles that people will want to click without being click bait?

• Create a real emotional response
  
• Use numbers, stuff like: 7 best; top 5; best 8, etc.
  
• Be realistic with your title, never go over the top by tricking the user into unrealistic expectations
  
• Update your title, optimize it a little every so often by taking a close look at the actual click throw rate.