Ewan's Corner

Inspired by Kyknoord’s “You were looking for” post, I present a list of popular or just interesting search phrases / keywords people use before stumbling on this blog. Almost 80% from Google (more than half of those Google Images), 15% via Yahoo and the rest spread across miscellaneous engines (sorry Microsoft, only 1% via MSN).

My blog may have been around longer, but it’s far geekier and not nearly as interesting as the other side of the mountain – Kyknoord’s list is far more entertaining, as is he :)

• derivco (my provider of gainful employment, popular because the word is so unique)
• lesbian thumbs (*I* know why this hit my blog, but what were *they* looking for?)
• broken fingers (this is one of the most popular phases since the post, no idea why – the image is cool though)
• wikipedia astrology (I’m insulted, I would have hoped this would be astronomy instead)
• rabbits (lots of hits, comments and emails generated from this simple search keyword – rabbits are apparently more popular than I thought).
• unfortunate domain names (it’s funny, and linked from a few jokes sites)
• durban storm pictures (most recent term, huge spike in hits since the recent events – this kind of search has made a few local Durban bloggers famous)
• fallacy wikipedia (um…)
• proof that online poker is rigged (“online poker” makes this popular, and there are plenty of nutters who think any kind of online gambling is rigged, despite evidence to the contrary)
• aliens on pluto (I hope there are, maybe this was a vanity search :)
• gmail smiles (makes me smile, for sure)
• seti candidate signal (from Pluto perhaps… meantime I’ll carry on with seti@home)
• automatic cs paper generator (rats, i’ve been caught out! Lazy students?)
• interviewing at microsoft (never done that, never will unless all else fails :-)
• what spacecraft was the first human-made object to travel to an outer planet and take photos (via ask.com obviously)
• thank god for kids (except when you want to kill them)
• radioactive snails (someone worrying about snails that glow in the dark?)
• type of rocks (try be more specific… or do you come from Pretoria?)
• uranus is next (yikes, i’m afraid)
• goo theory
• www.nurse immunisation photo.com (how this lead here I have no idea)
• cement shoes (script writers looking for ideas for the Sopranos finale?)
• nothing to do with snowmobiles (global warming? dead skiers?)
• pronutro (proudly south african. How can there be no Wikipedia Pronutro entry? The best Wikipedia can do is List of breakfast cereals)
• i am lost (you truly are if you ended up here!)
• pooh biscuits (too scared to try this phrase myself)
• i gave my mom flowers blog (how sweet)
• killer washing machines (the stuff of nightmares. and crappy movies.)
• the empire of ice cream (a brilliant short story)
• choosing a new pope (I know Catholics are nuts, but turning to the web for advice?)

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