The Search Party Continues
August 6, 2012 § 6 Comments
Remember a couple weeks ago when we were talking about crazy keywords people type into search engines? You know, the windex enema guy?
Several friends got in touch afterward and mentioned that their own sites had also been visited by some bizarre searches. For example: “slightly inappropriate campfire.” (What kind of situation leads a person to search for that? Too many very inappropriate campfires, but not enough willingness to scale back to just-plain-appropriate campfire behavior? Like, “I want to do something crazy with these marshmallows on a stick, but not too crazy.”)
Anyway. Just for kicks, I decided to collect some of the best ones and put them up on a little tumblr so we could laugh together. If you happen to be the administrator of a website or blog and would like in on the fun, check out the instructions and submit your searches. A few will be featured every week until this gets boring.
It’s called Search Party – check it out if you like.
You get some surprisingly saucy search engine results considering the actual writing on your blog! Glad to see you’re making use of some of these searches in a funny, interactive way. Smart idea, great execution!
Thank you so much!
It’s definitely the contrast between the content of the search terms and the content of the sites where they end up that makes these so silly. (I loved the tech site that got a search for mice wearing monkey costumes.)
If you’re able to see your search data for Bluebird, send a couple in — I bet you get some funny ones!
Hi Mary, I love your writing and your blog. I have tagged you with a Liebster Award. Go here for all the details: http://katymccaffrey.blogspot.com/2012/08/little-leibling-my-acceptance-speech.html
This is a lovely welcome-to-blogging, if a little time consuming. Congrats!!! I think…
Oh, wow. How kind. Thank you!
Look at what I got the other day: “is it ok to torture a baby because they are going to forget anyway?” And now I’m going to have nightmares.
Yikes. That’s when you wish there were some kind of function to backtrack and figure out who those crazy mofos are and alert the authorities. Usually, they’re funny. But sometimes, they’re scary.