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Strange Google keywords that landed at my blog

  • [searching for something dirty]
  • message link generator

Unrelated Yahoo search results that ended up here

  • 404 justin
  • 404 music / justin
  • acta "only one ipod"
  • base structure
  • best punchlines humor
  • blog [searching for something dirty]
  • cach a poo
  • cach the poo
  • clickable link generator
  • [searching for something dirty]
  • [searching for something dirty]
  • googol justin
  • how do you make fans
  • how much is the music industry worth
  • my space cool
  • [searching for something dirty]
  • [searching for something dirty]

A whole grip of Microsoft Live/MSN search terms which, in some crazy stretch of the imagination, might possibly relate to my blog

  • "types of stupidity"
  • +brain fard
  • +dot your happy friend dot info
  • +dot your space friend dot info
  • +what is acquaintances
  • add,message,comment links
  • again or contact info justin
  • alphebetize iphone menu
  • cach a poo
  • cach a poo 2
  • cach the poo
  • catch a poo
  • catchthe poo
  • chuck hileman blogger
  • clickable link generator
  • [searching for something dirty]
  • [searching for something dirty]
  • define musing
  • difference between a single dot ("./myimage.jpg") and a double dot ("../myimage.jpg")
  • dot your freind dot info
  • dot your happy friend dot info
  • dot your space friend dot info
  • frankie leman
  • google justin
  • googol hot open girls
  • hi my conputer info
  • hileman beer
  • [searching for something dirty]

And it appears that Bing might be carrying on the tradition

  • google justin
  • jastin for laught
  • [searching for something dirty]
  • "girl jeans"
  • advanced healing bandaid
  • arnold bennett
  • beautified quotes
  • bringo stop talking to machines
  • cach a poo
  • cartoon register groceries
  • doophp
  • dot unicode
  • download high def trailers
  • drupal webfm securing
  • em,px,
  • firefox really slowing down my internet
  • google.justin
  • gustaso.com
  • how to get firefox not to use memory when us load pages
  • how to save e-mail info on xp full install
  • howto disable url search ie
  • i think i have disabled number lock
  • ie6 backspace key
  • inspiration when sleepy

Context: Each list above consists of the unrelated search terms found in the top 50 keyword referrers from each search engine. For example, Google was wrong in about 4% of its top fifty search terms. Microsoft Live search failed in an astounding 76% of its tries.

For the curious: All the [searching for something dirty] placeholders were variations on the name of a certain website which will remain nameless.

While Ballmer may think people are paying $500 more for merely a logo, he’s only half-right. He should be more concerned that people like me are more than willing to pay hundreds in order to avoid Windows.

Chip nails the real issue in his comment on Harry McCracken's blog post analyzing the Microsoft "Lauren" ad.

Give me a Mac Tax over a Windows Tax any day.

overheard

conversation snippet of the day:

some dude: "I hear you can get microsoft here for $70."

employee: "yes, we have student pricing on microsoft products. were you looking for microsoft office, or microsoft windows?"

dude: "i don't know... which one is better?"

who hosts a website on a windows box?

you've got to be effing kidding me.