:: theMediaman journal ::

:: Monday, June 03, 2002 ::

Whenever someone comes to my web site via a search engine, the referring site is marked in my server logs. Whenever I want a chuckle, I browse through this list to see what search terms people have used in order to get to my site. Whether they have relevance or not doesn't matter, the simple fact is that they searched for words that happened to be on one web page - even if I was talking about two different things.

Here's the new list of search terms where I'm at (or near) the top of on Google:

• tim horton's japan (heh... I wish)
  
• japanese gameshows (still in the top 5!)
  
• simpsons fugu (still number 1!!!)
  
• japan exclusive jordans (after this I got a weird email from Pakistan asking for round-trip ticket prices to Japan ?_? )
  
• japan buddist temples (despite - or perhaps because of - the 'Buddhist' misspelling)
  
• suped up suvs (there are some people you just don't WANT to come to your web site)
  

So what have we learned today?

• Using common misspellings on your web site will rank you high when surfers type the wrong word into a search engine (like gameshows instead of game shows, or buddist instead of Buddhist)
  
• My site seems to rank high with people searching for specific information on Japan
  
• Stupid people know how to use search engines.

:: Stephen 3:52 PM [+] ::

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