Although I've got plenty of core content ideas ready to be written up and published, I thought I would take a fun break from the normally heavy hitting stuff that I write and lighten things up for a minute.
I'd hate to be accused of not being a well-rounded and entertaining blogger! ๐
So, although the Saturday Link Love post is coming up, as is the next edition of the Doing it Differently Blog Carnival, for today, here are some giggles. Enjoy!
Actual Keywords that People have used to Find the Today is that Day Blog
Most bloggers have at least a touch of "stataholism". For the uninformed, stataholism is the ever-increasing need to constantly check the stats on your site to see how many people are visiting, what they are clicking on, where they came from, etc.
Stataholism will – I have no doubt – eventually have a prescription medication that deals with the debilitating condition! In the meantime, during some of my own bouts with the illness, I have uncovered some rather unusual keywords that people have used at Google or Yahoo to find this blog.
I can only imagine the search engine algorithm that would go into these keywords actually landing someone on this site, but here they are just the same!
"personal development" to "save the planet" blog – Okay, that one is at least understandable. However, I was not aware that this site had elevated to "save the planet" status. I guess I'm more popular than I thought!
how to make 1 million dollars in 15 minutes – Uhh…yeah. I'm good, but I'm not that good! My momma taught me to take at least 20 minutes when manifesting anything over $500,000.
funny captain pictures – Unfortunately it was unclear exactly which captain this individual had come here looking for. I like Captain Kirk, Captain Picard, Captain Sisko, Captain Janeway, and Captain Archer (trekkies rejoice!), but I'm not sure that this site is exactly a one-stop shop for funny captain pictures. Of course, now that I have just used that keyword combination twice, I'll probably be flooded with new visitors who are on the captain hunt!
you cheat – I find this one particularly ironic because I'm quite sure it was due to the post 'I need You to Cheat on your Spouse', which is actually about focus and goal setting, not actual cheating. Oh well, maybe that person left here with a renewed sense of purpose!
shut up you lazy bastard – HAHAHAHA! I almost spit my coffee on my laptop screen when I first saw this one! Most likely in response to the post 'Can you Shut Up for just a Minute?' which has rapidly become one of the most popular posts on this site. I'm just glad I wasn't too lazy to write it!
my wife thinks im a negative person – Hey, if the shoe fits! At least she didn't say you were a lazy, cheating bastard!
pictures of when i am naked – Okay, the need for naked pictures of yourself not even being discussed here, why would you search on the Internet for pictures of yourself? Besides, even if you were going to do that search, wouldn't your name be a good place to start, rather than just "I"??
naked life guard girls – Men and women have had crushes on life guards for years – that is not in debate. However, once they take the life guard bathing suit off, how does the picture show that they are a life guard?? Who knows – maybe they just strapped that orange floaty thing on for the photo shoot?
And last, but not least:
naked fishing pictures – Am I the only one who can think of at least 6 or 7 reasons why naked fishing would not be a good idea?? Besides, even if it was a good idea, who wants pictures of that?
I hope you have enjoyed this little tour of what brought some of your fellow blog surfers to this site, and please also know that my jest is all in…ummm…jest!
If you are one of the people who found this site as a result of these keywords, hey, we're just glad that you're here! ๐
Ummm, actually, I have gone fishing naked… I was drunk, ok? But that aside, I think that my favorite is “Shut up you lazy bastard”, especially in the light of a recent post I made about the joys of compulsive blogging!
Mysterious are the ways of the search engines… :))
Now you’ll rank even better for these terms! ๐
Analytics can be surprising sometimes!
Aaron,
Too funny! As for the making $1 Million in 15 minutes, here’s my formula. Take 6 weeks to complete a $1 Billion deal, and then divide by 1000. Voila!
Mike
Marc,
Yeah, I had to admit that the fact that someone might actually go fishing while naked didn’t surprise me nearly as much as the fact that the search term landed someone on this site! ๐
“Shut up you lazy bastard” was one of my favorites, too. What could possibly cause someone to put that into a search box on the Internet?? LOL
Titus,
I know, right? Here I am making fun of the weird search engine methods and it will probably result in more of the same!
Oh well, that will just give fodder for future laughs, I guess!
Grayson,
That sure is a fact! Even this list was just a cursory glance. I’m sure that if I put a bunch of time into researching things further I would find even more strangeness.
It’s all good, though. Besides, I did have the good taste not to mention that “Clay Aiken naked” was also one of the search terms!
Whoops – I guess it just slipped out! ๐
Mike – ha! You’re right – you figured out the mystery!
I guess if I had taken the time to do the math I would have realized that it was all about that ‘6 Weeks to Billionaire Status‘ post I thought up the last time I went fishing naked and realized that I needed to make some money so I could buy some clothes! HAHAHAHA!
hahahahaha, nice ones! I actually rank #1 in Google for “no thanx”
https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=no+thanx&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
oops, I meant #5, not #1! ๐
Well still it brings quite a good amount of visitors to my blog lol
Jonathan,
In that particular instance, I think it might be better to rank lower, rather than higher!
As in, “I think I might go to Jonathan’s site at SmartWealthyRich.com. On second thought, no thanx!” LOL
You’re a Google superstar, Jonathan – more keyword domination is coming! ๐