Unusual Search Strings
Every now and then I notice that people visit a page on one of my websites somewhere as the result of using a search string that strikes me as unexpected (although there are usually good reasons).
For instance, today, someone arrived via
pornography sex cartoons and comics stories
I'm #16 on this one with MicroSoft, which is pretty exciting! Sure enough, I did have an entry in my blog that happened to use those words, although I'm not sure what I would write if I set out with using those words as a goal. I was a bit disappointed to find that I'm not yet even in Google's top 100 for that search string.
My favorite one so far though, and one totally unexpected, is this:
gay fart stories
This one rates me #1 with Google, of which I'm rather proud, but only #4 with MSN. Tsk.
There is a good explanation for the "gay fart stories". It all has to do with a story I published (under my fiction-writing name Jay Neal) in the Best Gay Erotica series, concerning the situational ethics uncovered by a guy when he discovers that he can stop time by farting. Ask Google for "gay fart stories" and you can see how it comes up.
So, that wasn't particularly surprising. I was, however, caught slightly off guard at the frequency with which people arrive at Jay Neal's site via Google by asking for "gay fart stories". Such delightful diversity!
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on Wednesday, 23 March 2005 at 15.45
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